Carolina Beach creamery may have new neighbor

CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WWAY)- A four-story hotel may become a popular Carolina Beach creamery’s new neighbor if the developers of downtown Wilmington’s Hive Hotel get their conditional land rezoning permit approved.

The hotel, with a rooftop café, would replace the former Welcome Inn.

The proposed boutique hotel would sit next to Jeff Hogan’s Celtic Creamery on North Lake Park Boulevard and Harper Avenue.

According to Hogan, when developers come in to replace old, rundown structures with new ones it adds value to the town.

“I think anytime you take something that is dilapidated like what the old Welcome Inn is and something that is falling down, and then you’re going to have somebody that wants to come, and they are going to put in a nice product into Carolina Beach, I think it’s definitely an improvement for Carolina Beach,” said Hogan.

The Carolina Beach planning and zoning commission will consider the rezoning request next month.