A real estate firm is moving into a former antique shop in Carytown. Photo by Evelyn Rupert.
A local residential real estate brokerage has scooped up some office space in Carytown.
Hometown Realty is setting up shop at 3021 W. Cary St. in the former Thomas-Hines antique store building. Thomas-Hines closed down earlier this year.
Mike Chenault, a principal broker with the firm, said it has a three-year lease. The 2,550-square-foot office is the company’s first outpost in the city of Richmond.
“It is definitely time for expansion,” Chenault said.
Agents will begin moving into the space on Jan. 1. The Carytown office will join Hometown offices in Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico counties.
Chenault said the move into Carytown will allow the agents to focus on urban real estate.
“We bring a fresh brand to downtown,” he said. “We will be able to compete very well.”
Between 15 and 20 agents will operate out of the space, some of whom will come from Hometown’s other offices. The whole company has about 250 agents, Chenault said.
A location in Carytown, he added, will hopefully allow Hometown to attract younger agents and clients.
“Our company specializes in training agents, and we love brand-new people who want to be in business themselves,” Chenault said. “We have a great training program, and we hope to get a lot of folks that are 25, 26 or 27 that have a job but it may not necessarily be what they’re looking for.”
Chenault would not say how much the company is paying for the space, but said it was a good value for Carytown.
Hometown will share the building with Mott Gallery, a planned cafe and art gallery that was originally planned to open under the name Deco Gallery and Coffee.
Jim McVey of Commonwealth Commercial handles the leasing of the property.
A real estate firm is moving into a former antique shop in Carytown. Photo by Evelyn Rupert.
A local residential real estate brokerage has scooped up some office space in Carytown.
Hometown Realty is setting up shop at 3021 W. Cary St. in the former Thomas-Hines antique store building. Thomas-Hines closed down earlier this year.
Mike Chenault, a principal broker with the firm, said it has a three-year lease. The 2,550-square-foot office is the company’s first outpost in the city of Richmond.
“It is definitely time for expansion,” Chenault said.
Agents will begin moving into the space on Jan. 1. The Carytown office will join Hometown offices in Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico counties.
Chenault said the move into Carytown will allow the agents to focus on urban real estate.
“We bring a fresh brand to downtown,” he said. “We will be able to compete very well.”
Between 15 and 20 agents will operate out of the space, some of whom will come from Hometown’s other offices. The whole company has about 250 agents, Chenault said.
A location in Carytown, he added, will hopefully allow Hometown to attract younger agents and clients.
“Our company specializes in training agents, and we love brand-new people who want to be in business themselves,” Chenault said. “We have a great training program, and we hope to get a lot of folks that are 25, 26 or 27 that have a job but it may not necessarily be what they’re looking for.”
Chenault would not say how much the company is paying for the space, but said it was a good value for Carytown.
Hometown will share the building with Mott Gallery, a planned cafe and art gallery that was originally planned to open under the name Deco Gallery and Coffee.
Jim McVey of Commonwealth Commercial handles the leasing of the property.