Evening star., 1940-08-03
SHOP TALK
News About Builders
And Reol Estote
Personalities

!, About the biggest news of the
week in realty circles is that Ralph
IHisle has been named general man
lager of the Cafritz Co. and all its
holdings, which are considerable.
iMr. Hisle has been rental manager
sgfor the firm, in itself big job when
iyou consider the company has a
I.score or so apartment buildings.
most of them big ones.
/ In celebration of his promotion
Mr.. Hisle was given dinner Thurs
day night by Morris Cafritz, head
of the firm. The affair was held
at the Ambassador, of course, and
all the Cafritz employees attended.
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A big garden apartment develop
Inent has been completed In nearby
Prince Georges County. In fact,
it's the largest development of its
kind erected In the county. The
name is Prince Georges Gardens,
i and it is located on Columbia ave-
niue, in the edge of Hyattsville. It
is reached by way of Queens Chapel
road
The new buildings are placed
around an attractively Handicapped
court. There are units in number
tof sizes, with most of them con-
tanning living room, bedroom, din
iette, kitchen and bath. There are
156 apartments in all.
The setting for the project is
definitely rural, and the recrea-
1tional facilities Of Magruder Park
are right across the way. The
apartments are modern in every de-
tail. Eugene B. Roberts will man.
age the project.
Another new apartment building,
Harvard Village, is being opened
lin the 1900 block of Harvard street
land on Summit place NV, just a
sblock and half from the entrance
sto Rock Greek Park. There are "a
apartments in the two buildings,
sof which six are two bedroom units,
eight have foyer, combination living
room bedroom, dinette, kitchen and
bath, while the rest have foyer. living
room, bedroom, dinette, kitchen and
bath.
The apartments also are of the
garden type. with landscaping and
trees separating the two buildings.
The building on Summit place is
built in the shape of hollow square
with one end open. the center por-
ton being nicely Handicapped. The
buildings are Colonial in character
and are being managed by Randall
H. Hagner g. Co.
A tract of 20la acres in Silver
Spring at Clifton Park has been
purchased by Louis Pincus & Son
of the Lincoln Realty Co. and will
be subdivided The ground was
bought from Mrs. Mary A. Yea
bower. The transaction was han
died by the Office of Louis P. Shoe
maker. 1t is the plan to build about
80 small homes, both two-s story and
bungalow type, on the land.
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During the last week the District
Real Estate Commission issued
licenses as real estate brokers to
Richard C. Zant1nger, 945 X street
NV: James E. Harrell. AL Kellogg
Building, and Fletcher, Inc, 205
Seventh street SW.
Real estate salesmen's licenses
were issued to Sigfried E. Summer
field, 1915 K street NV; Charles E.
Stuart. 800 Massachusetts avenue
NE, and J. Robert Capott, tr., 2001
Eleventh street NV.
Applications for licenses as real
estate brokers were received from
Army Navy Realty. Inc, Woodward
Building; Herbert Brenner. trading
as Brenner e. Co., 800 Southern
Building; Max B. CARRIER, Wood
ward Building, and Thomas T. Kel-
Ter. Tower Building.
Applications for real estate sales
mems licenses were received from
Theoplius w. Golden, It's Florida
avenue NV; Merton A. English,
jr., Shoreham Building: Bruce R.
Kessler. 1905 H street NV; Orrel
j. Mitchell, Shoreham Building:
Emil M. Peterson, 308 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc; George o. Wood wall,
308 Pennsylvania avenue Sc; S.
Franklin Posey, 10l1 u street NV,
and Francis lie B. Smoot, 804 Sew
enteenth street NV.
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There Is definitely an increased
demand for larger homes, accord
ing to offlcials Of the w. c. & A. N.
Miller Development Co. The build
ers Of Wesley Heights and Spring
Valley report that sales of Miller
built homes and brokerage transac-
tions for other builders in the early
summer are far in excess of trans
actions by the firm in any similar
period. The Miller organization has
10 houses under construction, and
1t expects a very active market
this fall.
The Al-Roy Apartments, 1915
Kenyon street NV, have been sold
by the Real Estate Mortgage &
Guaranty Corp. to an undisclosed
purchaser. The sale price was about
100000. The ONCE of Miss Ruth I.
Powell made the deal.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Glenn Phelps
with the family of Everett Phelps
are vacationing in Ocean City, N. j.