9020 Industrial Boulevard, Leland, North Carolina 28451
Leland Innovation Park
A modern light-industrial and flex development taking shape in Brunswick County's fastest-growing employment corridor, just off the Wilmington Bypass.
See the park in motion
About the park
Leland Innovation Park is a first-generation, tilt-wall flex and light-industrial development rising just off US Highway 74/76, with two direct access points to I-140, the Wilmington Bypass.
The park sits inside the Town of Leland's Innovation District (ID) zoning, a designation built around industrial, R&D, and distribution use. Utilities are already in place — public water and sewer through Brunswick County, natural gas through Piedmont, and fiber connectivity — the groundwork for distribution, light manufacturing, or R&D operations from day one.
The park joins an established industrial corridor already home to Coca-Cola's regional distribution center, Victaulic, Bradford Products, Adams Beverages' regional distribution center, TLG Peterbilt, and Flow Sciences — with US MgO's sheathing-panel manufacturing facility on the way.
- LocationIndustrial Blvd, Leland, NC 28451
- CountyBrunswick County
- ZoningID — Innovation District
- Water / SewerBrunswick County
- Natural GasPiedmont Natural Gas
- ConnectivityFiber available
Two buildings, one park
Building #1 is furthest along: roughly 75,000 square feet of modern tilt-wall construction, divided into fifteen modular 5,000-square-foot bays — a layout that can flex from a single small footprint up to a full-building user. It's expected to deliver in September 2026.
It's engineered with a 20-foot clear ceiling height, 50-by-50-foot column spacing, a full wet-pipe ESFR fire suppression system, and a 6-inch reinforced slab. Building #2 will mirror the same tilt-wall design as Phase 1 builds out to its full 142,000 square feet.
How it sits on the parcel
The Phase 1 buildings step across the site from the entrance drive back toward the tree line, each oriented for full truck-court access and generous parking. Building #1 alone is planned to deliver with roughly 130 parking spaces.
Turnkey 5,000-square-foot spaces with office buildout are designed into Building #1 at delivery, alongside its 15 warehouse bays.
*Phase 1 includes two buildings across 142,000 square feet. Canvasback has the option for an additional third building in a future Phase 2.
Access & connectivity
The park sits directly off US 74/76 with two close-in access points to I-140, the Wilmington Bypass — a straight shot into every part of the Greater Wilmington area.
Downtown Wilmington is roughly 9 miles away; I-40 West is about 18 miles out. The region's transportation backbone runs deeper still: the Port of Wilmington is the busiest port in North Carolina, and Wilmington International Airport is the state's 5th-largest.
Why Wilmington
Wilmington has been one of the fastest-growing coastal metros in the country. It posted the largest percentage population increase of any U.S. metro immediately after the pandemic, and led the nation in inbound migration the following year, per United Van Lines.
That growth sits on top of an increasingly diversified regional economy:
Novant Health / NHRMC anchors the market with 7,000 employees across three campuses and roughly $1B in annual economic impact.
GE Aviation and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy employ 2,175 locally; Corning operates the world's largest optical fiber manufacturing facility here.
ThermoFisher Scientific (1,700 employees) and Alcami (455 employees) both run pharmaceutical and CRO operations in the metro.
Live Oak Bank, ncino, and Apiture have built Wilmington into a genuine fintech and banking hub over the past decade.
The Port of Wilmington is the busiest in North Carolina; ILM Airport is the state's 5th-largest, with a $2.25B annual economic impact.
UNC Wilmington (18,030 students) and Cape Fear Community College, NC's 5th-largest, feed a steady regional talent pipeline.
