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Mar 20, 2025

Industrial Property In Wilmington Sells For More Than $3M

A Wilmington industrial building recently changed hands for more than $3 million. Grant Property Management Services LLC bought 3212 Pennington Drive, which holds a 20,140-square-foot facility previously occupied by HVAC company Trane, in North Ke ...

Mar 19, 2025

Midtown Apartments Secure Financing As Site Work Begins

A 225-unit apartment complex in the works near the intersection of Carolina Beach Road and Independence Boulevard recently secured construction financing. The project, called Venture at Port City, would bring a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom ...

Mar 18, 2025

Developer: Grant Could Help Preserve Part Of Sledge Forest

A developer with plans to build 4,000 homes on a sprawling Castle Hayne property is working with Unique Places to Save to conserve more than 1,100 acres on the site, according to a letter addressed to county officials and community members. In the ...

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Mar 17, 2025

Meetings Set For New Homes On Gordon Road, Paws4People Campus

A proposed project would bring 86 single-family units to a roughly 11-acre site off Gordon Road in Ogden.  The development, called Heron Cove, is one of several projects scheduled to be the subjects of community meetings in the coming weeks. ...

Mar 14, 2025

CIE, Local Startup Among NC IDEA Grant Recipients

UNCW’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Wilmington-based startup Local Catch are among the recipients of the latest round of NC IDEA grant funding. The grant awards, announced in a news release this week, aim to support en ...

Mar 13, 2025

Live Oak Bank, Food Pantry, Apartments Among Real Estate Award Winners

Over the past 14 years, local food pantry Share the Table has grown prolifically. It’s evolved from a fledgling church-based group to an organization that provides 1,000 meals each week. Key to the group’s recent growth has been its ne ...

Mar 12, 2025

Indoor Pickleball Bounces Into Popularity

Last New Year’s Eve, Kayse and Jason Beasley held the grand opening of Pickle & Taps, a 10-court indoor pickleball facility with a drill room on South 13th Street in Wilmington. The couple, who met on a blind date 10 years ago, has been ...

Mar 12, 2025

The Amazon Factor: With Facilities In The Works Here, A Look At Impacts On Other NC Cities

When Amazon opened its fulfillment center in Fayetteville last June, people were ecstatic, said Robert Van Geons, president and CEO of the Fayetteville Cumberland County Economic Development Corporation. The 1.3-million-square-foot facility in Fay ...

Mar 12, 2025

Putting The Pieces In Place

Last summer, the Harpoon slayed, so to speak, on social media. That’s when Cape Fear Catamarans posted a video of the 22-foot aluminum vessel, its newest creation, online. The Harpoon footage “racked up millions of views over Instagram ...

Mar 12, 2025

What’s Next For Tariffs

Less than two weeks after assuming office, on Feb. 1, President Trump – in line with his plans previously announced on social media – imposed “a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% additional tariff on ...


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Indoor Pickleball Bounces Into Popularity

One venue's idea for an indoor pickleball facility came from travel for business and commuting to Brunswick County to play when the weather...


Small Business Spotlight: Antiques Enthusiast Showcases Treasures

"Our world is full of a lot of the same kind of stuff right now. Vintage and antique goods have character, thought, painstakingly deliberate...


The Amazon Factor: With Facilities In The Works Here, A Look At Impacts On Other NC Cities

Mouhcine Guettabi, Wilmington’s regional economist and an associate professor of economics at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, s...

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