Greater Wilmington Business Journal

11/24/2025

We’re grateful to everyone who helped us recognize our Health Care Heroes last weekend. It was an inspiring evening celebrating those who continually show up for our community. Congratulations to all our deserving finalists!

2025 Winners:
Lifetime Achievement: Linda Calhoun, MD, Heart & Vascular Institute
Community Achievement: Nicholas Green, Michael Jordan Family Medical Clinic
Health Care Executive: Brad Nelson,
Innovation in Health Care: AJ Trelease, CareHome Health Solutions
Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant: Tami Martin, Heart & Vascular Institute
Nurse:Jan Pahl, NHRMC
Physician: Lora Pacaldo,
Unsung Hero: Michael Joyner,
Volunteer: Bonnie Burriss & Sylvia Stoudenmire, NHRMC

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11/24/2025

Meet the Physician nominees for the Business Journal's 2025 Health Care Heroes Awards. Lora Pacaldo, Clinical Physician Executive/Psychiatrist, Novant Health was named the winner of the category at the Nov. 15 awards ceremony.

Honors a physician whose performance is considered exemplary by patients, peers and other health care providers. LORA PACALDO TITLE: Clinical Physician Executive/Psychiatrist ORGANIZATION: Novant Health WHAT THE NOMINATOR SAID: “Dr. Pacaldo exemplifies the highest standards of excellence in psychi...

11/24/2025

In the case of Starway Village, the apartments wouldn’t exist without gap funding. The new community off Carolina Beach Road is a 4% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit project, an official explained, and the 4% program typically only covers 30% to 40% of the costs.

Ted Heilbron doesn’t expect demand for apartment projects like Starway Village to subside any time soon. Officials celebrated the grand opening of the development, a 278-unit affordable housing complex in Wilmington that’s open to residents at specific income levels, in October. “We could buil...

11/23/2025

Meet the Nurse nominees for the Business Journal's 2025 Health Care Heroes Awards. Jan Pahl, Manager of Hemodialysis and VAT at Novant Health NHRMC, was named the winner of the category at the Nov. 15 awards ceremony.

11/23/2025

The directors of the New Hanover County Public Library and the Cape Fear Museum will work together even more in a new facility.

Check it out: On Oct. 6, New Hanover County’s Project Grace celebrated a major milestone. The day marked the completion of the facility that will hold the main branch of the New Hanover County Public Library and the Cape Fear Museum, with officials holding a ceremony to mark the opening of the lib...

11/22/2025

Meet the Unsung Hero nominees for the Business Journal's 2025 Health Care Heroes Awards. Michael Joyner, Building Operations Courier at Wilmington Health, was named the winner of the category at the Nov. 15 awards ceremony.

Honors anyone working in health care who may not fit in other categories but whose performance is considered exemplary by patients, colleagues and other health care providers. MEGAN CLARKE TITLE: Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner ORGANIZATION: Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute WHAT A NOMINATOR...

11/22/2025

Situated around the confluence of College and Carolina Beach roads, Monkey Junction has witnessed an evolution in commercial building over the past 30 years, a broker said.

Brandon Korman chose Monkey Junction for his fifth Tropical Smoothie Cafe because the area just felt like a good fit. “I love being part of a family-centric area, and a lot of that family centricity is happening in that Midtown, Monkey Junction area,” Korman said, “so we just felt that was ver...

11/21/2025

Horizon Realty Group is a new brand formed from Hackney & Co., a general real estate brokerage and appraisal firm founded in 1990 by Robin Hackney.

A local homebuilder has started a realty group and become affiliated with an independent real estate firm. Horizon Realty Group is a new brand formed from Hackney & Co., a general real estate brokerage and appraisal firm founded in 1990 by Robin Hackney, according to a news release. Robin Hackney...

11/21/2025

Meet the Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant nominees for the Business Journal's 2025 Health Care Heroes Awards. Tami Martin, PA-C, Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute was named the winner of the category at the Nov. 15 awards ceremony.

Honors a nurse practitioner or physician assistant whose performance is considered exemplary by patients, peers and other health care providers.   GRAHAM BROWN TITLE: PA-C, Internal Medicine ORGANIZATION: Wilmington Health WHAT A NOMINATOR SAID: “Graham Brown comes from generations of Wilmington ...

11/21/2025

Dec. 18 DEADLINE: The Business Journal is accepting submissions from local artists – original paintings and drawings that reflect Wilmington-area landmarks, events, communities, native wildlife or landscapes for our annual Book on Business publication.

Calling all local artists!   The Greater Wilmington Business Journal is accepting submissions from local artists – original paintings and drawings that reflect Wilmington-area landmarks, events, communities, native wildlife or landscapes.   Book on Business is an annual publication showcasing t...

11/21/2025

“It’s kind of overlooked as its own node, but it’s a very big node in terms of daily traffic,” a developer said. “Target’s coming next to Home Depot. That’s going to transform everything."

The development of Piner Landing, a two-phased office and retail project in Monkey Junction, has been a family affair for Nash Taylor, his brother Lee Taylor and their dad, Greg Taylor, who owns Wilmington-based design-build firm TCM Construction. The Taylors have owned the development site at 701 P...

11/20/2025

The comparative analysis looked at a traditional toll delivery and a public-private partnership toll delivery.

An analysis presented to local transportation leaders this week examined two different tolling approaches that could help fund the more than $1 billion replacement of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. The comparative analysis, which is required for projects costing over $750 million to receive federal....