NEW HANOVER COUNTY — In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the New Hanover County Airport Authority decided to end the employment contract of ILM's current director…
Common Desk Community Manager Aaron Ellis (left) believes the timing is prime for a trendy shared workspace to open in a city like Wilmington, which is seeing growth and revitalization. (Port City Daily photo/Alexandria Sands)
WILMINGTON – Just a year ago, the coworking industry was exploding. These trendy shared workspaces – which have gained popularity in places like San Francisco, Atlanta and Raleigh – started eyeing moves to smaller markets like Wilmington.
Pre-Covid, 77% of coworking companies planned on opening new locations in 2019, according to a Coworker Member’s Choice Awards
The idea of swapping gray cubicles and water coolers for a ping-pong break, luxury coffee and craft beer, and a shared entrepreneurial spirit was persuading millennial freelancers, tech startups and everyone in between to buy memberships at shared workplaces.
Construction began on a new Wilmington Harris Teeter in November. The site plan calls for 18.46 acres of development, and has a target completion date of April 2022. (Port City Daily/Preston Lennon)
WILMINGTON An under-construction Harris Teeter will capitalize on an influx of residents near the intersection of Independence Boulevard and Carolina Beach Road, bringing more grocery options closer to the Riverlights community and Echo Farms.
While the project has been ongoing for four years, developer Dean Scarafoni said Harris Teeter just recently secured approvals from its parent company Kroger to move forward with the plan. It will bring the brand’s largest store in southeastern North Carolina to Wilmington, with 92,000 square feet of building area, according to Scarafoni..
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