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1 week ago | 
wilmingtonbiz.com | Cece Nunn |Chris Capone |Ernie Bovio |McAuley Hollis
The building that once housed defunct toy store chain Toys R Us and then a furniture retailer in Wilmington is expected to get new life as an international grocery store. The owners of Tropicana Supermarkets bought 4510 Oleander Drive, previously occupied by Kimbrell's Furniture, for $5.4 million, according to tax records. Kimbrell's had purchased the nearly 45,000-square-foot building for $4.45 million in 2019. The story of Tropicana Supermarkets began more than 20 years ago.
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1 week ago | 
wilmingtonbiz.com | Cece Nunn |Jennifer Adams |McAuley Hollis |Girard Newkirk
When tourism officials from communities across North Carolina get together for their annual conference, they can count on one discussion topic rising above the rest. “Every year, what’s the No. 1 issue sitting up there for the tourism industry? School calendar,” said Kim Hufham, president and CEO of the Wilmington and Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau. The same was true this year during the 2025 Visit NC Tourism Conference held in April in Hickory.
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1 week ago | 
wilmingtonbiz.com | Cece Nunn |Natalie English |Robert Parker |McAuley Hollis
City officials will consider measures related to a senior housing development during a meeting tonight as demand for the housing type continues to grow. The Wilmington City Council's agenda includes a resolution to provide gap funding to a company, Wallick Communities, that wants to build a $14 million, 48-unit affordable senior housing development at 710 N. Kerr Ave.
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1 week ago | 
wilmingtonbiz.com | Cece Nunn |Robert T. Burrus |Natalie English |Rosalie Calarco
Cleaning the interior of a seafaring vessel “is way more complicated than other types of places,” explained Krystina Fuge, owner of Maritime Maids. Maritime Maids is an interior yacht cleaning company and concierge business. Fuge said in an email that the cleaning part of Maritime Maids “requires a completely different systematic approach on what to clean, how to clean it and what products to clean it with.
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2 weeks ago | 
wilmingtonbiz.com | Cece Nunn |Jane Morrow |Chris Coudriet |Jennifer Adams
Investors recently paid more than $2.5 million for property in Wilmington that comes with government approvals for a 61-unit residential development. Bradley Heights – a “cottage courtyard” housing project planned on a little over 7 acres off Oleander Drive and Peiffer Avenue – was at one time set to hold rental units. But the rental plan has changed.
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2 weeks ago | 
wilmamag.com | Cece Nunn
Helen Tarokic advocates for trafficking victims Helen Tarokic, a longtime immigration attorney in Wilmington, was already involved in victim visa work when nonprofits began referring T visa-related cases they couldn’t handle to her law office more than 15 years ago. A T visa, or T nonimmigrant status, is a temporary immigration benefit, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as of March 31.
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1 month ago | 
wilmingtonbiz.com | Cece Nunn
The company behind the downtown mixed-use project River Place and other developments in the Wilmington area has a smaller proposal in mind for property near Wrightsville Beach. East West Partners has submitted site plans to the city of Wilmington for luxury townhomes on a little over an acre at 1729 Allens Lane. The project, Villa Point, is a joint venture between East West and Hardison Building Co., said Lee Perry, co-president of East West Partners.
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1 month ago | 
wilmingtonbiz.com | Cece Nunn
In the Brunswick County community of Ash, a 33.6-acre property recently sold for $495,000. Located at the corner of N.C. 130 and Waccamaw School Road Northwest, the property represented “a unique investment opportunity in Brunswick County,” according to a news release from Wilmington-based Sun Coast Partners Commercial.
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1 month ago | 
wilmingtonbiz.com | Cece Nunn
When property tax revaluation notices started reaching mailboxes in New Hanover County earlier this month, the calls started coming into Cal Morgan’s office. “Our phone has been ringing a lot, mainly from people who obviously think their property has been over-assessed,” said Morgan, owner of Wilmington-based commercial real estate appraisal firm JC Morgan Co.Every four years, the county conducts “a comprehensive revaluation of all real property to ensure equitable taxation.
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1 month ago | 
wilmingtonbiz.com | Cece Nunn
A local mortgage broker and real estate investor hopes to create a 14,000- to 15,000-square-foot office building off Market Street. Adam Slack, senior vice president of mortgage lending for CrossCountry Mortgage, said if the project gets New Hanover County approvals, it could take two years to build. The Adam Slack Team of CrossCountry Mortgage could occupy about one-fourth of the Class A, two-story office building, Slack said.
