The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-28
WEST END IS
SOUGHT BY
EAGER BUYERS
Much Acreage is Sold in Far
West BY Several
agencies
VIRGINIA PLACE, TOO,
is PROVING POPULAR
! Gibboney & Nuekols Report
Heavy Transactions Near
BeHievafd-9ther Re-
atty Notes

While the real estate business of
the past week has been devoid OF
sensational features there has been a
very considerable amount Of pronertv
actually sold.
The feature Of the weeks demand
was the unusually large home demand
as distinguished from the speculative
demand. The West End ngursd large
~ In this class OF business, the de-
mand being especially heavy for high
grade Lse District homes mum ber
OF the agencies reported a larger de-
mand than they could supply in this
section
One OF the well known handlers
OF property stated that there was such
demand for Lee District homes that
ne would recommend to anyone with
money to invest the advtaahiiity OF
erecting high-grade homes for "a IL
at a profit.
Way cut West business continues to
boom. West Broad street property
beyond the Boulevard continued to
handle literally, and acreage IN reach.
ing district OF the wssthampton Sec
ton continued to move rapidly
While n number Of tho agencies
declined To give out anything for pub
lication there were several who had
their deals actually closed and were
willing to make definite statements 50
far as good business judgment per-
United them TO speak Of their busi-
ness.
West Broad Street Sales-
Amos 4 Poindexter reported the
sale OF s3i. 900 worth OF property on
Vast HrnaS hAf kA H., ~
and Roseneath road. A specially strong
inquiry was reported by them for
well located suburban building iota
their demand being largely from peo-
Pile desiring TO build to suit their own
ideas.
0olsan & Nash report the sale Of 4
sixty acre tract two miles west OF
the new college site: two small acreage
properties In wessham: one vacant
lot and two small stores on Hun street:
q home on Church Hill and other
over SIS. 200. This frm has Just clos
ed some large deals In Other cities,
larger In fact than any Of the local
deals made by them the past week.
Tho largest sales Of tho week, cx-
cept those OF c, l. and II. l.. Deuoon
noted earlier In the week by The
Richmond vlrKinfAn. are reported by
the Arm Of 0fbboney & Nucko1 and
aggregate about one HUNDRED thous-
and dollars This 1rm sold q frontage
Of more than four hundrcd feet on
Monument avenue near the Boule-
ward FOR sixty thousand dollars and
report that they have offers already
for pnr. ms Of the prop wty At >
desided sevsnce- They sold ,S1 fset
frontage on the Boulevard for TWEEN
~ thousand dollars and lot on the
Broad street road west OF the Boule-
ward for 5000. They report the
sales Of two West End homes ut figures
aggregatinE twelve thousand eight
hundred and ffty dollars. This ftrm
reports that work win begin IN the
very early future on Ave handsome
new residences on Monument avenue
west OF the Boulevard.
Virginia Pince Going Fast.
The well known Arm Of Green q
sRedd report splendid progfess in tho
handling OF Virginia Place lots. This
new property has many distinctive
advantages as a home-seeker'a haven.
II is Immediately at the Hi monu-
ment and has a splendid frontage
on Hermitage road and LAburnum
avenue. The lots are roomy. none
being less than fifty feet front. The
owners Of the property spend money
liberal,y in providing conveniences for
home-makers and identifying the
property before they began to sell 1t.
with the result that the property has
been selling fast since the opening sale
last Monday. Up to yesterday
thousand feet frontage had been sold
and the prospects are that the en-
tire property with be rapidly taken
up by actual users. Virginia Place
Immediately adjoins the oeautifu,
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