FIRST CHINESE SOLAR PLANT IN U.S. TO LOCATE IN VALLEY OF THE SUN

GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Suntech Arizona LLC and its parent company Suntech Power Holdings Co. have selected a Phoenix area site for its first U.S. solar plant. In a transaction negotiated by CORFAC International’s Anton Qiu (TRI Commercial in San Francisco) and Andrew Jaffe (Commercial Property Inc. in Tempe, Ariz.), Suntech selected 3801 South Cotton Lane in Goodyear, a property owned by Duke Realty, for its new 118,000-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing plant. Suntech Arizona plans to occupy the facility around July 1 after a major tenant-improvement project.