A new tiki bar is in the works in the downtown Wilmington space formerly occupied by Dram & Draught. Owners Abby and Jonathan Beland expect to open Lost & Found Tiki Bar at 109 Market St. this fall. The concept will feature elevated drinks and an immersive tiki bar experience, Abby Beland said. The couple moved to Wilmington from Los Angeles about 18 months a ...

Planning is underway for a new 7-Eleven convenience store and gas station at the corner of Carolina Beach Road and Shipyard Boulevard. The project is proposed on the 2.6-acre site of a former Dollar Tree store, which closed earlier this year. Developers plan to demolish the existing 14,565-square-foot building and construct an approximately 4,800-square-foot conven ...

A rezoning by New Hanover County leaders this week allows plans for a new PNC Bank branch to move forward on Market Street. The bank is proposed on a nearly one-acre property at 8086 Market St., the current site of Uptown Market, a store that sells furniture and a variety of other goods. The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved rezoning the sit ...

Zephyr Development Co. on Thursday announced a project with R.E. Michel Co. for a site on North 23rd Street in Wilmington. The developers plan to create a class A, build-to-suit facility with nearly 26,000 square feet, a news release stated. According to the release, the project is being developed to support R.E. Michel’s continued growth in Wilmington. ...

Eleven new tenants recently signed leases at Leland Village, a Publix-anchored shopping center under construction in Leland. The new tenants include Handel’s Ice Cream – a first for the Wilmington area, restaurant chain First Watch, fast-food and takeout chains Domino’s Pizza and Wingstop, along with fast-casual Mexican eatery Qdoba. Other tenants incl ...

Another Starbucks could be coming to Carolina Beach Road.  The coffee shop chain is eyeing a site at 6400 Carolina Beach Road, close to Ashley High School, for its latest Wilmington-area location, according to plans submitted to New Hanover County. The plans are set to go before the county’s technical review committee next week. The project is slated for a ...

Center Point officials on Tuesday announced two new retail leases for the mixed-use project under construction along Eastwood and Military Cutoff roads. The newest Center Point tenants, Self Skin Studio and SWTHZ, "will further expand the development's growing retail roster and introduce wellness-focused concepts to the project," according to&nbs ...

A former Lowe’s Foods grocery store is set to become a wellness destination that will include a medspa, fitness training center, cafe and coworking space. Called Wave Wellness, the proposed facility will offer a range of wellness services, including medical aesthetics, longevity medicine, fitness, recovery, beauty, nutrition and human performance, according to a n ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific plans to continue its lease in Skyline Center for the next two years. The global firm, which in 2021 acquired Wilmington-based PPD, has occupied just over 57,000 square feet on the fifth and sixth floors of downtown’s city-owned Skyline Center for the past three years. When the firm’s initial lease term expired last month, the compan ...

The first of three small-bay buildings is under construction in Leland Innovation Park. Canvasback Capital, a Birmingham, Alabama-based real estate investment and development firm, purchased 31 acres in the Leland Innovation Park for the project last fall in a $1.95 million deal. Now, the first and, at 75,000 square feet, the largest planned building is under constructi ...