1,000 gather for glimpse of condos

They stood in a single file line outside Carrol's Creek in Eastport, more than 1,000 prospective buyers.

All of them clamored for a shot at the biggest bargain in town - a condominium at 1901 West St., the massive complex under construction at the former site of J.F. Johnson's lumber yard at Chinquapin Round Road.

By Annapolis standards, this was no typical condo showing. And that might be because the developer and sales team are from Northern Virginia.

"I was impressed. It was a much more pleasant way to preview an opening," said Sheila Hayden, a real estate agent at Champion Realty in Edgewater.

And no one was...