425 S Lee St, Whiteville, NC

Located in downtown Whiteville, this 4,076± square foot building offers excellent storefront visibility and signage on S Lee Street, just south of the W Columbus Street intersection and one block off JK Powell Blvd (Hwy 701 Bypass) and N Madison Street (Hwy 701 Business). The property is currently arranged with a reception area, several office and storage areas, conference rooms, and a small warehouse area in the elevated rear, with limited truck access via an existing dock-high door for loading and unloading inventory. The building could be opened up and configured in any number of ways for alternative uses to the current office layout. A conference room previously had a roll-up door, which has been walled off. Originally constructed and occupied by Brunswick Electric, then leased by Four County Community Services for 35 years, this building has great bones in a strategic downtown Whiteville location. Located in an Opportunity Zone and a NC Main Street Community, this property neighbors the new 101,000± square foot Truist Regional Headquarters. Columbus County purchased the former BB&T building, across Columbus Street from this property, along with the paved parking lot adjacent to this building, for county offices and an Entrepreneurship Center to support small business. The 19,000± square foot building adjacent to this property, former home of The News Reporter printing and publishing operations, was purchased by the City of Whiteville and is undergoing renovations to house Provalus, a company new to Whiteville that will create approximately 200 IT support positions over the coming years. The roof is approximately 12 years old, and the HVAC is four years old. Downtown Whiteville continually undergoes a comprehensive revitalization process, placing this property in the center of a growing business community with an eye towards historical renovation and restoration.