Wilmington Recovery Center

Nelson Construction and Development is expanding its addiction treatment portfolio with a new facility located in Wilmington, NC. The 30,000 square foot senior living facility will be converted into a 54-bed addiction treatment center and managed by Ascension Recovery Services. City entitlements and design are complete. Construction will commence upon financing completion. The facility will open in Q4 2025.

• As of 2024, an additional 600,000 people in North Carolina are expected to receive coverage through the state’s Medicaid expansion plan. In 2023, an estimated 54.2 million people aged 12 and older needed treatment for a substance use disorder in the past year
• In 2022, there were 17,000 drug overdose emergency department visits in North Carolina – the highest ever reported in the state.
• In 2023, an estimated 54.2 million people aged 12 and older needed treatment for a substance use disorder in the past year