Vienna, Virginia-headquartered SolaREIT, a renewable energy real estate company focused on delivering financing solutions for solar and battery energy storage developers, has donated a 5-acre land parcel to the County of San Diego for the construction of Jacumba Fire Station 43, a new 7,100-square-foot fire station.
The facility is slated to open in August 2027 and will feature two apparatus bays, four double dormitory rooms, and a full suite of operational facilities. The building is designed to achieve LEED Gold certification, Zero Net Energy status, and a 20% reduction in embodied carbon
This will be the first permanent fire station in Jacumba, a small, rural community in Eastern San Diego County near the US-Mexico border that currently lacks dedicated fire and emergency services infrastructure.
SolaREIT acquired the land underlying JVR Energy Park in 2025. According to the company, the donation is made in connection with the BayWa r.e. JVR Energy Park, a 90-megawatt (AC) solar project under construction on SolaREIT-owned land.
“Solar development does more than generate clean energy — it creates construction jobs, expands the local tax base, and can serve as a catalyst for lasting community investment,” said Laura Pagliarulo, CEO and co-founder at SolaREIT. “We are proud to work alongside BayWa r.e. to bring both renewable energy and this vital public safety resource to Jacumba. This is exactly the kind of impact we believe solar can and should have on the communities that host these projects.”
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