SUMMARY OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY Brownfields Property Name: Mill's Market Brownfields Project Number: 27043-23-060 Pursuant to the North Carolina Brownfields Property Reuse Act (the "Act") authorized by North Carolina General Statutes (NCGS) § 130A-310.30 through 130A-310.40, and specifically pursuant to NCGS § 130A-310.34, Highline MM2, LLC, as Prospective Developer, has filed with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") a Notice of Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property ("Brownfields Property") located at 21300, 21312/21314, 21320, 21316 Catawba Avenue, 19724, 19720, 19718, and 19712 Meridian Street, no assigned address (PIN 00521213), and a portion of PIN 00521210 (19725 Oak Street), Cornelius, Mecklenburg County. The Brownfields Property, which is the former site of retail, other commercial businesses, and residences, consists of 2.3119 acres. Environmental contamination exists on the Brownfields Property in soil, groundwater, and soil gas. Highline MM2, LLC has committed itself to redevelop the Brownfields Property for no uses other than high-density residential, office, retail, restaurant, beverage or food production facility, hotel, open space, recreation, parking, and with DEQ's prior written approval, other commercial uses. The Notice of Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property includes: (1) a proposed Brownfields Agreement between DEQ and Highline MM2, LLC, which in turn includes (a) a map showing the location of the Brownfields Property, (b) a description of the contaminants involved and their concentrations in the media of the Brownfields Property, (c) the above-stated description of the intended future use of the Brownfields Property, and (d) proposed investigation and remediation; and (2) a proposed Notice of Brownfields Property prepared in accordance with NCGS § 130A-310.35. The full Notice of Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property may be reviewed at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library – Cornelius Branch, 21105 Catawba Ave, Cornelius, NC 28031, by contacting Tyler Wilmoth at (704) 416-3800 or at twilmoth@cmlibrary.com; or at the offices of the N.C. Brownfields Redevelopment Section, 217 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC or by contacting Shirley Liggins at that address, at shirley.liggins@deq.nc.gov, or at (919) 707-8383. The full Notice of Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property may be reviewed online at the DEQ public record database, Laserfiche, by entering the project number 27043-23-060 into the search bar at the following web address: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WasteManagement/ The Act requires a public comment period of at least 30 days. The first day of public comment is defined as the day after which all of the following public notice tasks have occurred: the date this Notice is: (1) published in a newspaper of general circulation serving the area in which the Brownfields Property is located; (2) conspicuously posted at the Brownfields Property; and (3) mailed or delivered to each owner of property contiguous to the Brownfields Property. Written public comments may be submitted to DEQ within 30 days after the public comment period begins. Written requests for a public meeting may be submitted to DEQ within 21 days after the public comment period begins. These periods will start no sooner than September 19, 2025, and will end no sooner than the later of: 1) 30 and 21 days, respectively, after that; or 2) 30 and 21 days, respectively, after completion of the latest of the three (3) above-referenced tasks, if such completion occurs later than the date stated herein. All public comments and public meeting requests should be addressed as follows: Bruce Nicholson, Chief Brownfields Redevelopment Section Division of Waste Management NC Department of Environmental Quality 1646 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1646 27043-23-060/Mill's Market/202509017 IPL0274349 Sep 19 2025