Battleship Point

10/11/2024

On Monday, New Hanover County leaders approved amending the county’s Comprehensive Plan to include new development guidelines for the Cape Fear River’s western bank. The proposed changes first came before the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners in early August, but the board tabled the pro...

07/19/2024

Work. Continues.

A public debate over the future of the western bank of the Cape Fear River is expected to go before top New Hanover County leaders next month. An intense interest in the largely undeveloped riverbank began more than two years ago when developers submitted plans for two large-scale developments on t...

06/20/2024

And the conversation continues. Have something to contribute? You are invited.

The public can provide comments until noon on June 28 and a public hearing is scheduled for July 11.

04/04/2024

After more than two years of debate, New Hanover County leaders are working to establish the guard rails that will guide any future development on the western bank of the Cape Fear River.  The recent public debate over the largely undeveloped riverbank stemmed from plans for two large-scale develop...

03/14/2024

We need housing inventory, for both purchase and rent.

The Cape Fear Housing Coalition hosted a national expert on homelessness for its housing breakfast this year. WHQR’s Kelly Kenoyer and Ben Schachtman attended, and have the highlights.

03/11/2024

WILMINGTON — As New Hanover County looks to update its comprehensive plan addressing development on the west bank of the Cape Fear River, planning board members at Thursday’s meeting took issue with a…

02/12/2024

For decades, developers have toyed with the idea of building on the limited high ground amid the marshes and forests of Eagles Island and Point Peter.

For decades, developers have toyed with the idea of building on the limited high ground amid the marshes and forests of Eagles Island and Point Peter.

11/03/2023

Thank you WHQR and Ben Schachtman for the conversation. Read it here:

In the spring of 2021, developers Kirk Pugh and Jim Lea sat down with WHQR to discuss a proposed $500 million project. Now, two and half years later, Pugh returned to address more recent concerns and to share his optimism about what’s changed and his frustration about what hasn’t.

10/23/2023

What's on our minds? This:

Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. Ben and Cami talk this week about something that hasn't been in the news a lot lately, but hasn't left priority with the county: development on the west bank of the Cape fear River.

10/19/2023

NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Nearly 24 months after a development group pitched the county to build three 200-plus-foot-tall mixed-use towers on the west banks of the Cape Fear River, plans have now shifted…

10/13/2023

New Hanover County planning leaders are set to recommend policy changes next week that could guide future development on the Cape Fear River’s western bank. Public debate over the future of the largely undeveloped riverbank has peaked in recent years, following proposals for a hotel and spa and a ...

01/05/2023

Another proposed development faces challenges.

The N.C. Department of Transportation is attempting to acquire land currently slated for development adjacent to the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge in anticipation of an eventual bridge replacement.    Though a replacement is still unfunded, the proposed project stands in the path of each of the four o...