The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-23
REAL ESTATE is
PICKING UP SOME
NE BIG DEAL WITH PROSPECT OF
NEW sTSYsCRAPER THE MOST
INTERESTING. y--~9
70 BE BANKS HOME?
UMoRED THAT COMMONWEALTH
BANK Will BUILD AT COR
NER OFF ELEVENTH AND
MAIN STREETS.

The past week in the real estate
hhrket saw decided Improvement
|ser the preceding seven day period.
private safes picked up considerably,
bid the bright skies brought ont
}lyers in goodly number to the dozen
more public sales held during the
eek. the prices realized for the most
|art being very satisfactory J..
thompson Brown q Company: Poi
5rd g. Bagby and Sutton & Company
3ere among those who held sales and
overall good pieces OF property in
he West End changed hands.
| The big gun 81 the week. of course.
as the sale Of the two landmarks
the corner of Eleventh and Main
II. l.. Denoon and the announce
kent that Mr.. Denoon and the gem
|enen associated with him propose TO
fect a twenty o-story building on
b. site IN the near future. The
|rsce paid--$5. 000 a front foot--is
Ist $40 per foot less than the re-
5rd price to date for Main street dirt.
|nd that was given for tho bank
#operty at the northeast corner Of
balm and Ninth streets.
Home of Bank.
II was reported yesterday that the
|uildtng to be erected on this corner
IN be the new home OF the Common
health bank the balance OF II. Of
|purse. to be devoted TO offices. It
I'm he recalled that the Common
kealth bank purchased last fall the
kathwest4 corner of Tenth and Main
kreets, which lis only "a feet front. for
b. purpose OF erecting home, and it
has said at the time that the dfrec-
hrs purpoged erecting an eighteen
Rory building In fact. plans for
be gtruction were drawn, but now,
NJ rasl estate gossips says. II was
decided that the lot wa stoo small
E a building Of that size SO that
H was traded off in the deal last
Peek when the Eleventh and Main
kse was purchased This statement
build not he confirmed yesterday, but
tal estate men In close touch with
hings have II down pat and every
|punds reasonable.
4 Few Good Deals.
Several nice deals were reported
I'D a majority of the agents had 4
bod week, though some of them COM
|lained OF dulIness. One transfer Of
Interest was the sale of the business
|roperty-Nos 1S35-3T-3s F. a ct
sanklin street. involving a consider
hon OF $4,000. and Ave homes on
Fest Cary street, which brought sie.-
20, Richeson & Crutchield engi-
(eered both these deals.
New Firm Launched.
A new real estate firm was launch
h last week.. n. Cook & Com
|Rny. incorporated--with Offices at
b. "a North Eighth street. The four
kember of the firm are popular and
yell known young men. virile and
|Sorous, who have been associated
sth prominent Richmond real estate
r. Germs. and having helped to make
success for others. vii! now en-
eavor TO make good for themselves,
Ina the predictions all point one way
hat they will be heard from. ]. ID,
~ = leaves the firm OF Robinson '&
10 enter business for himself.
= A. Ieake has fer years been as
|nclated with Gihboney & Nuckois:
h. w Jenkins has held n responsible
o. I On with Meredith e. Company.
md w. r. l.. Smith, Jr,, was for
long time the right-hand man with
Felsan e Nash. All are good sales
hen and all know their business