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In Wilmington, White House Official Gets In-person Look At Funding Impact

A White House representative got an earful Friday from leaders of four local projects, but it was good news.   Tom Perez, currently director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (OIA) and formerly Secretary of Labor during th ...

Sep 6, 2024

Beer-run Clubs Bubble To Surface

Across the nation, more and more people are running than ever before. According to Fleet Feet, an athletic apparel company that uses data-driven insights to match runners with running gear, there were 20 million “new” runners in 2022 comp ...

Sep 6, 2024

Taking Employee Health To Heart

Monteith Construction and Cape Fear Commercial in Wilmington are urging their employees to use “all the tools in the toolbox,” but not in the traditional sense of real estate and construction. They support using tools for better health wi ...

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The Wilmington Construction Market: Trends, Recognition, and Challenges

Posted Mar 18, 2024

Wilmington, North Carolina, where coastal charm meets economic vibrancy, has experienced remarkable growth in its construction industry. The evolving skyline and the emergence of new projects prompt a closer look at the trends shaping Wilmington's construction landscape, recent accolades, and the challenges faced by builders and developers.
 

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County Honors 11 At Equity Awards Event

Sep 6, 2024

Making A Risky Business Less Risky

A major goal of the U.S. Small Business Administration? To encourage lenders to make more small loans and to include more minority, veteran and woman business owners in that borrower pool. On the face of it, it might seem that getting a small loan &n ...

Sep 6, 2024

Road Warrior: DOT Engineer Signs Off

Chad Kimes has overseen major highway projects and smaller roadway improvements in Wilmington and its surrounding areas for the past 33 years. This month, the N.C. Department of Transportation Division 3 Engineer is hanging up his hard hat and retiri ...

Sep 6, 2024

City Officials Work On What’s Next For Skyline Center

Just over a year ago, the city of Wilmington completed its purchase of a downtown campus that once belonged to a pharmaceutical firm. Since then, more than 300 city employees have moved into the former PPD-headquarters-turned-Thermo-Fisher-buildin ...

Sep 6, 2024

Cape Fear CREW Accepting Real Estate Award Nominations

Cape Fear CREW, an organization for women in commercial real estate in the Cape Fear region, is accepting nominations for its annual awards of excellence program. Cape Fear Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) is holding its seventh annual Awards o ...

Sep 6, 2024

EmergeOrtho Expands Link With Hammerheads, Park

EmergeOrtho-Coastal Region recently announced that it has expanded its partnership with the Wilmington Hammerheads and the city of Wilmington by becoming the official health care provider and sports medicine team for the upcoming nCino Sports Park. ...

Sep 5, 2024

Folks Café Property Listed For Sale; Eatery To Remain Open

The owners of Folks Café, a coffee roastery and restaurant with a loyal local following, announced via Facebook on Wednesday that they have made the difficult decision to sell the property where the café is located at 1202 Princess St. ...

Sep 4, 2024

Report: Area Office Vacancy Rate Remains Low

The Wilmington area is still recording some of the lowest office vacancy rates in the country, according to market researchers. The latest report from CoStar showed an office vacancy rate of about 1.4% for Wilmington in the second quarter of this ...


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