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Wrightsville had nine lot
sales, totaling $9 million. Seven
were on Harbor Island, and two
on Wrightsville. Three lot sales
were $1.6 million or more. They
ranged from a high of $1.628
million for a 70x300-foot water-front
lot on 216 Seacrest Drive
and $1.6 million between the
bridges at 108 N. Channel Drive,
to $565,000 for non-waterfront
broken water views at 22 Live
Oak Drive. Four of these were
cash sales.
New construction at
Wrightsville is fueled by the tear-down:
clearing away of an exist-ing
property to build something
much grander. Residents like
Walt Laughlin bemoan the loss of
historic homes including 2 West
Charlotte St., just torn down.
“Wrightsville Beach’s most
exciting history may have been
in the early 20th century when
it was booming with big bands,
trolleys, fancy hotels, romance,
and big dreams,” he says. “Those
who experienced it are all gone
now, and their homes are all
gone too, with the exception of
perhaps only one. A new crop
of houses — built in the early
1950s during the post-World
War II optimism — are now
meeting the wrecking ball at an
alarming rate, replaced by more
modern and bigger houses.”
INTRACOASTAL REALTY CORPORATION february 2020
807 S. Lumina Avenue, Wrights-ville
Beach, is a 5-bedroom,
5-and-one-half bath, authentic
1996 reproduction of the historic
Sprunt house built on a 175-foot
deep, oceanfront lot. It sold in
February, for $3.2 million, which
was 94 percent of list price.