Plans are moving ahead for the expansion of the Midtown YMCA in Wilmington. Earlier this month, the YMCA of Southeastern North Carolina submitted site plans for the proposed addition to the city of Wilmington. The project is set to go before Wilmington’s Technical Review Committee in mid-July. The proposed $15 million expansion includes a new aquatics center, n ...

A Tropical Smoothie Cafe is coming to Carolina Beach Road, possibly later this year, while a new Chipotle location is set to open nearby on Wednesday. The new location of the Tropical Smoothie franchise is going into 1,200 square feet of leased space at 5621 Carolina Beach Road, in front of the site where a new Target is under construction. "The area has be ...

City leaders approved an upset bid process for leasing most of the eighth floor of Skyline Center to engineering firm McKim & Creed at their regular meeting Tuesday. After the Wilmington City Council voted unanimously in favor of the resoultion, the next step is for city staff to post a bid application form online for the property and post a public notice in a newsp ...

The first company to purchase land inside New Hanover County’s Blue Clay Business Park has temporarily paused its plans for the site. Stone importer and distributor Francini Inc. has put its project on hold, the company’s location manager Sean Banester confirmed in an email to the Greater Wilmington Business Journal. But he said the company remains committed ...

Wilmington's downtown needs more hotel rooms, retail space and a grocery store, Christina Haley, president and CEO of Wilmington Downtown Inc. (WDI), said Tuesday during the Greater Wilmington Business Journal’s Power Breakfast. A market study shows the north end of downtown could support 300 new hotel rooms, Haley said, and she added that more retail space an ...

Editor's Note: Read the latest on this story here. City leaders will consider leasing most of the eighth floor of Skyline Center to engineering firm McKim & Creed at their regular meeting on Tuesday. According to agenda documents, the proposed 22,580-square-foot lease would have an initial 11-year term, with the option to renew for two additional five-year te ...

Qualified developers and investors have until the close of business Thursday to submit an offer for an undeveloped, city-owned property near Live Oak Bank Pavilion and the Riverwalk. The 3.26-acre tract at 1001 and 1021 N. Front St. has drawn interest from a range of developers and investors, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), the real estate and investment firm mar ...

A local investor acquired a medical office in Hampstead for $2.54 million earlier this month. DaVita Dialysis, a national kidney care provider, has occupied the just over 7,900-square-foot medical building at 22804 U.S. 17 since 2015, according to a news release announcing the sale.  KY Young Investment Partners LLC, an out-of-state, family-owned investment grou ...

A recently completed mixed-use development in Hampstead will host a grand opening event this weekend. Oyster Creek Landing is a new project from Double Dimension LLC, the owner of Progress Point, a mixed-use retail and office development on Military Cutoff Road in Wilmington. According to a news release, Oyster Creek Landing is Double Dimension LLC’s first project ...

Nest Realty has found a new nest in Carolina Beach. The residential real estate firm leased space in the commercial portion of new mixed-use complex Proximity at Carolina Beach at 904 N. Lake Park Blvd. Not that the company doesn’t like its current building at 112 Cape Fear Blvd. in the New Hanover County beach town. Nest occupies the first floor of the buildin ...