FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) will remain headquartered in downtown Akron through at least June 2025.

The energy company on Thursday, May 21, said it signed an 8½-year lease extension for its 19-story downtown Akron office headquarters, which houses more than 900 FirstEnergy employees. The FirstEnergy Building is at the corner of South Main Street and Mill Street. FirstEnergy said the lease with Ann Arbor, Mich.-based McKinley Inc. was due to expire at the end of 2016. With the extension, FirstEnergy now has a lease at the building through June 2025. Additional terms of the agreement were not disclosed. "The announcement reaffirms how much we value calling Akron our home and we look forward to being a major presence in this key downtown location for years to come," said Charles E. Jones, FirstEnergy’s president and CEO, in a news release. "Throughout this process, we have appreciated the good working relationship that has been established with McKinley and also value the assistance provided by the city of Akron," Jones said. Albert M. Berriz, McKinley’s president and CEO, said in a statement that FirstEnergy's continued occupancy “will ensure the building remains a vital part of Akron's landscape for years to come." The building was constructed in 1976 with Ohio Edison as the main tenant. After the 1997 merger of Ohio Edison and Centerior Energy that formed FirstEnergy Corp., the company headquarters remained in the same building in Akron.