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Union Station Properties, LP Administrative Offices 6561 Lonewolf Dr., Suite 100 South Bend, Indiana 46628 Phone:574 - 233 -5183 Fax:574 - 236 -4242 November 16, 2011 Union Station Properties 506 West South Street South Bend, IN 46601 Ms. Marcia I. Jones President, Redevelopment Commission Board 1200 County -City Building 227 West Jefferson Blvd. South Bend, IN 46601 Ms. Jones, The intent of this letter is to submit a proposal requesting that the Redevelopment Commission Board would approve Union Station Properties to acquire ownership of 1) the former Millennium Environmental, Inc. property located at 604 S. Scott Street (hereafter "Millennium Parcel "); and 2) the parcel of land resulting from the vacation of a section of —950 feet of roadway located between the corner of United Drive and South Street and United Drive and Scott Street. As part of this proposal, we respectfully request that any environmental work for the site by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) and a complete audit be completed on the property. Attached to this letter, please find a site -map of the proposed request detailing the integration of the parcels to the Union Station. Today, Union Station is Indiana's second largest carrier hotel and the region's largest data center. Our mission is to continue to leverage our capabilities to build world -class infrastructure to enhance and expand our core products; space, conditioned power, and connectivity. Succinctly, this proposal will benefit Union Station in the following ways: • Provide space necessary to increase Union Station's building footprint by 40% (40,000 sq. ft.) • Provide an ideal landing zone for the mechanical equipment that produces our power product • Enable a 65% (19,000 sq. ft.) expansion of data center floorspace through the expansion of the building footprint and reclamation of square footage by relocating mechanical equipment • Provide space necessary for a secure loading dock area, which is a critical component of our business operations • Provide space necessary to expand the current utilization of our patent - pending combined power, heating and cooling technology Union Station's purpose for acquiring the aforementioned property is to increase our current footprint to accommodate our sustained growth of the past several years. Our growth strategy employs a 2 -phase approach.