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Mar 10, 2023

National retail chain Target has been considering entering the retail submarket of Monkey Junction for more than a decade, a commercial real estate broker said this week. Recently, an employee of Wilmington's only existing Target, off New Centre Drive, told a shopper and news outlets, including the Business Journal, that Target will be opening a new store in Monkey ...

Feb 8, 2023

Harbor Freight To Open Second Location In Wilmington

By Staff Reports, posted Feb 8, 2023

Discount tool store Harbor Freight Tools has announced plans to open a second location in Wilmington.  The California-based company will open the new location this spring in the Ogden area at 7316 Market St., according to a news release.  Construction on the new store has already started but an official opening date is not yet known.  With more than ...

Feb 3, 2023

Season’s Change At Julia’s Florist

By Johanna F. Still, posted Feb 3, 2023

Longtime Julia’s Florist owner Dana Cook has given her most loyal employees their well-deserved flowers. On Dec. 22, Cook handed the city’s largest flower shop over to new co-owners, Katelyn and Jason Moore.  The Moores had worked for Cook for more than a decade. Guiding each side of the business, Katelyn Moore had been Julia’s operations manager ...

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The Luncheon for Literacy: More than a Meal

Posted May 4, 2022

On Thursday, May 19, 2022, the Cape Fear Literacy Council will celebrate the return of our signature event and fundraiser, the annual Luncheon for Literacy, after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many aspects of post-pandemic living, a few things are different. This year we will ga...read entire article

Jan 5, 2023

Julia’s Florist Under New Ownership

By Johanna F. Still, posted Jan 5, 2023

Longtime Julia’s Florist devotees have taken over the reins of the area’s largest flower shop.  New owners Katelyn and Jason Moore have worked at the florist for more than a decade. Katelyn Moore has been the store’s longtime operations manager after joining as a sales associate in 2009 and her husband Jason has been its delivery manager since 200 ...

Dec 21, 2022

Opening Date Set For Fuel Fitness At Mayfaire

By Staff Reports, posted Dec 21, 2022

Fuel Fitness, a health club taking over the 13,000 square feet vacated by O2 Fitness at Mayfaire Town Center, is expected to open Dec. 27, according to a Mayfaire announcement. Shawn Stewart, CEO and owner of Fuel Fitness, said in a release, “This club will feature a large variety of group fitness classes, cardio strength equipment, large turf areas for functional ...

Dec 16, 2022

Tractor Supply Proposes Store In Castle Hayne

By Staff Reports, posted Dec 16, 2022

A new Tractor Supply Co. store could soon be built in Castle Hayne.  Developers conducted a preliminary community information meeting Monday to prepare neighbors for the proposed store at 3400 Castle Hayne Road.  A conditional rezoning to neighborhood business (B-1) would be needed to construct the project, planned on property totaling 11.5 acres currently ...

Nov 23, 2022

Even as Black Friday has expanded into the week before Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday deals are teased ahead of the holiday, Small Business Saturday has grown in prominence, thanks to advocates of shopping locally and to the Small Business Administration.   “As our economy continues to stabilize, it’s more important than ever that consumers shop  ...

Nov 4, 2022

REEDS Reopens Revamped Space At Independence Mall

By Johanna F. Still, posted Nov 4, 2022

Family-run jewelry store REEDS has reopened in an expanded and renovated space in Independence Mall.  During the renovation, the retailer moved into an adjacent shop and increased its overall space by about a third, store manager Robert Claybrook estimates.  “We have more diamonds than we've ever had,” he said. “It’s a beautiful ...

Nov 2, 2022

Open-air Cycling Studio Glides Into New Home

By Johanna F. Still, posted Nov 2, 2022

Wilmington’s lone open-air cycling studio is steering into a new space in Autumn Hall, not far from its recent location in Mayfaire.  Recess provides “indoor cycling, outdoors” by inviting stationary cyclists into a 30-by-40-foot tent. Founded by former One Tree Hill actress Bevin Prince and her late husband, William Friend, Recess will open in it ...

Oct 11, 2022

A massive Harris Teeter grocery store and another location of athletic footwear and apparel store Fleet Feet are the first stores opening in a new Wilmington shopping center. While Fleet Feet is currently open at its new location, 3852 Carolina Beach Road, the 78,000-square-foot Harris Teeter is expected to open Oct. 26, according to a sign at The Crossroads at Ind ...

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