Wilmington firm proposes 2 projects on Military Cutoff Road

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A Wilmington real estate development firm, Tribute Companies, is proposing two mixed-use communities on Military Cutoff.

They would be called Arboretum West and Arboretum Village.

The plans include 360 apartments, 98 townhomes, retail, dining, office space, and a coffee shop.

All buildings are proposed to be three stories or less, and located on the west side of Military Cutoff Road.

The projects are not far from each other, one is on Station Road and Westwood Drive and a city spokesman says the other other would be in the Wheel Estates lot behind Harris Teeter.

Tribute Companies said the site design, crafted by architect and designer Scott Stewart, preserves significant trees and embraces design elements of the New Urbanist movement.

As part of the development, Tribute Companies would make traffic improvements to offset the impacts of the development and coordinate with the NCDOT to provide pedestrian access to the Cross City Trail with a crosswalk.

Nothing is official just yet.

The city said the reviewing committee still needs to go over the site plans.