Oleander Place Wilmington, NC

Oleander Place

Oleander Place is located at the intersection of Oleander Drive (US Highway 76) and Fordham Road, adjacent to Independence Mall. Oleander Drive is a major thoroughfare from downtown Wilmington with a traffic count of 30,000 vehicles per day.

Wilmington experienced staggering growth in the 1990s, ranking at one point as the second fastest growing city in the country, behind only Las Vegas. Between 2000-2010 Wilmington had a population growth rate of 15.5%.

Oleander Place is located less than 2 miles from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW). The University has over 13,000 students and is one of the top employers in Wilmington with a faculty and staff of 1,809. UNCW is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the south by U.S. News & World Report.