Real Estate - Commercial

Feb 13, 2025

A building in the works in Brunswick Forest’s commercial center will become a new, larger home for North Brunswick Chiropractic, a longtime Leland business. Since opening in 2008, North Brunswick Chiropractic has operated out of Leland’s Waterford Medical Center. The business currently has a 1,555-square-foot suite, said owner Chris Rizzo.  North Bru ...

Feb 12, 2025

New Hanover County could become the first in North Carolina to take part in the state’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program. The program, approved by state legislators last summer, helps commercial property owners secure financing for improvements that increase a building's resiliency, energy efficiency, water conservation or use of rene ...

Feb 12, 2025

Throughout its 166-year history, Thalian Hall has been in a near-constant state of evolution. Shane Fernando, who leads the performing arts venue, remembers his predecessor Tony Rivenbark often saying that Thalian Hall would never be finished as long as it continued to serve the Wilmington community. “Every 10, 20 years, there’s another renovation,” ...

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Feb 11, 2025

Commercial Real Estate Firm Expands Into Wilmington

By Emma Dill, posted Feb 11, 2025

Commercial real estate firm Lee & Associates is expanding into Wilmington. Lee & Associates announced its new Wilmington office in a news release on Tuesday. It will become the firm’s third North Carolina office and will be led by Sandy Thorpe, who will serve as managing director. Thorpe has more than a decade of experience in development and commercial ...

Feb 10, 2025

MedNorth Breaks Ground On Clinic Expansion

By Emma Dill, posted Feb 10, 2025

Construction is moving ahead on MedNorth Health Center’s newest building. The two-story structure, planned at the corner of North Third and Bladen streets, is set to add approximately 35,000 square feet to the health center’s campus. Work on the building broke ground in December, and construction is expected to wrap up in March 2026. The additional space ...

Feb 6, 2025

City Looks To Lease-up Downtown Building

By Emma Dill, posted Feb 6, 2025

The New Hanover Community Endowment is set to lease more space on the fourth floor of a downtown building at the corner of North Third and Chestnut streets. The Wilmington City Council unanimously authorized City Manager Tony Caudle to execute a lease with endowment officials for the entire fourth floor of the city’s building at 115 N. Third St. earlier this week. ...

Feb 6, 2025

In downtown Wilmington, a private dining and social club, along with an event venue owned by the same people, is off the market. The owners have decided not to sell the City Club of Wilmington and the adjacent St. Thomas Preservation Hall, which they had listed for $7.5 million last year. “The last interested buyers wound up not going through with it, and my pa ...

Feb 5, 2025

Plans for new indoor and outdoor pickleball courts and other proposed investments can move forward at Wilmington’s Holly Tree Racquet Club, following action by Wilmington leaders on Tuesday. The Wilmington City Council unanimously approved a special use permit for the project, called The Club at Midtown, which is slated for a 7.3-acre site at 4950 Holly Tree and 3 ...

Feb 3, 2025

Soda Pop District Eyes Growth

By Emma Dill, posted Feb 3, 2025

Wilmington’s Soda Pop District is set to grow in the coming years as local developers work to bring new businesses, uses and a new restaurant to the area. For Andy Hewitt, one of the Soda Pop District’s developers, his near-term focus for the area is securing a tenant for a restaurant space at 920 Princess St. He also has plans to renovate the rest of the si ...

Jan 29, 2025

An entertainment and recreation complex proposed on Oleander Drive could bring bowling, axe throwing, arcade games and pickleball to the growing Wilmington corridor. Project developers have plans for a roughly 40,800-square-foot entertainment center on just over six acres at 5601 Oleander Drive. Before those plans can take shape, the site needs to be rezoned.  S ...

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