Near stock yard ready for housing with room for two more
Good renting section near stock yard with all improvements down and room to build two additional houses. Price is $250 with balance easy.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1914
Page
18
Good renting section near stock yard with all improvements down and room to build two additional houses. Price is $250 with balance easy.
In the West Side rental section a $3,000 package covers 6 houses rented at $432 with $500 cash and easy balance. A separate $3,250 listing in the 4th Ward near Georgia Railway offers a $432 rent and quick sale. A Tennessee speculative section notes a large lot with two street fronts and perfect improvements, marketed as a snap.
Five houses on a corner lot near Ponce De Leon and Bedford are offered with rent 960 and price 7500. The seller notes the property can be made to pay more and calls it a bargain.
Semi central property in Atlanta with rents at 900 and price of 7 500. New building leased to a good tenant. Cash buyers get quick action and a strong value in a hot market.
An attic beat beamed ceiling and open fireplace seven rooms on a corner lot near Peachtree offers a 300 cash price of 6500 with balance like rent. The seller expects the lot to reach about 10000 as an apartment site within five years, and a garage is in the rear.
Cash price given as 250 dollars with 20 dollars per month option. Property described as a modern Groom bungalow on a 50 by 200 foot lot located on Wellington Street in the West End. Offer highlights include 250 cash down and 20 monthly payments.
A reader asks for price comparisons between city subdivision lots near Peach Tre Road and a specific property on Wesley Avenue beyond Habersham Drive opposite Gen. Anderson’s home. The 7 acre site fronts 400 feet on Wesley Ave with city water, a spring branch, and potential for a pond and sunken garden. Asking price is 6500 dollars.
In the business section a 20 by 130 foot Peachtree lot is for sale with $500 cash and the balance paid yearly over five years at 6 percent. The adjoining property recently sold at $500 per foot, affecting the market value.
Brand new slate roof house with hardwood floors and heat, featuring two servant rooms. East front property in a prestigious section. Asking price is $1,000 cash with balance negotiable.
Real estate and land notices list multiple bungalow bargains in Atlanta districts. Highlights include a West End Park new bungalow with 45x147 corner lot priced at 4250, a 5100m bungalow on White Oak Avenue for 3500, and a 7 room east front bungalow on Charles Avenue with hardwoods and furnace priced at 1000 under value. Also offered is 82 acres timber land near Flowery Branch for 1200, with trade options in Atlanta.
A long OCR list documents numerous property transfers and deeds dated May through August, including parcels along Richardson Street, West Tenth Street, Virginia Avenue, Fortreen Avenue, and surrounding arterials. Entries reference buyers like Goldsmith, Dr. Walace Grant, Mers Margaret Chambers, and J Mo Chambers, with lot sizes typically in feet and prices noted in dollars, plus mentions of city streets, avenues, and block numbers.
In Atlanta a remodeling boom hits dining rooms as investors pour money into new looks. George J Manny designs the Candler building interior for Thompson restaurant on Peachtree Street with a $1000 investment. Charles Sterrer spends $10 000 on No 7 Whitehall Street remodel. Mr Falk has finished interior work at the building on James and Poydras Street and opened a modern cafe there.
Realty men in Harry G White’s office planned two basketball teams to be formed by married and single men. A Saturday afternoon game may be arranged soon with all professionals barred from practicing. President Waite said no practice will be allowed.
Local reports from rents agents indicate high demand for first class apartments in Atlanta. Four to five fine apartment houses are under construction on the north side and two to three on the south side. Last year announcements outlined plans for two more apartment buildings, signaling strong investor confidence in Atlanta’s population growth.
Work is progressing on the Peters property bounded by West Peachtree Sixth Seventh and Cypress streets. A large force is building new streets and the Seventh Street section will be cut through from Peachtree to West Peachtree. When finished it will be a thoroughly up to date development and one of the few tracts not yet improved.
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