The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
RluLDINC BOOM
GETS UNDER WAY
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.;on to the 72-family apartment
development now rising at Clean
dor being built by the New Han
orer Housing corporation, that an
otber large apartment project is
bping planned tentatively.
In addition, he said, Hugh Mac
pae and company is planning to
rect 10 houses east of the city in
,he neal future and may later de-
eide to erect many times that
a,mber if present plans work out.
10 said private individuals are
tanning to erect two homes in
Masnolia Place, six in Oleander,
that five are under construction in
p;npv Woods and two more, at
1eIst, are planned there and that
eiobt are being planned in Prin-
cess Place.
He said reports show at least %
anartments will be built at
Wrightsville Beach.
He said Foster-Hill Realty COM
many has Is houses now under con-
struction and is planning m a n y
wore and that w. A. L-cGirt is
nlanning an extensive building pro-
cram in the spring. He said his
Survey showed that Moore-Fonvi-
ole Realty company now has nine
homes under construction and
Mans TO build 10 more immedi-
ately.
The Willetts Realty company, he
so;d his survey showed, has six
houses under construction and is
Manning to build 20 or Is more
and that other houses are planned
At Wrightsville Beach.
Three Himself
Hewlett said that he personally
MANNED to build three houses and
one garage apartment for private
parties.
MANY individuals, he said, are
Manning additional residential
building, with one person planning
to build five homes, two duplex
apartments and two apartments.
Building contractors, he said, re-
port that many individuals have
asked them to figure on build
ings'' but that how many of them
would finally reach the construc-
ton stage could not be learned.
Some of these individuals, he said,
are getting competitive bids from
three or four contractors and con-
s~equently the number of houses
which will eventually be built by
this group will be much smaller
than the aggregate number OF bid
requests which has been made.
There is a serious housing short
age in sight for Wilmington, Hew-
lett reported, and whether real es-
late developers, businessmen and
private individuals will meet any
great part of the need depends
primarily on two factors: to what
extent the cost of building materl-
ais rises; and the availability OF
skilled construction laborers.
AT least so percent Of the Off
GERS who are stationed at Camp
Davis will be married" Hewlett
said, which means there will be
at least $50 families there which
will want housing facilities.
In addition he said, there
will be throngs of married work
men who will come to Wilmington,
attracted by the shipyards, who
will want facilities in which to
house their families.
Star" Being Made
whether the present building
program will grow to care for that
number cannot be ascertained at
the present time. but the indica-
tons are that a big start is being
made. In all here r approx
mately 125 houses and apartments
planned now, exclusive OF any
large apartment project which
may be under consideration. -Four
times this number or even more
would not be too much to meet
the needs which IRE foreseen as a
result of the establishment OF the
camp and the shipyards. whether
the building program will be ex-
banded this much cannot now pc
said, but a tremendous upsurge IN
building is in prospect here in the
Immediate future"
Hewlett said that yesterday TWO
captains from Fortress Monroe
Virginia, representing so other oil,
ficers there who have been ordered
to Camp Davis, came to Winning
ton to make a survey of the nous
ing situation.
They were somewhat alarmed al
the situation as they found 1t, ne
said, but added the real estate
men OF Wilmington are gong 10
do all in their power to solVe
the housing problem which mas
arisen.