Real estate in the Wilmington area is big business, from the sale of houses as more people desire to live here, to parts of town where commercial real estate has been booming in recent years.
 
The fact that real estate firms like Nest Realty (pictured) want to be along or near Military Cutoff and Eastwood Roads shows how influential that submarket – with its office buildings, dining and shopping, luxury homes and proximity to Wrightsville Beach – has become for the one-time farmland.

REAL ESTATE feature: Developing the Mayfaire Way