The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19
RIAL ESTATE AND
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land on the east side of Brook Avenue,
to S. G. Meredith. for $4,000: No. 1919
floyd Avenue, ut auction. to the First
National Bank. for $3.50; No. 7l5
York street, Barton Heights, TO r. L.
Barnes, for s2,l50; No. 900 North Din
neen Street with about one acre of
land, TO james +. Ford for $4,000:
No T20 North Fifth Street, to DR.. II.
IA Harris, Jr.. for $3.50; No. 1926
Ashland street. to Philip Anderson,
for sl.s65; No. ii South Allen Avenue.
to Thomas j. Todd. for S1.700; No
'o6 North Harrison Street. to Thos. il
Wyatt, for $3.50; two small houses on
Moore and Williams Streets. TO George
Sncad. for s1.+oo; Nos. S15 and SIT
North Second Street for Sl.67o: and
No. 1914 North Eighth Street, for ST.
S7", to Miss II. f. Thurman: no. 72o
North First Street. to James z. Wells.
for s2,15o, and some vacant land on
West Grace Street for $4,000
To these few remarks Mr.. Boxley
added that there are several large
deals on the string and that many In
quiries for property In every section
of the city and the suburbs are nosicc-
able.
Perhaps the largest single sale OF
the week was that of tho Alhambra
Hotel property, corner Eighth and
Franklin Streets. The ground fronts
thirty-three feet on Eighth Street, and
was owned by Leon NJ. Nelson and
brother and was sold TO Julian Gum
by ]. y. Connolly e Co. for $4,000,
which was over $1,000 per foot. with
the building thrown in. Mr.. Gum
bought the property as an investment,
but declines to say whether he intends
to improve 1t. There was n rumor that
thu hotel building may be torn down
and modern office building erected on
the ground. possibly n skyscraper to
offset the forthcoming tall building Mt
the corner OF Seventh and Franklin,
that is to be the homo OF the Virginia
Railway and Power Company Mr..
Gum neither confirms nor denies the
rumor.
Peter Thompson made n private sale
OF his store. +22 East Marshall Street,
to Marshall Sayers.
There is all kinds OF talk about
large deals that are ripe to be plucked
from tn, string. but delayed for one rea-
son and another. Not less than i've
agencies volunteered the informa ton
that they were right on the verge of
closing colossal deals. and one OF
them declared that II the jury in the
Hastings Court adjourned carly ycster-
day an Interesting transaction woulG
be pulled off in time for this report
Either the seller or the buyer was do
ing his country service In thu jury
box.
BoweS Move From Oldest Stand.
y beautiful office building at 10
North Seventh Street is nearing com
pletion, and in about thirty days the
lower floor Will be opened up as the
hnndsomest and most conv ,niently
arranged real estate office in the city
The property is owned by N W. Bowe,
and the firm of " ". Bowe & Sons
will he the occupants of this up-to"
date and splendidly fitted office. Tn,
senior member of this Arm commenced
business at IL North Eleventh Street
lust little over forty-three years
ago, taking the Office the firm now
occupies when the building was first
completed. and right there the firm has
been ever since. 1t is probably n fact
that moro real estate business has
bean transacted in that office than in
any other room in Richmond, and 1t Is
quite certain that there is not another
room in the city that has been devoted
exclusively to the real estate business
for SO long period as forty three
years. The new building In which
Bowe & Sons Will move IS n three
story structure. The two upper floors
are to be made into Offices