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REPORT OF THE SOUTH BEND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONCERNING THE PROPOSED FINANCING OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES FOR COLFAX CORNER ML, LLC The South Bend Economic Development Commission (the “Commission”) proposes to recommend to the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana (the “City”), that it provide the net proceeds of certain taxable economic development revenue bonds (the “Bonds”) to Colfax Corner ML, LLC (the “Developer”) for the financing of a portion of certain economic development facilities consisting of the acquisition, development, construction, equipping, renovation, and/or reconstruction of a flexible workspace and ground-floor retail development in the City. In connection therewith, the Commission hereby reports as follows: A. The proposed economic development facilities consist of the acquisition, development, construction, equipping, renovation, and/or reconstruction of space in the former South Bend Tribune building, along with new construction of an adjacent building along Main and Colfax in the City to include approximately 202,000 rentable square feet of flexible workspace and ground-floor retail, as more fully described in the Economic Development Agreement, dated December 18, 2025, among the City, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission and the Developer (the “Project”). B. The Commission estimates that except for those public works and services for which funds of the City and other parties are expected to be available, there are no public works or services, including public ways, schools, water, sewer, street lights and fire protection, which will be made necessary or desirable by the Project, because any such works or services already exist or will be provided from proceeds of the Bonds or by the Developer or other parties. C. The Commission estimates that the total costs of the Project, including capitalized interest on the Bonds, funding of a debt service reserve fund (if necessary) or the costs of a reserve surety (if necessary), and costs related to the issuance of the Bonds, for which funding is not otherwise available will not exceed $30,800,000. D. The Commission estimates that completion of the Project will result in the creation of approximately 400 new permanent full-time jobs with average annual wages of approximately $100,000 and approximately 340 temporary construction jobs having an average hourly rate of $32.64 and that the Project will result in the expansion of further business opportunities in the City. E. The Project will not have an adverse competitive effect or impact on any similar facility or facility of the same kind already constructed or operating in the corporate boundaries of the City as the Project will complement such similar facilities or facilities of the same kind and provide further opportunities for flexible workspace, retail and commercial growth in the City. [SIGNATURES FOLLOW ON NEXT PAGE]