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What's coming to Wilmington in 2023? Here are 8 projects to keep an eye on

If 2022 was any indicator of what’s to come in 2023, Wilmington will be on track to see continued population growth and large-scale development.

The Cape Fear region has become a destination in recent years, drawing transplants from other parts of North Carolina, the Northeast and elsewhere. Inside Wilmington’s city limits, the population climbed by roughly 1,500 people between 2020 and 2021, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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That rising demand for housing has fueled residential and commercial construction within the city, as developers have worked to keep pace with the area’s growth. But many of those new homes don't seem affordable for Wilmington residents – an issue that forced local governments and private developers alike to grapple with ways to increase affordability across the region in 2022.

As Wilmington heads into its next year of growth and development, here are projects and parts of the city to keep an eye on:

Midtown and Independence Boulevard

Big things are happening in midtown Wilmington. Along Independence Boulevard, south of 17th Street, two projects are taking shape to bring hundreds of apartments to Wilmington.

The biggest of the three is Barclay West. The project includes an apartment complex and subdivision made up of cottage-style homes and townhomes. The complex, which is being called the Mosby at Barclay West, will bring 290 apartments while the subdivision, named the Hamlet at Barclay West, is set to add a total of 280 cottages and townhomes to Wilmington’s housing stock.

More: Independence Boulevard could see influx of apartments, cottages, townhomes with rezoning

On the opposite side of Independence Boulevard, almost directly across from the Barclay West development, the latest phase of The Pointe shopping center is planning to build 299 apartments in the corridor.

As of Dec. 1, site plans for both projects were under technical review by the city of Wilmington’s planning department with the potential to begin construction in 2023.

Starway Village

Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo has called Starway Village the largest affordable housing project to get gap financing help from both the city of Wilmington and New Hanover County.

The project, which was first made public in 2021, solidified financing during 2022 with aid from Wilmington and New Hanover leaders along with $9 million in recent funding from N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency.

More: Can an old flea market help Wilmington's affordable housing shortage?

That money has kept the project alive even as inflation and rising interest rates have proven challenging for the affordable housing development model, Ted Heilbron, one of the project’s developers, said in a November news conference.

With financing in place, those behind the project are looking ahead to breaking ground in May 2023. The project is set to bring 278 apartments at 60% area median income to 2346 Carolina Beach Road – the site of the Starway Flea Market and a former drive-in movie theater.

Eden Village

This community of tiny homes is set to wrap up construction in 2023.

In 2022, the project saw several tiny homes lifted onto their foundations and the construction of a community center. Eden Village aims to build a community of around 30 tiny homes to house the chronically homeless in Wilmington.

More: Wilmington's amazing tiny home village for the homeless expands, 3-D printing to soon help

The project has been a long time coming for Tom Dalton and Kim Dalton, who spearheaded bringing the tiny home community to Wilmington. Eden Village received its first home in January 2021 and formally broke ground on its community center last fall.

Relying on donations and volunteers, the group has made significant progress during 2022 and aims to complete construction and welcome residents in the coming year.

Apartments with riverfront views

Along the eastern bank of the Cape Fear River, several new apartment complexes are set to be on the rise next year.

The project farthest along is perhaps the most visible to those who frequent downtown Wilmington. The Metropolitan at the Riverwalk is on the rise between city-owned Riverfront Park and restaurant Marina Grill. 

Construction on the apartment complex, which broke ground in December 2021, is currently ongoing. The project will include 293 apartments along with nearly 4,500 square feet of ground-level retail space in a five-story structure.

On the other side of downtown Wilmington, there are plans to bring approximately 204 apartments and 4,395 square feet of retail and restaurant space to a formerly-industrial site situated directly south of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. The complex has been dubbed The Proximity at Dram Tree Point. 

More: As Wilmington's riverfront evolves, developers plan for more than 550 upscale apartments

Developers from Wilmington-based Cape Fear Development have submitted an application to ask Wilmington officials to rezone the site for the multifamily project. The application is set to be considered in December by the Wilmington Planning Commission. 

Farther south, where Independence Boulevard meets River Road, the same group of developers is planning another project aimed at transforming a formerly industrial site into apartments. This project, called the Proximity at Watermark, has received zoning approvals from the Wilmington officials and is set to move forward.

Plans for the project include bringing approximately 248 new apartments to a 40-acre tract of land that previously served marine business Watermark Marina.

Project Grace

In 2022, Project Grace –  the redevelopment of Wilmington’s downtown library and the Cape Fear Museum – hit a roadblock that forced New Hanover County leaders back to the drawing board.

Although the redevelopment is spearheaded by New Hanover County leaders, the proposed development site lies in the heart of downtown Wilmington. Plans for the project would combine the Cape Fear Museum and downtown library along the Grace Street side of the downtown block occupied and owned by New Hanover County’s main library branch.

More: Next steps: What to know about the massive downtown Project Grace redevelopment

In cooperation with private developer Zimmer Development, county leaders had planned to build apartments, retail space and a hotel on the current site of the library. The terms of those plans were shot down this fall when the project’s financing failed to win the necessary approval from the Local Government Commission.

Since then, county leaders have approved the $2.5 million buy of the blueprints for Project Grace and are looking for a way to push the project forward as the county heads into 2023.

The Avenue, a $200 million-plus project planned along Military Cutoff Drive, saw some movement after years of inaction.

The Mediterranean-inspired project is set to include a 234-room Westin-brand hotel and 454 luxury apartments along with square footage for restaurants, retailers and office space. Carroll Companies, the Greensboro-based development and management firm behind the project has called The Avenue a “signature project.”

More: The Avenue: What's next for the $200 million-plus mega development off Military Cutoff road

Site plans were submitted to Wilmington planning officials for technical review earlier this fall, and the project could continue to see progress heading into 2023.

The PPD building

On the northern end of downtown Wilmington, a major piece of real estate remains up for sale. 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the company that purchased PPD in 2021, announced its intention to sell the 193-foot-tall Wilmington building and find a new office space that catered to an increasingly remote or hybrid workforce.

More: PPD building: Sale of iconic downtown Wilmington building sees 'steady progress'

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In the days that followed, those working in Wilmington real estate speculated the building could be redeveloped into apartments, a hotel or could remain office space.

Although company leaders have said there’s been “steady progress” made on finding a buyer for the massive building, there’s been no sale announced. Next year could be the year for a sale.

Reimagining existing buildings

A final thing to watch for in the coming year is the ongoing redevelopment of buildings throughout the city.

As space within city limits becomes increasingly scarce, developers are relying upon infill development or the redevelopment of existing structures to bring more housing into the area. 

A prime example that saw movement in 2022 are plans to transform a former car dealership on College Road into 298 apartments and 15,000 square feet of retail space. Site plans for the project were submitted to city leaders in July 2022 with plans to break ground in late 2022 or early 2023.

More: Plans for former College Road car dealership could revitalize dormant Wilmington spot

More: Fire station on Carolina Beach Road to see apartments for chronically homeless

Along Carolina Beach Road, a former Wilmington fire station is being tapped for permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless. A needed rezoning for the project was approved this fall.

Reporter Emma Dill can be reached at [email protected].

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1402 Meares St, Wilmington , North Carolina 28401

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Hillcrest is managed by Wilmington Housing Authority .

Hillcrest is located 2.09 miles southeast of downtown Wilmington and consists of 91 townhouse buildings with a community building.   All 256 units are efficiency to three bedrooms and range in size from 433 to 888 square feet.

Residents at Hillcrest have access to a community center, activity room, basketball court and playground.

Hillcrest residents are just minutes away from all the businesses, restaurants and cultural activities Wilmington has to offer.

Income restrictions apply. Contact (910) 341-7715 for more information. 

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Proposal for mixed use development along Oleander Drive could bring change for many

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A rezoning proposal for a new mixed-use development was approved Wednesday evening by Wilmington’s Planning Commission. What used to be a driving range could soon become a housing and retail area, but concerns are growing about traffic in the area.

“I think anybody who’s ever tried to make a left on Pine Grove Drive at 5:00 p.m. off of Oleander can tell you that traffic is already a bear and a nightmare right there,” said Patrick Brumsey, who lives near the site of the proposed development. Everybody has two cars so that’s gonna be another thousand potential vehicles on Oleander in a spot that’s already just about as clogged it could possibly be.

The application to rezone this property outlines a plan of nearly 340 apartment units and about 14,000 square feet of retail space.

As Wilmington continues to grow, many raised concerns about the traffic in the area because Oleander is already a busy road, but the developer has a plan for that — a stoplight on Oleander Drive where it intersects 51st Street. This will also include a crosswalk in an effort to make Wilmington a more walkable city.

“There’s already residential nearby, commercial facilities, retail and restaurants and all of that. We are trying to have a lot more walkable of a city in general so this helps have people close to services, and close to their workplaces, and close to the places that they want entertainment,” said Wilmington’s Planning Commission chair J.C. Lyle.

Lyle added that this would be the third stoplight added along Oleander because of recent developments.

If the rezoning is fully approved, a turn lane will be added on Oleander, and a bus stop at the entrance to the property.

McKay Siegel, the Wilmington partner with East West Partners, has been working on planning the development for about six months. He says he feels good about giving Wilmington an opportunity to grow.

“The closer that we can get people to where they ultimately work, shop, spend their time, that stops them from driving in from out of town from Hampstead, from Leland. from Ogden. or something to work at, you know, the hospital, or to work at one of the schools, or work downtown or something,” Siegel said.

Lyle says she agrees with Siegel’s plan and also wants more people who work in Wilmington to have a place to live within the city.

“Oddly enough, it’s a little bit counterintuitive, but having us build more inside the city limits where people are closer to the city limits — that actually decreases traffic over time because people are living closer to where they want to go, they don’t have to be on the road as long,” Lyle said.

The planning commission considered the city’s comprehensive plan that was developed back in 2016, with lots of public input about what residents want around town.

“Every project that comes through, we look at it against the comprehensive plan and that is really the strongest criteria we use to judge the projects that come before us and the planning commission for rezoning,” said Lyle. “Why would we rezone this? It goes along with the wishes of the public as expressed in the comprehensive plan or it doesn’t, and that’s a huge criteria for us and in this case it is definitely part of the comprehensive plan,” Lyle added. “We all know there’s an affordable housing crisis in the area and we need all the housing we can get. You have to go up — the city can’t expand anymore by annexation — we have to go up to create the density that will allow us to house all the people living here and moving here.”

The plan calls for at least ten percent of units in a development such as this to be reserved for workforce housing. Brumsey says if the city wants more employees to live nearby, then more room should be made for them.

“I think that the council members made a big emphasis on their need for workforce housing,” said Brumsey. “But this plan just meets the bare minimum of 10 percent. So if they’re really concerned with workforce housing why not make the developers make 20, 30, 40 percent workforce housing?”

Another proposal was considered in 2016 for student housing on that property , but there was not enough support and it lacked the proposed addition of a stoplight and crosswalk.

“I think that it’s an unnecessary intrusion into that otherwise residential area that backs up to Oleander,” Brumsey said.

Now that the city’s planning commission has approved the rezoning for the development, it will go to the city council for further approval.

You can click here to view the plans for the mixed-use development.

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3 reasons buying a Wilmington-area home won't get cheaper or easier anytime soon

Buying a home in the Wilmington housing market is getting more difficult and more expensive. Median home prices are skyrocketing, and the average property is selling in just a matter of days across New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties.

In 2022, the average home for sale in New Hanover County was on the market for just five days, according to Cape Fear Realtor’s 2022 annual report. Median home prices in Wilmington and the surrounding county jumped from $335,000 in 2022 to $400,000 in February of this year, according to market data from Cape Fear Realtors.

The reasons for these challenging market conditions stem largely from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Mouhcine Guettabi, regional economist for the University of North Carolina Wilmington. The pandemic reshuffled America’s population, and the Cape Fear is benefitting from that.

“It’s a combination of in migration, which means additional demand for housing, the type of people who are moving here who are putting upward pressure on housing, and on the supply side, this time around before this boom, and like 2007-08, we didn’t see an explosion in permits or a very significant increase in the supply of housing,” said Guettabi, who’s also an associate professor of economics at UNCW.

Here are the three main challenges making it more expensive and difficult to buy a home in the Wilmington region:

Challenge 1: Growing demand from skyrocketing population

The Cape Fear region has been growing for decades, but COVID-19 accelerated that growth to new heights. Brunswick County is the seventh-fastest growing county nationwide in terms of population percentage growth between 2021 and 2022, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau this spring.

Statewide, Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender all rank among the top 15 counties in population growth between April 2020 and July 2022, according to the Census Bureau.

More: New data: Brunswick population growth among highest in country, outpacing New Hanover

“In 2020, New Hanover, Pender and Brunswick made up about 4% of the state’s population,” Guettabi said. “Between 2020 and 2022, it made up 11% of the state’s population growth. Not only is North Carolina growing really fast, but the region is growing at a faster clip than the state.”

According to data compiled by Guettabi, Wilmington is pulling in significant numbers from the Northeast United States. The region is also pulling people from neighboring states such as Virginia, and Americans living in the central and western parts of the country, said Cameron Moore, executive officer of the Wilmington Cape Fear Home Builders Association.

Challenge 2: Price increases due to those moving here

With so many people moving from areas with higher costs of living, Guettabi believes that might be one reason prices are escalating in the region.

While it’s unclear if these individuals are paying more for homes than the average Wilmingtonian would pay, anecdotal evidence from realtors indicates more buyers are paying cash for homes, Guettabi said.

“It's true that for the most part, those housing markets tend to be more expensive,” Guettabi said. “Now, we don't have exact data on how much they sold their homes for, but the rationale is that those housing markets also appreciated, these individuals are moving from places that are more expensive, and their money can buy them bigger lots and more expensive homes.”

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What remains to be seen, according to Guettabi, is whether Northerners will continue moving to the region if home prices start to approach or surpass median prices in those areas.

Across the three counties, median home prices range from $260,000 in Pender County to $400,000 in New Hanover County. Medan home values currently in New Hampshire are estimated at $435,384 and $392,364 in Maryland, according to Zillow.

Challenge 3: A lack of homes stemming from industry shortages

A major factor fueling the rise in home prices is a lack of homes ready to be sold. Last year, all three counties had between 1-2 months of supply, meaning how long it would take for all current residential properties to sell at the average rate of sales, according to Cape Fear Realtor’s 2022 annual report.

Building more homes isn’t a quick process, and while residential building permits have increase slightly from where they were pre-COVID, according to Cape Fear Realtors, constructing a property can take years. The typical project can take 16-24 months just to get through the engineering, surveying and approval stage, Moore said.

More: Q&A: Why Wilmington's rising home prices are raising concerns about the market's future

On top of that the construction industry is dealing with a labor shortage and the residual effects of a material shortage, Moore said.

“Any high-growth market will always have a supply and demand issue,” Moore said. “What it comes down to typically is that there's going to always be more demand than supply.”

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Open House Youth Shelter

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M.E.R. Residential Program

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Emergency shelter program.

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19 of the most iconic buildings and historic structures in the Wilmington area

Wilmington and Southeastern North Carolina are steeped in history. It's all around us, really. If these buildings could talk? They'd have quite a few tales to tell.

Amuzu Theatre

A former movie theater, this 105-year-old building in downtown Southport has been partially restored, and in recent years has seen increased use as a concert venue and performing arts center.

More: Southport history This historic Southport theater harbors ghosts of the past while dreaming of the future

Bellamy Mansion & Museum

One of the best-known and most beautiful structures in Wilmington, the Bellamy Mansion at Fifth Avenue and Market Street is rich in local history, which it continues to interpret.

Built for one of the town's most prosperous citizens in 1861, largely by some of Wilmington's best Black artisans, its grounds also contain one of the only local examples of former housing for enslaved workers.

Burgwin-Wright House

Built atop a former jail (or "gaol"), the third-oldest building in Wilmington was built in 1770. An imposing structure at Third and Market streets surrounded by beautiful gardens, the Burgwin-Wright is also a repository of Wilmington history that's open to the public and is a popular spot for tourists and locals alike.

Cape Fear River Pilot's Tower 

A structure and a building, but definitely iconic, this tower has stood watch over the Cape Fear River in downtown Southport since the 1940s. It replaced a wooden tower in the same location, which has hosted structures monitoring river conditions for more than 250 years.

The Carolina Apartments

Creepily immortalized in David Lynch's 1986 film "Blue Velvet," this 1906 apartment building at Fifth Avenue and Market Street was also the longtime home of Claude Howell, one of Wilmington's best-known artists.

The Cotton Exchange

Actually a complex of eight connected buildings, the former headquarters of the Sprunt cotton dynasty was transformed into a mall of retail shops and restaurants in 1976. It remains a destination for shopping, dining and drinking.

First Presbyterian Church

A gothic-inspired structure with a tall stone steeple topped with a rooster that towers over South Third Street, it was completed in 1928. The congregation has been around since the mid-1700s, however, and the current building was preceded by several others.

Giblem Lodge

Up until recently, the history of what some call one of Wilmington's most important buildings was not widely known locally. Built in 1871, it was a community center and gathering place for Black Wilmingtonians, and also housed the first local library that could be used by Blacks.

Over the decades the building fell into disrepair, but thanks to efforts by the Historic Wilmington Foundation and others , Giblem now has a new roof, with ongoing plans being made to return the structure to its past glory.

More: Wilmington history Historic Wilmington Foundation to help restore iconic Black history landmark

Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center

Built in 1941 as a USO for service members, for the past several decades this beloved and heavily used structure at Second and Orange streets has served as a home for the arts. Named for late Wilmington civic leader Hannah Block, it was fully renovated in 2008 and now features various museum-like touches chronicling its history, in addition to classrooms, a dance studio, a ceramics studio and a theater.

Mitchell-Anderson House

Built in 1738, this house, now used as offices, is a pre-Revolutionary War building that's the oldest surviving structure in Wilmington.

New Hanover County Courthouse

Though not used as a courthouse anymore (although it did pop up as one in the final episode of Wilmington-shot country music mini-series "George & Tammy"), it does host meetings of the New Hanover County Commissioners.

Its brick clock tower, which still chimes out the time, has been a distinctive part of Wilmington's skyline since 1893.

Old Brunswick County Jail

Built in 1904, this brick building in downtown Southport housed prisoners for seven decades. In recent years it's been turned into a museum, and has become the unlikeliest of tourist attractions in the spring and summer months when it's open.

Orton Plantation

This nearly 300-year-old gem of Southern antebellum architecture is near the Brunswick County town of Winnabow. It hasn't been open to the public in more than a decade, when it and the land that surrounds it was bought by Louis Moore Bacon, a descendant of Roger Moore, who had the plantation house built in 1735.

Known for its featured role in 1984 film "Firestarter."

Pender County Courthouse

Right in the heart of downtown Burgaw, this imposing and still-in-use structure was built in 1938. It's popped up in a lot of films and TV productions as well, and played a prominent role in Stephen King's "Under the Dome." Damaged by Hurricane Florence in 2018, it reopened in 2021.

St. James Episcopal Church

With Thalian/City Hall, the New Hanover County Courthouse and First Presbyterian Church, St. James is part of the foursome of buildings that make up the most iconic stretch of Wilmington's skyline. Its four-cornered steeple is distinctive, and it's the oldest church in Wilmington.

St. John's Lodge

Now part of the complex housing the Wilmington Children's Museum, this 1805 structure has been in near-continuous use since it was built. At one point it was a restaurant, and it's also the former home of St. John's Museum of Art, the predecessor of the Cameron Art Museum.

More: Wilmington history Get to know the Orange Street lodge that holds 200 years of Wilmington history

Temple of Israel

The oldest synagogue in North Carolina and 10th-oldest in the United States, this 1876 structure features a pair of distinctive, onion-shaped domes atop its roof. Water damage has threatened the structure in recent years, but the congregation is in the midst of a campaign to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for needed repairs.

Thalian Hall

If we could only put one building on this list, it might be Thalian Hall.

As one of, if not the only working city hall in the country that's also equipped with a heavily used theater, the hall has been a central part of life in Wilmington since it was built in 1858.

Wilmington Light Infantry Building

Iconic might not be the best word for this one; "notorious" might be a better fit.

It's where a mob of white supremacists gathered and acquired weapons for use in the Wilmington coup and massacre of 1898, when an organized group of whites overthrew the biracial local government, killed dozens of Blacks and forced others to leave town.

A historic marker acknowledging those events is now outside the building. From 1956 to 1982, it was the location of New Hanover County Library.