Wilson Named One of Top 20 Small Markets in the South
Southern Business & Development

Southern Business & Development, a quarterly magazine tracking the economy in the South, ranked Wilson as one of the top 20 small markets in the South. Wilson tied for 8th place as reported in Southern Business and Development's Top 20 Small Markets in the South, 1992-2001. The article stated:

"Wilson County, NC boasts a very strong industrial base with companies such as Bridgestone-Firestone, Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Wallace Computer Services and Kidde Aerospace. With over 1 million square feet of pharmaceutical manufacturing space, most of which is less than five years old, WIlson has had particular success with bio-tech and life science industries. This small market, located just east of Raleigh on I-95, is home to Merck and Purdue Pharmaceuticals, as well as Eon Pharma, Leiner Health Products and Southern Testing Laboratories. Jointly, these companies employ over 1,200 people in their Wilson facilities."

Wilson County Properties
Helping Companies Meet Their Building Requirments Through Creative Solutions.

Wilson County Properties is a private non-profit publicly financed corporation that will work with a company to find the best solution to meet your requirements. Wilson County Properties develops buildings that can easily be up-fitted to your specifications. Wilson County Properties has bought buildings and up-fitted to company's requirement, leasing them over a long term where the company at the end of the lease actually owns the building. In conjunction with the Wilson Economic Development Council, their joint objective is to help companies meet the competitive challenges they face by doing anything we can to make site selection, start-up and continuing operations go smoothly. We invite you to contact us. Learn more about how we can provide you with an edge over your competitors. Call Jennifer Lantz at 800-241-4920 or 252 237-1115 or email jlantz@wilsonedc.com

David Woodard, Chairman of the Board of Wilson County Properties, welcomed LiveDo USA to Wilson and most especially to Wilson Corporate Park.  Livedo bought Shell Building Number 6, a building that was constructed in an ongoing program headed up by Wilson County Properties and supported by both Wilson County and the City of Wilson.  The building was nothing more than walls and a roof.  There wasn’t even a floor.  It was designed to be easily up-fitted to the specifications of the new owner.  This program supplements site development in the Wilson Corporate Park offering manufacturing buildings ready for up-fitting.

We are so pleased that the new owner of our building is LiveDo USA and love what they are doing with our Shell Building Number 6.  They are turning it into a working facility, providing jobs for our people and producing quality of life products for people everywhere. 

If your company may have interest in locating a building for expanding or relocating manufacturing, distribution, or other commercial operations, please contact Jennifer Lantz.  Wilson has an excellent inventory of buildings for both small and large operations.  Buildings range in size from 1500 to 200,000 square feet.  Wilson has commercial real estate sites to meet your needs.  Whether you are looking for 5 acres or a mega-site, Wilson has an inventory of building sites with the infrastructure in place.

Whether you are looking for distribution, manufacturing or other commercial operation sites, WEDC is prepared to assist you with finding the most suitable solution to meet your needs.

For further information contact
Jennifer Lantz at 800-241-4920 or 252 237-1115 
jlantz@wilsonedc.com