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Supply and Shallotte · Utilities
County weighs a $348M to $588M sewer expansion, or a building moratorium
Oct 1, 2026
A new state law now counts permitted-but-unconnected sewer flow against plant capacity, which puts the West plant at Supply far over its permit. Expansion options cost roughly $348M, $495M or $588M, with about 75% paid by new development; without expansion, a sewer permit and building moratorium could follow, and Shallotte holds part of the system's capacity.
Brunswick County · Development
Nearly 60,000 homes approved since 2016, but fewer than half are built
Oct 2026
The county's development dashboard shows about 58,300 units approved across 149 major developments, with roughly 9,100 built and 1,200 under construction. Yearly approvals hit about 10,900 in 2024 and 13,100 in 2025.
Calabash · Commercial
Publix at the Commons at Carolina Shores sets its Oct. 28 opening
Sep 29, 2026
The new Calabash-area Publix opens Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 at 7 a.m. The roughly 46,800 sq ft store is expected to employ about 140 people.
Brunswick County · Market data
August home sales dip 8.9%, but the year to date is up 7.1%
Sep 25, 2026
August closed sales fell to 573 from 629, with a flat $392,000 median price and about 95 average days on market. Through August, sales are up and the median price is 4.2% higher at $387,334.
Read the full story at Brunswick County Association of Realtors →
Ocean Isle Beach and Town Creek · Development
Two more subdivisions propose 450 homes near Ocean Isle Beach Road and Town Creek
Sep 2026
Tidebourne Landing would add 274 homes on about 106 acres and Village at Town Creek 176 homes on about 61 acres. The same planning board meeting included a hearing on updating county rules to match the new state law on development approvals.
Supply · Zoning/Planning
Commissioners approve a 25-acre commercial rezoning on NC 211 near Supply
Aug 27, 2026
Commissioners voted 4-1 to rezone 25.1 acres from Rural Residential to Neighborhood Commercial, overturning a neighborhood association's appeal of the planning board's approval. Staff noted the request conflicted with the land use plan and that this stretch of NC 211 is unfunded for widening.
Brunswick County · Market data
July 2026 sales up 4.4% with a median price near $396,750
Aug 27, 2026
The county recorded 671 sales in July, with a median price up about 10% from a year earlier and new construction at roughly 37% of sales. The top sales reached $2.9 million in Ocean Isle Beach and $2.8 million in Sunset Beach.
Read the full story at Brunswick County Association of Realtors →
Bolivia · Development
Two Bolivia-area projects, about 700 homes, go before the planning board
Aug 8, 2026
Amber Glen proposes 417 homes on 122 acres off Old Ocean Highway, and a change to Berkley Bay would trim that project from 294 to 289 homes. Nearby schools are projected to reach capacity by 2029-2030.
Brunswick County · Market data
June 2026 was the strongest June for county home sales in over 20 years
Aug 6, 2026
Realtor data show 720 homes sold in June, up 26.3%, with a median price of $390,000 and new construction making up 38% of sales. Year to date through June, units sold are up 11.2% and the median price is up 4%.
Sunset Beach area · Commercial
Commissioners approve a commercial rezoning on Seaside Road near Sunset Beach
Aug 2026
On Aug. 17 commissioners voted 4-1 to rezone a vacant 2.65-acre parcel to commercial low-density for retail and medical uses. Neighbors raised flooding and traffic concerns.
Sunset Beach · Property tax
Sunset Beach holds its tax rate at 16 cents in the FY 2026-27 budget
Jul 2, 2026
Council unanimously adopted a $13.1 million general fund and kept the property tax rate at $0.16 per $100.
Holden Beach · Property tax
Holden Beach picks a firm for an underwater pier study and holds a 14-cent rate
Jul 2, 2026
The board voted 4-1 to hire an engineering firm to inspect the pier's pilings, and adopted a $33.8 million budget with the tax rate unchanged at $0.14 per $100.
Brunswick County · Zoning/Planning
New state law makes county commissioners the final word on major development approvals
Jul 2026
House Bill 1222, ratified July 3, 2026, has the elected commissioners decide rezonings and major applications filed after July 2, with the planning board only recommending. It also widens traffic impact study requirements.
Shallotte area · Development
Planning board approves 400 homes on Gray Bridge Road outside Shallotte
Jun 18, 2026
The county planning board approved the Gray Bridge planned development on June 8: 400 single-family homes on about 96 acres. The approval is conceptual, a traffic study projects 3,612 weekday trips, and the developer offers land for a possible fire/EMS site.
Sunset Beach · Zoning/Planning
Sunset Beach moves site-plan and plat approvals from the planning board to staff
Jun 11, 2026
The Town Council unanimously changed its development rules so staff, not the planning board, makes the final call on major site plans and subdivision plats. Some residents objected that it reduces public input.
Brunswick County (Maco Road) · Development
Commissioners weigh a 12,500-home development agreement on Maco Road
Jun 2026
The proposal covers about 12,500 homes on 4,362 acres with 90 acres of commercial space, built over roughly 30 years with 20-year vested rights. It includes land for a park, emergency services and a school campus, and one commissioner opposed it.
Oak Island · Property tax
Oak Island proposes an unchanged 20-cent tax rate as nourishment spending ends
May 14, 2026
The recommended 2026-27 budget is about $40 million smaller than last year because the beach nourishment project wrapped up. The article notes the county revaluation takes effect Jan. 1, 2027.
Shallotte and Supply · Zoning/Planning
Gray Bridge hearing set; a small Supply-area rezoning on the same agenda
May 7, 2026
The 400-lot Gray Bridge project sits across from the approved 1,019-home Solserra development and borders Shallotte town limits. The agenda also included rezoning a fraction of an acre near Boones Neck Road at Supply to high-density residential.
Brunswick County · Property tax
County budget keeps the tax rate at 34.2 cents but raises sewer and connection fees
May 6, 2026
The proposed FY2027 budget holds the property tax rate while taxable value grows about 7%. The base wastewater charge would rise from $39 to $45 a month, and meter and connection fees for new construction would also go up.
Ocean Isle Beach · Beach/Resilience
Dredging puts sand on Ocean Isle's eroding east end
May 4, 2026
Crews began placing about 35,000 cubic yards of sand west of the terminal groin as federal maintenance work, and the town paid for another 25,000 cubic yards east of it. All work was due by June 15.
Shallotte · Development
Humabuilt files plans for 400 homes on Gray Bridge Road
Apr 30, 2026
The planned development would put 400 single-family homes on 98 acres, with 212 in a first phase, plus trails, greenways and a dog park. It went to the county planning board in May 2026.
Ocean Isle Beach and Bolivia · Development
Planning board approves about 200 homes near Bolivia and Ocean Isle
Apr 20, 2026
The county planning board approved the 129-home Jinny's Creek on 37 acres, part of 212 homes cleared that month.
Brunswick County · Affordability
School board asks for county support to build teacher housing
Apr 17, 2026
The school board wants to set aside about 12 of 94 acres on Middle River Road for teacher housing. The same commissioners' agenda covered a request to raise caps on fire fees.
Ocean Isle Beach and Bolivia · Zoning/Planning
Planning board docket: about 1,500 units, including Ocean Isle-area projects
Apr 2026
The April 13 docket included Green Hill (1,340 homes near Winnabow), Jinny's Creek (129 lots near Ocean Isle Beach), Willow Haven near Bolivia, and a request to cut Remuda from 155 to 140 units.
Oak Island · Zoning/Planning
Oak Island council scraps commercial parking minimums
Mar 23, 2026
Council voted 3-2 to eliminate parking space minimums for commercial development, hoping to grow a commercial tax base that is only 11% of land use.
Brunswick County · Zoning/Planning
Planning board approves three projects totaling about 5,000 homes
Mar 2026
CherryTree (1,000 homes near Winnabow), Mirasol (340 homes near St. James) and the Canopy planned development (3,700 senior homes) won approval. Approval does not guarantee water or sewer service, and residents objected on infrastructure, schools, flooding and traffic.
Brunswick County · Utilities
A state sewer rule freezes some county permits and stalls about eight projects
Feb 24, 2026
Under Senate Bill 673, permitted-but-unbuilt flow counts as current flow, which pushed the county past its capacity threshold. Expansions are underway, including the West plant, and roughly 48,000 homes have been approved over the last decade.
Ocean Isle Beach · Development
Ocean Isle approves the first plat for the 649-unit The Tides
Feb 19, 2026
Commissioners voted 4-1 to approve the first phase final plat of 46 lots for The Tides, a roughly 241-acre planned community. The town sold the land to Stanley Martin Homes in 2022.
Calabash (Carolina Shores) · Development
Golf-course owner pivots to one-acre lots after a denial
Feb 17, 2026
After the rezoning denial, the owner of the closed Carolina Shores golf course said he would pursue one home per acre across the 156-acre property, with no open space or stormwater ponds.
Ocean Isle Beach · Beach/Resilience
Ocean Isle asks the Corps for more sand near The Pointe
Feb 12, 2026
The town sought permission to place up to 70,000 cubic yards along about 1,875 feet in front of The Pointe, a 44-lot gated community, and to enlarge its sand source area.
Calabash (Carolina Shores) · Zoning/Planning
Carolina Shores board rejects golf-course rezoning for 120 homes
Feb 9, 2026
Commissioners voted 3-1 to deny rezoning the closed golf course for a 120-home plan with 19 retention ponds, after residents raised flooding, traffic and property-value concerns.
Brunswick County · Development
County approved 13,552 homes in 2025 and issued about 4,189 building permits
Feb 2026
The 31 residential developments approved in 2025 compare with 18 the year before. The article also cites 21 approved commercial projects, five of them storage, and a countywide housing gap of about 15,400 units.
Brunswick County · Property tax
The 2027 county property revaluation takes effect Jan. 1, 2027
Jan 2026
New property values are due to owners by the end of March 2027, and tax rates are set separately afterward. The county's revaluation page explains how values are determined and how to appeal.
Ocean Isle Beach · Development
Lennar's 115-home Riverbank at Ocean Isle approved near US 17
Dec 15, 2025
The county planning board unanimously approved 115 single-family homes on 45 acres along US 17, with no lots in wetlands or the AE flood zone. Total approved units in the area now exceed 1,400.
Shallotte · Development
Shallotte approves 207 more homes in Hayden Point
Dec 11, 2025
Aldermen unanimously approved 207 single-family homes on 96 acres off Forest Street Extension, bringing Hayden Point to 629 homes with D.R. Horton as builder. Residents raised traffic concerns at Frontage Road and US 17.
Ash and Bolivia · Development
Two scaled-down projects revived: 620 homes in Ash and 151 in Bolivia
Dec 10, 2025
The planning board approved a 620-home age-55-plus community on 232 acres in Ash and Willow Haven at 151 homes on US 17 in Bolivia. Together they total 771 homes after earlier versions were rejected.
Oak Island · Beach/Resilience
Oak Island beach nourishment under way; council adds 114,000 cubic yards of sand
Nov 10, 2025
The 2025/26 project began, and council approved 114,000 more cubic yards paid by a $3 million state storm-damage grant. The added sand covers stretches near SE 43rd to SE 52nd streets.
Holden Beach · Zoning/Planning
Holden Beach voters reject a $7.3 million pier bond
Nov 5, 2025
Voters turned down the bond to replace the town-owned fishing pier, leaving the town to choose among repair, replacement or demolition. The pier remains barricaded.
Oak Island · Zoning/Planning
Oak Island adopts its land use plan after dropping 4-story language
Oct 23, 2025
Council adopted the CAMA Land Use Plan after removing a four-story height stipulation, keeping the existing 35-foot height cap.
Holden Beach · Zoning/Planning
Commissioners put the Holden Beach pier bond on the ballot; total cost near $11.6M
Aug 21, 2025
The $7.3 million bond would cost nearly $11.6 million with interest, or about $31.60 per $100,000 of valuation each year. The town bought the 3-plus acre pier property in 2022 for $3.3 million.
Oak Island · Beach/Resilience
Oak Island residents petition against building on a washed-out oceanfront lot
Jun 16, 2025
More than 600 signatures opposed new construction on an eroded oceanfront lot on East Beach Drive, arguing such lots are unsuited for homes.
Shallotte · Development
Shallotte approves a 308-unit apartment community for residents 55 and older
Jun 12, 2025
Aldermen unanimously approved a conditional rezoning of a 54-acre site on North Mulberry Road for 308 age-restricted apartments. The land must be annexed before construction and will use county water and town sewer.
Shallotte · Development
Shallotte approves the 1,019-home Solserra development and annexation
May 2025
On May 6, 2025 aldermen unanimously approved a planned development on 372 acres along the Shallotte River off Gray Bridge Road: 545 single-family homes, 174 townhomes and 300 multifamily units, with Pulte as builder and an eight-to-ten-year buildout.
Shallotte (Brierwood Estates) · Zoning/Planning
Shallotte approves reopening nine holes at the closed Brierwood golf course
Mar 6, 2025
On March 4, 2025 aldermen unanimously granted a special use permit to reopen nine holes, the clubhouse and a restaurant at the former Brierwood Golf Club, which closed in 2017. A later phase would add pickleball courts, with extra buffering required after neighbor concerns. (The permit has since expired; see the Brierwood Estates articles.)
Shallotte (Brierwood Estates) · Zoning/Planning
Owners of the shuttered Brierwood course seek a permit to reopen nine holes
Feb 25, 2025
An application filed in December 2024 proposed reopening holes 1-9, the clubhouse and a restaurant. The owner bought the course in 2014 for $1.25 million, and the town hearing was set for March 4, 2025.
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