Evening star., 1941-03-15
SHOP TALK
News About Builders
And ReuI Estote
Personalities

Plans for a large commercial de-
velopment on Minnesota avenue
NE, near Benning road, which will
include a theater and a group of
stores, were announced today by
Garfield Kass, head of Kass Realty
Co. The development will be of
ti1a park -and-shop type, with an
area for so cars in front OF the
buildings and space for 200 at the
rear.
In addition to the motion picture
theater, there will be service sta
ton and 13 stores. The theater will
by two large and two smaller stores.
It will seat about 1000 people and
will be of the latest streamlined de-
sign. A new accoustical material
will provide fine sound conditions
IN the structure. A novelty will be
q playroom for children in the
basement, with trained attendants
at all times.
In making plans for his theater,
Mr.. Kass studied closely the de-
dgn of the famous Lincoln Theater,
on Lincoln road, Miami Beach.
Sidewalks of the Benning project
are to be similar to those OF the
Lincoln. A popular innovation will
be broad and comfortable seats, so
spaced that it will not be necessary
for patrons to rise when others enter
the rows.
Construction on the project will
start soon, and the theater will be
ready for use the latter part of
August. John Eberson of New York
CITY is architect for the develop
nnent.
A picked group of rollers from
the Washington Real Estate Board
Bowling League will be hosts to-
night to a team of realtors from
Richmond. The match will be held
at the Chevy Chase Ice Palace
alleys at 7:30. Dinner will be held
before the match, and there will
be a reception for the Richmond
men afterward at Hotel 2400.
The Virginians defeated the local
team two weeks ago IN Richmond
BY a score of 1885 pins to 2,S14, but
the washingtonians gave away 7s-
PIN handicap on that occasion. The
local team is looking forward to
evening the count tonight.
! The Washington team includes
Thomas Schaffert of Weaver Bros.
James Rust, H. L. Rust Co; Ed
Cleary of the Capital View Realty
co. and Nick Frederick and Joe
Pricci Of the J. Garrett Bethel Co.
Alternates include James D. Skinner
of the Hohenstein Realty Co. and
Mitchell Quick of Bethel.
/ The Bethel company team has
pulled away to four-game lead in
the race for the pennant in the
Washington Real Estate Board
League. Their record is As wins and
a losses. In second place is the
District Title Co. team with a score
of Al wins and 25 losses. The third
place Capital View team has won
10 and lost 26.
4 d +
A number of real estate brokerage
Offices having been establishing
records for sales volumes in recent
weeks. The firm of Boss & Phelps
reports February sales aggregatlng
$3.50 900, and sales for the first two
weeks of March totaling s433, 900.
That's q lot of business.
During the last week the District
Real Estate Commission issued
licenses as real estate brokers to
Il. Wade Seaford, 6S40 Wisconsin
avenue, Bethesda, and John M.
O,Brien, 1136 Investment Building.
Real estate salesmen's licenses
were issued to Laura w. Jones, 20l
Chandler Building; Charles w.
Hume, 1404 K street NV: Clinton
M. Grille, 221 Southern Building;
Carrie H. Donohue, 1927 I street
NV, and Barto J. Crivella, 333
Bond Building.
= Business chance saleSmen's IL
eenses were issued to Bertha Su-
Eanne Hundley, 1910 Vermont ave-
siue NV; Ethel Pines, 1910 Yer
mont avenue NV, and Lulu w.
Perry, 1910 Vermont avenue NV.
Applications for real estate bro
kers' licenses were received from
Kenneth D. Curry, trading as K. D.
Curry & Co., 1910 Vermont avenue
NV; w. A. Spears, 304 Massachu-
tetts avenue NE, and Henry Peirce
Massey, 22s Valley road, Mont
klair, N. J.
Applications for real estate sale
mems licenses were received from
Paul q. Anderson, 1905 H street
NV: Edgar v. Mason, 1343 H street
NV: J. Tom Watson, 1910 street
NV: Russell L. Carter, lo11 U
street NV; Leon j. Nusbaum. 205
Investment Building; Jack Charles