Business Briefs for the Week of March 2, 2008

Winter Park, Fla.-based Palmer Electric Co. recently completed contracts totaling just under $1 million for the electrical work for two new office buildings in SouthPark Center, Orlando, Fla. Under its contracts with general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie, Birmingham, Ala., Palmer completed 800 SouthPark, a two-story, 70,533-square-foot building, and 900 SouthPark, a two-story, 18,900-square-foot building.

El Cajon, Calif.-based Borrego Solar Systems recently that the company will focus exclusively on its commercial and government business units and expand its sales and installation operations to the Mid-Atlantic Region, beginning with the New York and New Jersey markets. The company also announced the sale of its residential business unit to groSolar, White River Junction, Vt.

groSolar, White River Junction, Vt., recently acquired the residential solar division of El Cajon, Calif.-based Borrego Solar Systems. Under the acquisition, groSolar will emerge as the fourth-largest residential solar power installer in the United States.