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Oct 20, 2026

Chicago Firm Buys Stake In $644M Shopping Center Portfolio, Including Wilmington Center

A national shopping center owner and operator has acquired a sponsor interest in a 10-property portfolio, which includes Wilmington’s University Centre. Chicago-based vertically integrated real estate company Pine Tree announced the sponsor ...

Oct 20, 2026

Vantaca, Live Oak Bank Chart AI Strategies

Live Oak Bank and Vantaca are among the Wilmington area’s leading technology-driven businesses, and each has had a strong year.  After reaching unicorn status when it was valued at $1.25 billion last year, Vantaca, a community asso ...

Oct 20, 2026

Amazon To Hire 1,500 Seasonal Workers At Local Facilities

Amazon plans to hire more than 1,500 seasonal workers in the Wilmington area this year. The positions, which include part-time and full-time roles, will be based at Amazon’s newly opened robotics fulfillment center and delivery station facil ...

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Leath HR Group, LLC

Hospitality M&A: Bring HR Into the Discovery Process, Not the Closing Dinner 

Posted Oct 6, 2026

The following column was contributed by Jim Needell, SPHR, SHRM-SCP.

In most restaurant and hotel mergers and acquisitions, HR arrives late. Sometimes it's the week before signing, when someone realizes no one has looked at the employee files. Sometimes it's after close, when the integration team opens the personnel records and finds problems that were corre...read entire article

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Derriey Named SCORE Cape Fear Chair

Oct 19, 2026

Town Square Plans Wilmington Senior Care Center

An adult day service provider will open in Wilmington at the end of the month.  Town Square, a Maryland-headquartered senior day care company, is opening a franchise location at 1929 Oleander Drive, Suite F, in Wilmington, next to the Fo ...

Oct 19, 2026

New Hanover Officials OK $3M In Incentives For Corning Expansion

New Hanover County leaders approved up to $3 million in incentives Monday for Corning Inc., which plans to add 414 jobs and invest $585 million in the region. Corning's investment target is the largest ever to be considered as part of an incen ...

Oct 16, 2026

Apartment Complex Trades For $117M

Wilmington apartment complex The Cordelia has new owners. The 426-unit complex at 4711 Azalea Landing Drive changed hands for $117 million, according to a deed recorded Thursday. The purchase included the apartments, completed in 2024, and the ...

Oct 16, 2026

Longtime Downtown Pizza Restaurant Changes Hands

A downtown Wilmington pizza restaurant business has changed hands, according to a news release Friday. MoMentum Companies, a Wilmington-based commercial real estate and business brokerage firm, announced the sale of I Love NY Pizza to Megan Jackso ...

Oct 16, 2026

Sources: Corning In Incentives Talks With Local Governments

The city of Wilmington and New Hanover County next week are scheduled to consider granting up to $5 million in economic development incentives to optical fiber manufacturing firm Corning Inc., according to local government sources. The two sources ...

Oct 16, 2026

McKim & Creed Marks Growth With Expansion Of Facilities

McKim & Creed, an employee-owned engineering and geospatial firm founded in Wilmington in 1978, has expanded its presence in the Port City. According to a news release, McKim & Creed relocated its Wilmington engineering and corporate servi ...

Oct 15, 2026

Capone & Associates Launches Nonprofit Capacity Building Arm

Capone & Associates, a bookkeeping and fractional CFO firm, is launching a capacity-building firm for nonprofits and social sector organizations called The Impact Division.  The Impact Division will be headed by JC Lyle, who currentl ...


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Election 2026 Q&A: New Hanover County Board Of Commissioners Candidates

Five candidates are vying for two seats on the New Hanover County board....


Shoulder Season Lifts Tourism Industry

Industry professionals say people seem much more willing these days to travel to the Wilmington area outside of the traditional summer vacat...


County Buildings Rise In Burgaw

New buildings have opened or will soon open in Burgaw this year to support growing Pender County, including a new law enforcement center and...

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