Rod Johnson AC finds new home off Stockton’s Miracle Mile after shop razed in 3-alarm fire

The Rod Johnson Air and Solar building on Broadway Avenue was destroyed by an early morning fire in Stockton on June 14.
The Rod Johnson Air and Solar building on Broadway Avenue was destroyed by an early morning fire in Stockton on June 14.

Just over two weeks after a fire razed its office on North Broadway Avenue in Stockton, Rod Johnson Air Conditioning has found a new home near the Miracle Mile, Johnson said in a Facebook post on Wednesday, June 29.

"We're going to get bigger and better," Johnson said the week of the fire.

The new space is in a brick office building at 645 W. Harding Way, a few blocks west of Pacific Avenue.

'We're going to get bigger and better': Rod Johnson Air Conditioning company razed in 3-alarm fire

The building also houses a few other businesses, including 1st Priority Dental Laboratory.

The three-alarm fire that consumed Johnson's old shop in the early morning of June 14 required 39 firefighters, eight fire engines and three trucks to extinguish, Battalion Chief Brandon Doolan said.

The Rod Johnson Air and Solar building on Broadway Avenue was destroyed by an early morning fire in Stockton on June 14.
The Rod Johnson Air and Solar building on Broadway Avenue was destroyed by an early morning fire in Stockton on June 14.

A representative of the Stockton Fire Department could not be reached on Friday afternoon for comment regarding the cause of the fire.

Johnson's employees continued working in a temporary location after the office burned down, he said the week of the fire.

"I've always said that I'd be loyal to my customers ... We're not going to abandon them."

"We have eight trucks and vans on the road to keep on serving our customers as usual," Johnson said in the Facebook post.

Record reporter Aaron Leathley covers business, housing, and land use. She can be reached at aleathley@recordnet.com or on Twitter @LeathleyAaron. Support local news, subscribe to The Stockton Record at https://www.recordnet.com/subscribenow

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