The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
BUILDING ACTIVE
 IN ALL SECTIONS
 REPORT REALTORS
Housing Problem Will Soon Be Solved if Building Con- tinues-vacant Prop
 erty in Demand

Building conditions in Birmingham right now are good. They are not booming, but interviews with several of the leading real estate men of the city show that they are optimistic
 Several dealers say that if building plans are made and carried out dur ing the next two months as they have been in the past 30 days, that the housing problem in Birmingham will soon be remedied.
 During the past month there has been brisk demand on practically all real es- tate men for vacant property. The va cant property is wanted in the residence sections of the city, they state and It IS bought with the idea of building nome
 A. B. Tanner, secretary of Jemison ana company, announced yesterday that number of houses have already been com pleted at Central park and that number are now under construction.
 Besides their office building on the cor ner of Third avenue and TWenty-llrst street, north, Jemison and company are planning to build approximately 1Ity houses in Central park during the next two months.
 The houses are all of the three ana four room type ana are buht with the idea of adding to them later on. They are now being constructed at the rate of about three at a time and the entlre number will cost in the neighborhood or S15, GOO when completed, MT. Tanner stated.
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 According to E. c. Drake of the Mont gomery Real Estate and Insurance com. pany, they will start work upon several houses at Arlington place near West End during the next week or so. This COT cern has already built more than a dozen houses in this section of the ctiy.
 Roland Lide of the Lide Land company announced the latter part Of last Weeh that his firm were completing several houses at Caldwell terrace. lie aisos stated that if labor and puilolns materials decreased in price any durlhs the next few weeks that his firm nau under consideration the construction ol more than dozen houses III thdt Se tion of the sity.
 The Retbea Zeal Estate and Insurance company announced a brisk demand Tor vacant property all during the past ten days They also announced the sale ol several pieces of property near ELY eo,i.
 Two new brick buildings are nearly completed at the corner of Elyton street and Tuscaloose avenue, West End. The building cost approximately $4U,o0, anu considerable interest is being taken Tn the rumor that a Piggly- Wiggly gro- cery store would be opened in one or the stores when 1t is completed.
 The Norwood Court apartments, con taining 16 five room apartments, will De completed by April 1, it was announcer last week by the Barker, Henderson ana Marks Realty company, who will pc .he agents for the new apartments The apartments are located at the corner or Twenty-sxth street and Thirteenth ave nue, north.
 Sales of residences involving about sio' : 900 were made last week through tne Motion Realty company, Ed S. Alien' vice president, announced yesterday. Several handsome properties on ths soilthside and one in Norwood were soid'
 Sales of the company for the last week were: , {, Residence on Glenview road, Forest Park. from William M. Leary to Norman w. shannon, consideration not amour ced. 123O Thirty third street north; L. T. Washer to J. E. Hughes, 5000; lfzI Fourteenth avenue. south, H. M Burns to A. D. Hill. s750o Bessie T. kendrlch to L. M Simonson, 1922 Fourteenth ave nue, south, $7,S00.