1540 S 2nd St
Wilmington, NC 28401
South Front - Container Building on 2nd · Property For Lease

Office space available in Wilmington’s hippest location.....South Front! *This unique building, known as the Container Building has just received CO and ready for occupancy. *This 3000sf interior space with additional 817sf of private outdoor patio space is the only office space remaining in the South Front project. Rent rate to be adjusted to include outdoor patio space. *This suite features 14 ft ceilings, store front glass system allowing natural light throughout, private patios, with shipping containers embedded for ancillary spaces *Private patio overlooking Satellite Bar...Encore Magazine’s 2018 Best Bar in Wilmington *Located above The Second Glass Wine Bar, next to Vivian Howard’s Bennie’s Big Time Pizzeria, Love Lydia’s baker & coffee shop and next to the soon to open New Anthem Brewery and Beer Garden. *Minutes from Greenfield Lake Park and Amphitheater *Located adjacent to pickup point for the Free Downtown District Trolley! *The South Front project started with the transformation of a vacant and dilapidated public housing project, Nesbitt Courts, into a successful 216 unit multi-family venture. This was followed with the conversion of the old Block Shirt Factory located at 1510 S. 3rd to an additional 54 unit urban loft-style apartments. Since opening the vacancy rate has been less the 2%. The first commercial tenant Chef Vivian Howard and Ben Knight, the couple who own Chef & the Farmer in Kinston and star in the PBS show A Chef’s Life, now occupies a 3,700-square-foot portion of the Block Shirt Factory property at 206 Greenfield St. Love Lydia, owned by Lydia Clopton, pastry chef at Pinpoint Restaurant, opened recently after the extensive renovation of an historic bungalow located at the corner or Greenfield and 3rd. With the purchase of the Capps Industrial property between Front and 2nd Street, the expansion of the commercial aspect of the South Front project accelerated to a new level. The 18,000-square-foot building where Capps Industrial Supply was located will now house New Anthem Brewery leaving 3,000sf of the building to be occupied by another chef driven restaurant. The empty lot located along 2nd St. was perfectly suited for a uniquely designed building, now known as the Container Building. The 14,173sf building was designed to incorporate features paying homage to the industrial ports district the project is located in.