Al’s Burger Shack plans to open its second Wilmington-area restaurant in Center Point, a mixed-use development near the intersection of Eastwood and Military Cutoff roads. The burger restaurant was founded in Chapel Hill in 2013 and has since gained a following statewide. In 2024, the restaurant opened a location in Leland, which became its first outside of the Ch ...

Bill Early, executive director of Brunswick Business & Industry Development, closely watches industrial development in the region. And right now, there’s a lot to watch.   In Navassa, Samet Corp. recently completed a 160,000-square-foot building off Cedar Hill Road. The Greensboro-headquartered company completed its first 200,000-square-foot building in th ...

For many Wilmington residents, the city’s heartbeat lies in the historic district.   While it has evolved countless times over the decades, Wilmington’s downtown remains an attraction in its own right, with historic architecture, brick-laid streets and a vibrant mix of dining, nightlife and culture.   “Between our historic buildings and our ...

In Wilmington’s commercial real estate market, Will Leonard has become a go-to broker when it comes to buying, selling or leasing industrial space.   Leonard, a senior vice president with Cape Fear Commercial, handles an array of industrial properties, from Wilmington Trade Center’s large-scale tilt-up buildings to smaller-scale flex space properties. Ne ...

David Eisen bought Shore Break Bikes, a bicycle repair shop in Marina Village at Riverlights, in 2024. The shop at 204 Arcadian Row, Suite 140, opened in 2019 and stays busy, but Eisen said he wouldn’t mind more businesses coming to the commercial areas of Riverlights, a master-planned community along River Road in Wilmington. He said new establishments could attr ...

Update: This story has been updated to include comments from Flaming Amy’s about the restaurant’s plans to stay open at its Oleander Drive space. The Flaming Amy’s Burrito Barn building on Oleander Drive is on the market for sale or a ground lease, according to a property listing from local commercial real estate firm Cape Fear Commercial. In a soci ...

Brunswick County officials will consider a rezoning for a proposed six-building development on Monday that could add more than 37,000 square feet of flex space to the Leland area. A rezoning for the project, which is planned for a nearly 3.5-acre vacant site at 10018 Chappell Loop Road SE, will go before the Brunswick County Planning Board on Monday afternoon. According ...

A general contractor based in South Carolina has expanded into the North Carolina and South Carolina coastal markets, opening an office in Wilmington and appointing a vice president for the region. The new office for Roebuck Buildings is located at 575 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 202. The company added David Bollenbacher as vice president for the coastal Carolinas, ...

Plans are taking shape for the next building in Autumn Hall, a master-planned, mixed-use development off Eastwood Road in Wilmington. Developers submitted plans to the city of Wilmington this week for a new office building at 1010 Salt Creek Loop Road. The three-story project, which plans call Autumn Hall Building 6, would have a footprint of nearly 22,000 square feet, ...

The University of North Carolina Wilmington recently purchased Plato’s Lofts, a 54-unit apartment building off Randall Parkway, for more than $16 million. UNCW Corporation II Randall Parkway LLC completed the acquisition last week, according to a statement from the university on Monday. The entity is a wholly owned subsidiary of UNCW Corporation II, a nonprofit or ...