Upper Decker

Delta County closes the Upper Peninsula's first PACE project

Michigan PACE has crossed the bridge and delivered the State’s first Upper Peninsula PACE project! Located on a nationally historic street in downtown Escanaba, the Upper Decker PACE project will upgrade a four-story commercial facility with durable and insulative synthetic rubber roofing, and a net metered rooftop solar installment that will pay for itself within 5.3 years.

This landmark project demonstrates how PACE can be used as a source of capital to renovate historic buildings across Michigan. With energy efficiency improvement to the building envelope and the addition of rooftop solar, PACE offers an opportunity to fund the UP’s energy transition while preserving its past.

“We at Upper Decker LLC are proud to have supported the first PACE deal in the Upper Peninsula, and hope it is the first of many in Delta County and beyond,” said Jackie Zaplitny with CGE Energy. “This project will help to improve our beautiful historic buildings and make them safe and efficient for future tenants as well as improving the atmosphere of downtown Escanaba. We are excited to be a part of Escanaba’s thriving Central Historic District and look forward to continuing the development of our buildings and the District as a whole.”