The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-27
Little Buying and Sell
ing of Property Dur
ing Week.
AUGUST is BIG
RENTING MONTE
Agents Busy Arranging Their
Leases for Coming Year, and
Transfer Companies Are Get
ting Their Share of Bust.
ness Incident to "Mov.
ing Day"

iHou6H tue past week was duh "a
Tar as buying and selling of real es-
tate was concerned, agents throughout
the city have been busy arranging
their leases for the coming wear.
which with renters begins September
l. August is the renting month, and
great deal Of business is being done
In the way OF securing homes for the
winter. For Rent" signs, which went
up In the early part of the summer,
are being taken down daily, SO, along
with the real estate man, the trans
Ter companies are doing a big busi-
ness. Real estate people consider this
one or the best renting seasons in
years, and state that after September
there Will be fewer vacant houses in
the city than for a long time On ac-
count OF the rush for houses many OF
the late corners are inding II difficult
to secure such locations as they de-
sire for winter quarters. BY the end
OF this week. the best part OF the work
WI! he closed up, and 1t looks as if
iali business would be unusually
brisk.
Active Property.
Among the most acti.e property now
Is trat on West Broad street. between
Allen Avenue and Meadow Street. 1t
was stated yesterday that property in
TINS zone had Increased nearly 100 per
cent since last February At that
tiinc lots were being sold for 500 and
Sloa front foot, while yesterday tha
same property was closed Mt 5000 and
more IN cash transactions Still furth-
er west on Broad Street values are in
ereasing In the same proportion. This
portion Is expected to be the most
active section of the city this fall.
u the suburbs operations have hee,
more active than usual, and building
mas been far above the average Gin
ter Park possibly leads the rest with a.
total OF twenty-five buildings under
construction and completed in the last
sixty days
The following persons now have
buildings under construction: C. B.
Garnett Mrs. Il. d. r. Garnett A. %.
Chapman, j. a. Connolly, w S. Leake.
Cnriion Mccarthy. e. L. Cone. T. Z.
Euftn. f. w. Farley. John H. Cooke,
j. j. Mattern, a. c. Bedford, F.. b.
Carpenter c. w Morrissette, NJ j.
faiton, Ross a. Cawthorne. and two
houses for investment. Houses COM
pleted--Carlton Jackson, John S. Egg
gleaton. $ l.. Lindsay. W. d. Duke.
I ,.
Wright
This is considered remarkable
showing for Ginter Park. but the plan
OF having each house surrounded by
spacious lawn has greatly increased
the attractivcncss OF the place and the
demand for homes.
Old Houses Coming Down.
Throughout Richmond the activity
In building is undated. Especially
ha htIC fnn Ntr IA
are being pulled down and new ones
besns erected faster than ever before
in the history of the city. AccordinS
to the purposes for wA.ah they are to-
b. used. the new buildings range in
height from two and three stories on
the side streets 10 huge skyscrapers
Of steel and concrete.
While the Travellers Insurance.
building is not quite completed. tho
elcva tors have been running for some
time, and number of tenants have
alrsady moved in. All that now re-
mains to be done is IS put the fin
fishing touches on the lower floor.
which, will take hardly more than a
week
The fve-story steel, concrete and
brick building at the corner of Grace
and Seventh Streets. which will be
occup ed by Sydnor & Hundley. Is all
ready under roof. It will be fire.
proof throughout. and will be ready
fo' occupancy by the early part OF
neNt year.
Foundation work Is being rushed on
tn First National Bank building. corr
II ~ of Ninth and Main Streets; the
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
building, Tenth and Broad Streets.
and the addition to the Richmond Ho-
tel. All OF these are rush jobs, ana
by the coming OF cold weather will
be so far advanced that It will not
b. necessary to shut do"E during the
winter months. The new Office and
s'o, building opposite Murphy's Ho-
tel Eighth and Broad Streets. Will be
completed by October |. and the foun-
dation work for another large bust
ness house on the site of old Mon
ticcllo Hall is we'll under way.