Martin Millwork/25007-21-092/05November2025
SUMMARY OF NOTICE OF
INTENT TO REDEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY
Brownfields Property Name: Martin Millwork
Brownfields Project Number: 25007-21-092
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, Hamilton Merritt, Inc. and 865 West Morgan, LLC, as co-Prospective Developers, have filed with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") a Notice of Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property ("Brownfields Property") located at 905 Tryon Hill Drive, and 865, 861, 857 and 0 W. Morgan Street, Raleigh, Wake County. The Brownfields Property, which is the former site of a hosiery mill, lumber company, coal storage, printing companies, an ice company with auto repair operations, an ice cream manufacturer, and various commercial occupants, consists of 3.55 acres. Environmental contamination exists on the Brownfields Property in soil, groundwater, sub-slab vapor, exterior soil gas, and methane gas. Hamilton Merritt, Inc. and 865 West Morgan, LLC have committed themselves to redevelop the Brownfields Property for no uses other than high-density residential, retail, restaurant, parking, and subject to 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 Hamilton Merritt, Inc. and 865 West Morgan, 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 Oberlin Regional Library located at 1930 Clark Avenue, Raleigh NC 27605 by contacting Robert Lambert at 919-856-6710 or by email at Robert.Lambert@wake.gov; 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 25007-21-092 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 November 8, 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
IPL0288447
Nov 7 2025