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Coping with ongoing appliance shortage

BY CECE NUNN

Appliance sellers find themselves explaining it over and over again, at times to overwrought customers.

“It” is an appliance shortage stemming from multiple factors, COVID-19 being the major one, that has been going on for the better part of a year and doesn’t show many signs of stopping.

The “perfect storm” of problems actually began before COVID-19 hit the U.S. last year, said Mark Edwards, one of the owners of Atlantic Appliance & Hardware, which has a showroom at 914 S. Kerr Ave. “The manufacturers for 2020 had predicted a little bit of a down cycle, thinking that sales were not going to be great,” Edwards said. “They thought they might be down a little bit from 2019. So they kind of set their numbers at a lower number to build products.”

Then along came the coronavirus pandemic.

“A lot of the plants had to shut down for weeks at a time due to COVID on the assembly line. And of course if one person had it, then they had to shut the whole place down for two weeks,” Edwards said. “So there was a lot of downtime due to COVID early, and then of course when they would come back to work, they had to social distance and rearrange things on the assembly line.”

While most appliances today are made using robotics, “there are still a lot of people on the assembly lines that [were previously] elbow to elbow. … They had to redesign assembly lines, and that took time to do and to figure out,” he said.

While there’s a shortage of most appliances these days, at the beginning of the pandemic, freezers were a big deal because of fears about a food shortage that didn’t happen to any major extent.

“Everybody in the whole world was looking for freezers, not just in Wilmington, North Carolina,” said Edwards, whose store had a freezer waiting list three pages long.

Of the appliance shortage in general, Kristi Johnson, manager of Island Appliance at 5946 Carolina Beach Road, said, “It’s a manufacturing problem; it’s not a store problem.”

But the stores get blamed.

“People don’t understand, and people are mean,” Johnson said. “They scream and yell and cuss at us like it’s our fault, like we have some control over it. ... I’ve been working here for 16 years, and I’ve never seen anything like this.”

Johnson said customers are told upfront that there’s a lot of availability issues. “If it’s not something that we have in stock, it can be 14 to 16 weeks before we can get something,” she said.

Another COVID-19 side effect that has contributed to the appliance shortage: people staying at home more to avoid crowds and because of past restrictions.

Edwards said, “People are stuck at home for weeks at a time, and they’re using their appliances more than they normally would because they’re not eating out ... They’re hearing noises coming from their refrigerator or their washer or dryer that they hadn’t noticed before, and they decide, ‘You know what, this thing’s 12 years old, 14 years old, it’s time to replace it.’”

The situation has come to the point where one manufacturer might have some products but then those disappear, and a salesperson spends half of his or her day chasing down another brand, Edwards said.

“It’s been a nightmare for our sales team … it’s been a nightmare for everybody’s sales teams,” he said.

While dishwashers and Frenchdoor refrigerators seem to be some of the hardest appliances to find, the shortage is not brand specific, Johnson said.

“It’s everybody across the board,” she said. “Every brand out there is having availability issues.”

Components to build appliances are also at a premium now, including control panels, Johnson and Edwards said.

Although availability remains a problem even as COVID-19 vaccinations increase, appliance stores did have some good news in 2020.

“Even with all we had to put up with shortage-wise, we had the best sales year we’ve ever had in 2020,” Edwards said. “If [more] products were available, it would have been off the charts.”

Atlantic Appliance has three warehouses filled with appliances, but those are spoken for.

“A lot of it is product that’s waiting for new homes to be finished because there have been delays in windows and doors,” Edwards said, pointing to a shortage of building materials as well.

Island Appliance also had a warehouse filled with appliances when the pandemic hit, which tempered the bad news with some good news.

“Last year we had record sales because everybody was at home, they were remodeling, things like that,” Johnson said. “We were fortunate enough that we have a warehouse, and our warehouse was fully stocked.”

The record sales, however, depleted the store’s stock, she said.

The appliance situation is adding to the shortages already faced by homebuilders in lumber and other items. According to a February survey for the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, nearly 90% of the builders responding said they had trouble obtaining appliances in a timely manner over the past six months, 51% to a major extent.

Whether the appliance situation will normalize any time soon remains to be seen.

“If you told me this time last year that it would be a year later and things will still be this bad, I would have said, ‘There’s no way. There’s just no way.’ But the demand is still outrageous,” Edwards said.

Johnson said manufacturers are “telling us that things probably will not be getting better until late summer, early fall.”

PHOTO BY CECE NUNN Cool discussion: Sam Stetson (left) watches as Atlantic Appliance & Hardware employee Carl Bridgers talks about one of the store’s refrigerators.

MADE

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MADE

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PHOTOS C/O ALCAMI CORP.

ALCAMI CORP.

2320 SCIENTIFIC PARK DR, WILMINGTON

No. of employees: About 400 locally and 850 globally Year founded: 1979 Top local officials: Amanda Wohlleber, site director of drug product operations in Wilmington, and Katie Schlipp, executive director of analytical services in Wilmington Company description: Alcami Corp. is a Wilmington-headquartered contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with expertise in drug development from discovery to commercialization. Products made locally: Oral solid dosage drug products including tablets, hard-shell capsules and powders. Additional service offerings include analytical testing and development services of life-changing medications. Product distribution: Global What made the company decide to make its goods locally? Amanda Wohlleber: “The people – our employees here in Wilmington have the passion and expertise to offer a unique value proposition of immense scientific talent and harmonious collaboration with our customers.” What’s your target market? Wohlleber: “We are positioned to serve pharma and biotech companies of all sizes with the ability to stay nimble as the pharmaceutical landscape evolves.” What’s planned next? Wohlleber: “We just completed a $2 million investment at our Wilmington headquarters to expand our oral solid development and manufacturing capabilities with the addition of a Gerteis Mini-Pactor roller compactor and low-humidity suites to our existing 140,000-square-foot campus in Wilmington. The expansion also builds out dry granulation capabilities and offers increased flexibility to support moisture-sensitive processes. Further expansions are planned in Wilmington as we continue to expand our oral solid dose manufacturing, packaging and analytical service offerings in Wilmington.” EDITOR’S NOTE: To be considered for the Greater Wilmington Business Journal’s MADE feature, contact newsroom@wilmingtonbiz.com.

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H’DEZ DELIVERY SERVICES LLC 51 Babbling Creek Rd Rocky Point 28457 Agent: Benjamin A Hernandez

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HIGH TIDE OUTFITTERS LLC 5319 E Oak Island Dr Oak Island 28465 Agent: Rodney Keesee

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HOLLOMAN&HOLLOMAN LLC 3020 Cobden Court Leland 28451 Agent: Richard James Holloman

HOLMES SOLUTIONS GROUP LLC 3303 Wickslow Rd Apt 12 Wilmington 28412 Agent: Aaron J Holmes Jr

HOMESPEC SERVICES LLC 30 Silo Ct. Hampstead 28443 Agent: Paul A Melfi

HOOVERS SWEETS AND TREATS LLC 306 McRae St Wilmington 28401 Agent: Matthew Williamson

HOUSE OF CUTS BARBER SHOP LLC 410 North 7th St Apt B Wilmington 28401 Agent: Mustafa Speller

HP TRAINING LLC 4315 Castle Hayne Road Castle Hayne 28429 Agent: Holly Peterson

HUNTER KAISER LLC 329 South Lumina Ave Wrightsville Beach 28480 Agent: Hunter C Kaiser

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METAL & SHINGLE ROOFING EXPERTS LLC 117 E Westwood Dr Wilmington 28405 Agent: Aaron Andres Leon Maldonado

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NEW LEVEL HOME INSPECTION CORP. 410 Sturbridge Court Wilmington 28405 Agent: Mark Romer

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NO LIMITS TRUCKING LLC 82 Babbling Creek Road Rocky Point 28457 Agent: Shannon Powell Bowers

NXTLEVL LLC 715 Hughes Road Hampstead 28443 Agent: Andrew G. Smith

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PELICAN COVE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC 2013 Olde Regent Way Ste 150 Box 102 Leland 28451 Agent: James Davis

PERFORMANCE IRRIGATION AND MAINTENANCE LLC 9037 Landing Dr SW Calabash 28467 Agent: Jeffrey Brian Roberts

PICKLEVIEW PARTNERS LLC 401 South 4th St. Wilmington 28401 Agent: Deborah Butler

PIPELINE POKE LLC 105 Cottage Walk Hampstead 28443 Agent: Adrian Kugatow

PRECISE INNOVATIONS LLC 811 Lorraine Dr Wilmington 28412 Agent: Tiffany Johnson

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PURPLE ROSE HOME COLLECTION LLC. 209 Sunn Aire Court Wilmington 28405 Agent: Shanita Chavonne Davis

R&M PROPERTY PRESERVATION LLC 17881 US Highway 421 Willard 28478 Agent: Rakeim JaVonta Martin

RACE CITY HAULING INC. 3565 Hemlock Ridge Dr Southport 28461 Agent: Brian McCormick

REAL ESTATE AKSHAR LLC 2059 Carolina Beach Rd Wilmington 28401 Agent: Nirav Patel

RELENTLESS PROPERTIES L.L.C. 1300 Lovingston Lane Wilmington 28409 Agent: William R McBride III

REPAIRALL HVAC APPLIANCE’S L.L.C. 1010 Daybreak Ct Leland 28451 Agent: Demarcus A Baldwin

RIVERS END HOME REPAIR LLC 310 Santa Ana Wilmington 28412 Agent: Jamie Adair

RL PRODUCTIONS LLC 2024 Lynnwood Dr Wilmington 28403 Agent: Robert Caull Garrou Exum Jr. Suite C Bolivia 28422 Agent: Laura Baez

RP RUSTIC DESIGNS LLC 510 Fennell Town Rd. Burgaw 28425 Agent: Lori Lynn Craft

SALTY SOUTHERN ADVENTURES LLC 2537 L Street SW Supply 28462 Agent: Aaron Banks Medlin

SAM HATCH MUSIC LLC 1337 West Gate Dr Apt 307 Leland 28451 Agent: Samuel Hatch

SANDHILL ENTERPRISE LLC 3288 Blue Banks Loop Rd NE Leland 28451 Agent: Daniel David Edens II

SEASIDE RENTALS INC. 51 JH Batts Road Surf City 28445 Agent: Matthew A. Smallwood

SECOND UNIT LLC 1104 Petite Court Wilmington 28412 Agent: Michelle Krizner

SEIGLER HOLDINGS LLC 4819 Oakview Dr Southport 28461 Agent: Audrey Pennock

SELF CARE CLEANING & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC 225A Fourth Ave N Kure Beach 28449 Agent: Meghan Obrien

SIMPLE VENTURE PROPERTIES LLC 333 Early Drive Wilmington 28412 Agent: Luke Tippett

SMART REALTY CAROLNA LLC 411 Lakeview Drive Hampstead 28443 Agent: Jennifer Coleman Hernly

SMITHVILLE TOWNES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC. 1226 N. Howe Street Southport 28461 Agent: Carson Lawrence

SOL SEARCHIN ENTERPRISES LLC 154 NW 9th Street Oak Island 28465 Agent: Kathryn Reed Perkinson-Rhinehardt

SOUTHERN CROSS MARITIME LLC 313 Garnercrest Rd Wilmington 28411 Agent: Jeremy Shane Stevens

SOUTHERN TRIO PHOTOGRAPHY LLC 182 Bellhammon Forest Drive Rocky Point 28457 Agent: Sheila Freeman 3659 Orchid Ln SE Bolivia 28422 Agent: Curtiss Andre Rayl

SRJ VENTURES LLC 5704-101 Oleander Drive Wilmington 28403 Agent: Edward Stephen Owens III

STAYCAY LLC 6027 Willow Glen Dr Wilmington 28412 Agent: Stephanie Manke

SUNCOAST POWER WASH SERVICES LLC 772 Scorpion Drive Wilmington 28411 Agent: Charles Lepowsky

SUNSET RIDGE PAIRED VILLAS OWNERS ASSOCIATION 2018 Eastwood Rd Wilmington 28403 Agent: Premier Management Company

SURF CITY BREWING COMPANY LLC 2761 NC Hwy 210 E Unit G#211 Hampstead 28443 Agent: Clinton B Smith

SURF CITY POOLS & SPAS LLC 700 Cordgrass Road Hampstead 28443 Agent: James Labilloi

SWORLEY IT CONSULTING LLC 3529 Masonboro Loop Rd Wilmington 28409 Agent: Casey J Worley

T&C DEVELOPMENT LLC 720 North Third Street Suite 301 Wilmington 28401 Agent: Charles Schoinger

TAILCHASER SPORTFISHING INC. 2555 St James Dr Unit 406 Southport 28461 Agent: William Russell Gorham

THE BERRIOS FOOD COMPANY LLC 6504 Yellow Bell Rd Wilmington 28411 Agent: Oscar Berrios

THE BLUE GRACIAS OPEN AIR ART MARKET LLC 706 South Anderson Blvd Topsail Beach 28445 Agent: Elizabeth Guri

THE BRIDGE DANCE ARTS LLC 173 North Palm Dr Winnabow 28479 Agent: Eric D Watchous

THE HAPPY OSPREY LLC 3333 Wrightsville Ave Unit G Wilmington 28403 Agent: David Allen D’Alessandro III

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With large gatherings on hold because of the pandemic, it’s been a quieter-than-usual year at the Wilmington Convention Center.

That wasn’t the case April 9, however, as Wilmington Health administered the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine to nearly 1,200 people at the city-owned center.

Anyone 16 and older is now eligible to get a vaccine in North Carolina.

Wilmington Health has been offering the vaccine since it first became available, but space at its main campus limited how many people could be vaccinated in a day.

Wilmington Health teamed with the city and the convention center manager ASM Global for the mass-vaccination event. The center will be a vaccine site again April 30 for those who were vaccinated April 9 to receive the second dose. (The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines currently require two doses; the newer Johnson & Johnson vaccine requires only one.)

With more space available, Wilmington Health was able to administer its most-recent vaccine allocation in one day, compared with the three days it’s been taking at its facility at 1202 Medical Center Drive, according to Wilmington Health spokeswoman Alexis Hunter.

She said Wilmington Health will continue to work with the convention center and other large venues to secure vaccination sites as space is available.

The convention center isn’t the only large, nonmedical site to be used for vaccinations. New Hanover Regional Medical Center has been offering vaccines at Stone Theatres’ The Pointe 14 movie theater at South 17th Street and Independence Boulevard.

But in another sign that life is getting a little more back to normal, the theater complex is gearing up for an April 23 reopening.

“NHRMC remains committed to providing COVID-19 vaccines to our community,” spokesman Julian March said. “We will continue to offer vaccination appointments at our 17th Street campus. As part of our targeted outreach efforts, we are also partnering with third-party organizations to offer multiple vaccine outreach clinic sites each week at locations throughout the community.”

PHOTO C/O JUST FOR BUYERS REALTY Top of the market: The home at 831 S. Lumina Ave. in Wrightsville Beach sold for $6 million in March, an area record.

Home sells for $6M, breaking record (April 7)

The region’s most expensive home sale record has been broken again, according to a recent report.

The home at 831 S. Lumina Ave. in Wrightsville Beach (shown above) sold March 19 for $6 million.

“For 15 years, the highest price on the books stood at $5,264,000 for a property that closed in August of 2005. That record was topped in September 2020 by roughly $13,000,” stated a news release from Wilmington-based Just For Buyers Realty. “It was broken again the very next month by a house that sold for $5.5 million and that record was exceeded again in March.”

The South Lumina Avenue home on the Wrightsville Beach oceanfront is 4,000 square feet and has six bedrooms.

In addition to the record home sale, March was the most prolific month ever recorded in the area for luxury sales, with 52 high-end homes sold, according to the report.

That tops a record of 47 luxury home sales set in August 2020 and then tied in October 2020, stated the Just For Buyers Realty report. “Luxury home” is defined as those priced at $1 million or more.

The March 2021 transactions had a combined value of about $93 million, up more than 11% from the previous high of $83.5 million in October 2020.

Another 30 luxury homes went under contract, and 48 more homes came on the market with an asking price of $1 million or more, the release stated.

“The four dozen homes that came on the market will prove crucial to keeping this streak going,” Kathleen Baylies, broker in charge of Just For Buyers Realty, said in the release.

County OKs relief funds spending plan (April 6)

New Hanover County Commissioners on April 5 approved a framework on how the federal funds will be spent, which includes $3.85 million for business, nonprofit and employment assistance.

The county announced that it expected to receive about $45.4 million from the American Rescue Plan, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden in March. The plan aims to provide relief to communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Through New Hanover’s plan, business grants will be available focused on retail, service, leisure, hospitality and child care facilities as well as nonprofits that were not able to continue operations at some point during the pandemic. It will also fund two job programs administered by Step Up Wilmington, which will provide a six-week paid job training and placement program for 100 people and a six-month paid internship and job placement for up to 20 people to develop long-term skills and employment.

In addition to $3.85 million for business and employment, the plan includes: • $5.76 million for broadband connectivity including connecting about 8,000 homes to broadband • $3 million for housing including mortgage assistance • $12.3 million for infrastructure and emergency management, including for Blue Clay Business Park • $3.2 million for revenue replacement (lost sales tax revenue during the pandemic) • $6.2 million for essential county employees including bonuses

nCino HQ to expand (April 5)

An expansion at the Wilmington headquarters of fintech firm nCino will allow for 600 new employees, according to an announcement.

“nCino was founded in Wilmington, N.C., and this city has always been our home,” said Pierre Naudé, CEO of the cloud banking software firm, in an email. “We are proud to continue investing in Wilmington, and have begun construction on a new parking deck at our Mayfaire headquarters, which we expect to be finished around October 1, 2021. Once completed, it will hold space for approximately 640 vehicles.

“In addition, we are also building a new 90,000-square-foot office building adjacent to our main HQ building. Construction on this property will start this summer,” he said. nCino officials didn’t share any further details April 5 about additional employees or hiring expectations. The firm currently has more than 1,100 employees in seven offices around the world, about 700 of those are in Wilmington. The average salary at nCino is about $100,000, Naudé said in September 2020.

Cloud Real Estate Holdings LLC, a Wilmington investment group comprised of entities affiliated with Cameron Management, SHP Acquisitions and Trask Land Co., has entered into an agreement with nCino to acquire, lease-back and develop the additional square footage at nCino’s headquarters.

Cloud Real Estate bought the property at 6770 Parker Farm Drive, including the existing nCino headquarters building, for $16.3 million in December.

As for the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the nCino workplace, company officials said the offices are open for those who want or choose to go in, but all employees are predominantly remote through at least May 31.