Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-23
real ESTATE RECORD
AND COURT CALENDAR
Marked Increase in Building Activity
Is Feature of Weeks
Market.
sTRADING HOLDS Up WELL
Henrtoo County Property is Active.
With Several Deals OF Larger
& Than-Usual Size--Hcrmitage Club
Buys New Location.
sTRAD1NG HOLDS Up WELL
The Week S Record
INC most s,rIking developmen,s in

ing the past week were the announce
ments made concerning several large
buildings that will he erected in the
! next few months. representing an ex-
penditure OF about 100000. All three
of these structures are "sure-h fire.
3 propositions. and plans for two OF them
have already bean completed and work
VIII be started II tire next few days.
Some minor details are necessary 10
be completed before work on the third
building can be started. bu; this will
he finished in the mex; few days. In
the meantime, the architects are pre-
pairing plans for tho structure.
While the local real estate market
was no; unusually active during the
mast week. with the sales 81 city prop
cry aesreca;ing aNou; $4,000, real
estate men said yesterday that they
had no: known the business 10 he as
good a. :A!S time u TIE year fer many
years They sre receiving many in
ou.-!ss 20 81. classes q property. and
s-s s,sv!nE ..;t.s .. 70 trouble II clos
irs ne GszlS The unusually warm
yy<ztAs- a.. ne past few days. with
.7s7.,1y -eo>,e c-t =: the clty tcr re
sumner AsS slowed II chs market
SCR e1vAs:. SIT d; i is- NOR active
,h-2 s.; -h.s ssa<o2 LIST year
CoREN co. PLANS TO
ENLARGE IFS STORE
Announce 7,.r, was r?sde ias- week
that ;h- contrast NH he awarded ~
6Sys Cor : 6ve-stc-y n-irs addition
70 their store building - 2-i- East
Broad Street. iris structure. together
with tire extensive aite-st."ns 70 the
present structure that s-e planned. Viii
COS, around $4,000. TIE company VIII
rearranEe is building. throwing the
buildings together and making = SIN
They will also add several new depart
lnents TO their store, and Will install
the latest fixtures and improvements
throughout the establishment.
Another large structure announced
during the week Is that Of a brick
structure addition TO the plant Of the
Union Envelope Company nj Sixth and
Canal Streets. The building, Of modern
design, providing the maximum of nat
ural light, is TO cost $4,000.
LARGE SALE NEAR
THE COUNTRY CLUB
". Patterson and others sold to
tn, chatham Hills, Ino., tract of fifty
acres, located between tho River Road
and the James River and kanRwha
Canal, just opposite the Country Club
. Of Virginia, in Hcnrico County. II Ia
understood that the property is to he
plated and placed on the market in
WAS reported as being S2S.100
The Hermitage Country Club. which
was formerly the Hermitage Golf Club.
acquired property for its new home.
The club, which now occupies property
on Broad Street, was forced TO give up
this location because OF the carly erec-
ZION Of the new union station on this
property. The new home, of the club
lies IL Hcnrico County, fronting on the
Broad street. 1t was purchased from
jeanette i. Laughlin and others for
$4,000
There were several large deals re-
ported in realty circles yesterday rs
pending, and these are expected to lie
closed III the next few days Hcnrico
County property during the week was
unusually active. the sales aggrcgating
more than $4,000. While building ope-
rat!ons were small, this is the dullest
season OF the year Tor this work. and a
decrease has been Anticipated