The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-08
General A C tiv ty All
Over Town, Especially
in Business Sect [ IS.
BIG TRANSACIiL MS
ON EAST MAIN ST.
Permanent Investors GobblinE
Up Good Renting Properties.
Much Money Changing Hands
for Richmond Dirt-Boule-
ward Lot Satisfactorily
in Suburbs.


eral activity In the real estate market.
and all of the agents. or nearly all OF
them. are rejoicing over good WORK
done and equal, good and even
better things that are In the very ar
and yet to have the finishing touches
put upon them.
The activity was gen-rei lar -
location of the properties being bought
and sold and the character IF said
properties 40. Perhaps there has
never been q time within the past
decade when business property was In
such active demand or when as much
of IL was changing hands. large
amount of very valuable property was
sold on Main. Broad and other Streets.
but II is impossible 10 give parucu-
lars, as the rule with some Purchasers
Of business sites and houses Is to die
! a request with the agent through
whom the deal was made to keep his
mouth shut when the man of news
applies for information as TO details.
such as the name of the buyer, the
price paid and the purpose OF pur-
chase.
There was all during the week also
| considerable activity in residential
| property, both within the city limits
| and in the suburbs Usually a rainy
| week is characterized by more or less
| dullness In this line. but lt ~ as not
| so last week.
/ Things Doing on the boulevard
/ The rains did not interfere in the
! least with the big auction -. ie Of lots
on the charming Boulevard ~ii,ch was
| pulled of last Friday by G.bDoney 4
Nuckols The books shou that $4,000
worth of the lots advertised ext nsivcly
| in The Times Dispatch were sold At
| auction, and several more were sold
| pr'va tely. the total sales going to near
| 100000. Quite number OF she buyers
! announce that they propose 10 Suild on
| the purchased lots as soon AS the con-
| tractors can be conferred With to that
end.
| Among the happy buyers Of Boul-
| evard lots at the auction Sale were DR..
Herbert Mum. Charles L. lvey, John
; Garrett, Z. " Lipscomb. Z. 4. 1aliman.
| w. c Chenauit, L. {. sou NeeT. II. v.
| Cole. c. L. Mcdaniel. Z. NJ. Corning, w.
| T. Snellings. c. f. Nuckols. Il Il. Glib
J bony and others. All OF tnVse men
| toned are going to build homes on
/ their grounds. 1t is understood that
/ on the lot at the corner OF the Bout-
| evard and kensinston Avenue large
/ apartment house is TO be erected
| Ciibboney & Nuckols also sold the lot at
the northwest corner of the Boulevard
/ and Cary Street for the Virginia SOUTH
western Security Company. and II "a
| understood that this ltrse lot. measure
| ing i35 by 1850 feet, Will be built upon
at once BY the purchaser. Gibboney 4
| Nuckols report other sales In other
| parts of the city, making their total
| for the week. including the big and
most successful auction sale. run up
to $3.50
Business Property BocDeth.
The activity in property In the heart
! of the business section centred on
/ Main street T. ~ Workman & Co.
sold for the Charles T. Whitlock estate
the property at the corner of Twelfth
! and Nam Streets. known IS the old
I Dispatch Office, for $4,000. Coleman
| workman was the purchaser. Mr.
Workman bought purely As a permanent
| investment The next building to the
/ corner. Ills Main Street was bought
/ BY IT, g. wallerstein Tor $4,000. Mr..
| WalIerstein also bought through Nc
Curdy 81 Johnson the next building 70
the west. TIA Main. for $4,000. and
| the next one. HE. was sold TO r. L.
Gordon by the owner. w. .lshby Jones.
/ for $4,000.
| In addition TO the sale mentioned
above. McCurdy a Johnson sold to II
( :. waIlesstein South Twelfth street
for s1i. 900. They also sold some
l Church Hail property and lots In the
| West End. all of which. added to tae
/ Main and Twelfth streets sales. ran
their total for the week up TO sSo.ees
Golsan & Nash tell me OF the sale of
. centrally located business property for
500 600 SPOT cash. but said they had
solemnIy promised not 20 divuise the
! name OF the purchaser TO the news
paper man for the present This nrm
also sold farm property IN King will
liam County u the amount OF $4,000.
I and a. : usual with them they made
several sales in westhanpton and on
Washington Terrace
Numerous otber JsrEe Dcats-
Z Harrison & Bates DO tho p-operfy
on cay street known ~ thc -impsoa
a Bass warehouse 10 Thomas J. Todd
for SIS 1ce and other business prop
e.ty 10 another section anu ABOUT
which they will lot tell cficept that
they realized about sS5.eee TO- H.
! y n. ca-neai 4 son sold 80 auction
a.. THURSDAY forfy-ccvcn fcet aud .
, traction Of SrcurG and the improvc-
--enrs thereon. 81 the northeast corner
% second and Broad streets. 60 George
SO sor sss.es They assc made
s.veral other deals 81 business dfrs,
running their total sales away up
wonder. but the purchasers redufre
. scE tongue a. regards particulars
"a seldom TAYLOR 4 Company sold %
y Dr.. ncioni an Eighth street store,
n.tsre.n Grace ard Franklin Stre>tA
Tor .o-,e;h!ug Ike s75.e3e They ai>o
] ..td niretv-nvc feet q ground %
Z ...-k Avenue. the purchaser oeing
I ,.~..,r house builder, who DroDesss
20 erect on the lots residences thse
1 v~ai be Tor sale on long time.
Richeson a crutchaeld sold fhae
varanf rroaad on Broad street jo<S
east Of Floa station for fso.soe, @->S
a F1fth street store. b<t1c>n Cay
ana Broad for stSeeo. and another %
Ftfh street for ft7.seo.
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