The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
AGENTS ARE BUSY
GETTING TENANTS
Near Approach of Moving Day
Makes Them Doubly Active
in This Line.
LUBIN OBTAINS LEASE
ON ADJOINING SITE
Playhouse Plans to Double It's
Present Capacity by Erect
ing Addition to Broad
Street Theater.

Richmond realty agents are devot-
ing most of their time these hot
August days to the rental PROPOSE
ton so that when moving day arrives
September / they win be able to make
a creditable showing for the property
owners.
While the number of houses yet to
be rented is not by any means large.
the agents say that prospective rent
ers are not nearly SO eager to sign
up in many instances as they would
like TO be the cas-,
Time was. they say, when renters
were only too glad to go forth and
look at houses without any coaching
and they never thought Of being
driven about the city at the expense
OF agents. Now. the times are DIFF
ferent Renters must frequently be
shown around in automobiles and
accorded every consideration given
the prospective buyer of house or
lot in the suburbs.
Conditions Changed.
This change OF conditions neces-
sarly makes the work OF the agent all
the harder. Competition. however. is
stronger these days and Ii La rarely
the case that an agent, IL he Is up to
date. falls to meet the situation as II
confronts him.
As for the real estate proposition
in general, dizziness continues to be
the burden of the agents song bat
he finds consolation In the fact that
August In rapidly passing into history
and the fall with its busy times. viii
soon be here.
SO far as can be learned, no deals
or sales OF any special consequence
were turned during the week. al
though inquiries for both city and
Suburban property continue fairly ac-
tive. There is no denying the fact
that vacation season is tough on
business and many OF the agents
realizing this fun wen. are now enjoy
ing a much-peeded vacation them
selves.
Chaplin and Hume had one deaf to
give ont that netted $4,000. This was
the sale 81 two dwellings, at 2a10 and
aoi2 FloSd avenue. made for Messrs.
Powers and Conneu. Other details of
the transaction are withheld until
papers are in better shape for record.
Thcater secures Lease.
Pollard and Raghy displayed an ac-
tive spiritd urtng the week by nego-
tiating the lease which the Lubin
theatre management obtained on
twenty feet frontage adjoining their
playhouse on North Broad street be-
tween Eighth and Ninth streets. The
newly leased property. which is occu-
pied by a small frame structure. VIII
enable the theatre management to
carry out their purpose OF eniarging
the house gu that 1t will have double
Its present capacity Work, II Is
stated. will begin on the addition
early In the fail. The lease extends
for a period Of eight and one-haif
FEARS which Is the extent ef tho fease
the management holds on the main
site. The new work will call for an
outlay OF about $4,000.
AS previously noted In these
columns, Moses Hofheimer is laying
plans for erection of a vaudeville
theater on the north side of Broad
street between Adams and Jefferson
street. The theatre will cost In the
neighhorhood Of $4,000. It will have
q seating capacity of 700 and will
be for colored people. II viii be
torknown as the Star theatre. Ten
tative plans for the structure have
been fled with the building inspec-
tor.
Store to Cost $40, 000.
With this Official Mr.. Hofheimer
hes also fed plans and specifications
for the construction OF a four-story
brick store and Office building on
the northwest corner OF Third and
Broad streets. at an estimated cost
of $4,000
Owing to some hitch In the plans
on which bids were asked q week or
two ago. the Main Street bank has
determined to readvertise for bids on
its new home to be erected at the
northwest corner of Fifteenth and
Main streets. This building will in
all probability be four-story struc-
tnre with foundation for eight or
nine stories which may he erected
later
The r. J. REYNOLDS Tobacco Com
pany Is now having plans drawn for
large storage warehouse ii pro-
poses 10 erect at Twelfth and Byrd
streets. The building ii is estimated.
VIII cost close to $4,000