The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS
Activity Bordering on
Exciteme Noticeable
in the Far w st End.
FAC TORY SITES
AND HOME PLACES
Chesapeake and Ohio to Estab-
lish East Richmond Station.
Another Suburb in Sight.
Hundreds of New Homes
Going Up in Western
Section.

There was some hustling among
The real estate men the past week. a.
Great deal OF IT. and while the heavy
footings OF sa.as contaminated wer.
made unusually heavy by the opera-
LIONS Oh spectators and oufck-proft
investors. and while this feature ~
tne business was confined largely To
the FAR West End. there was a gen
eral activity. Several deals about
which the selling agents and Others
interested were retfcent. In fnct ah.o-
Iuteiy silent. involved business prop
eries that brought large figures How
ever, the large and even the exciting
interest of the week hung over the
lands west OF the Boulevard along the
Broad Street Road and about Monu.
ment Heights. and on all the streets
from the boulevard to the Roseneatt
Road and beyond
Pretty much all Of the av,,Ian,a
property along West Broad ALI Tho
way from Lombardy to the Boulevard
has been taken up for manufacturing
and other business sites, at least such
or X as he's the advantages, present
and prospective. or railway trackage.
and so prospective manufacturers,
those desiring now or who will desire
acreage for large plants, arc looking
beyond tho Boulevard and from there
TO tho extreme city limits at Roseneath
Road
large Sales That Were Made.
These are the conditions which have
turned the eyes Of tine spectators and
investors to that quarter. and quite
lively has been the business. For in
stance, Amos & Poindexter last week
sold 100 feet of ground east OF the
Boulevard for something like $4,000:
also tract Of $50 feet west OF the
Boulevard for about the same figure
and yet another plot TO the west Of
sa7 feet for $4,000. and still another
OF eighty feet for $1,000. Other sales
in other parts of the city ran their to-
tai up 10 about $4,000
Blanton G. CO.. who have charge OF
the beautiful residential property
known as Monument Heights. found
unusual demand for lots, and even
blocks OF this ground. Their sales
were very large all OF the week. so
large in fact that only about $4,000
worth OF this valuable property is left
When Monument Heights was opened
UP some months ago the total value
OF the lands were 100000. Among
tho large buyers last week were sew
eral we'll known investors and specu-
lators.
Richeson g. crutchheld report very
active business for the week, part
of their sales being also in the far
West End, where they sold 1900 feet
for the prevailing prices. Other deals
10 the eastward made by them, includ-
Ing the sale of a combination store
and residence for $1,000. and two or
three residences. ran their grand total
mp to $4,000.
Many Agencies in the Swim.
Several other agents were interest
ed In the West End sales. although
they. for reasons OF their own. prefer
not TO DO quoted. There were good
males privately and at auction OF homes
and sites for homes on STUART Avenue,
Park Avenue. Floyd Avenue, Grove
Street. Rob1esot Street and various
other localities in and about the grow
ing West End. There ie not so much
speculation in this particular section
as there was some time ago, the ma
3ority of the buyers of vacant lots pro-
ceeding at once to build homes for
their own occupancy. and thst is what
they are buying for.
Golsan & Nash, j. Thompson Brown
q Company. ]. D. Carneal & Son, j.
"A. Connolly & Company. c. L. G. H. l.
Denoon. Elan & Funston. W. E. Pur
cell. Jr. Company. Gibboney & Nuckols
A. j. Chewing Company. Williams &
Cease. H, Seldom Taylor Company
Pollard & Bagby, McClure-t5avenport-
Taylor Company. Sutton & Company
have good reports OF activity in all
classes of property, and they say there
Is a general inquiry for properties by
investors that is IN every way encour-
aging, but very few of the agencies
are ready 10 disclose any startling par
ticulars. Most OF the agents report a
scarcity. so to speak. of business sites,
although 1t is known that a number
of large deals are on the string, and
tot roll n
Tenacious Property Holders.
There is still I. complaint on the part
OF agents OF the tenlcity of holders of
this class Of property One agent told
me OF a large deal that fell through
because only the small sum of $500
stood between seller and buyer. He
thinks It would have been good thing
for the owner OF the property and for
the city generally IL that owner had
come down the three obstructive pegs
FOR the transaction would have resulted
in landing a new Industry here which
may now seek a domicile in another
town, or go SO far beyond the city
limits as to be practically an out-of-
town proposition. M
There appears to be Increased activ-
sty in the suburbs, anI not few home
buyers made investments ali around
last week.
In the Charming Suburbs,
The activity in Norwood was no.
ticeable, as 1t was also In Barton
Heights. Chestnut Hill and Brookland
or course, there was something doing
In Ginter Park. There always is, and
right now its attractions We're never
4 more pronounced. After the dry sum
{ mer the rains came, and they brought
out the CRASH afresh. and the hedges
and the rose bushes and the flower gar
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