SUMMARY OF NOTICE OF
INTENT TO REDEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY
Brownfields Property Name: Bland Street Assemblage Brownfields Project Number: 24059-20-060
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, Cousins 200 East Bland LP, 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 200 East Bland Street and 1401 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County. The Brownfields Property, which is the former location of a lumberyard and automotive repair and sales operations, consists of 2.464 acres. Environmental contamination exists on the Brownfields Property in groundwater, soil, exterior soil gas, and sub-slab vapor. Cousins 200 East Bland LP has committed itself to redevelop the Brownfields Property for no uses other than high-density residential, office, parking, retail, restaurant, 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 Cousins 200 East Bland LP, 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 West Boulevard Library Branch at 2157 West Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28208 by contacting Cassie Chaney at cchaney@cmlibrary.org or (704) 416- 7401; 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 24059-20-060 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 November 21, 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
Bland Street Assemblage/24059-20-060/20251110
IPL0291050
Nov 21 2025