, 1879-03-16
REAL ESTATE.
Active Opening Of the Spring sea-
son in Real Estate.
Imnortant Building Enterprises and
Sales Of the Week.
Landlords and Tenants, and the
Outlook for Rents.
1,oaus and Building Permits-Natatorium
On the West Side.
Real Estate in New York and
san Francisco.

Real Estate in New York ana
San Francisco.
Parting. improving, and selling real estate
bsre all berun to show fresh life with the ap-
nroach of spring. Heavy purchases OF improved
,,ro,crty are in negotiation both BY Chicago
hnvers and outsiders, the results OF which Will
.oon he made public. Agents are busy In going
between
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.
It is too early IN the season to report any e1ten
-tvo 1;st of leases. Some OF the agents talk Of
an aavnnce in rents, but among the majority the
.r+ic;natjon seems to be that Chicago landlords
,t11 ba content like the Astor estate referred to
below. if they can this year make stand against
tho downward movement that has been gong
N sfnce the panic Especially choice locations
either for business or dwelling, will Of course
he erceptions, and may command higher prices
than last year. <
Ertensiye preparations are being made 1os
building, and architects and builders LOON
forward to busy season. Among other nhe
buildings to be added to the business quarter
gill be q fire-story and basement stone-Hont
STORE on WABASH AVENUE
between Monroe and Madison 1t WILL OCCUPY
the site till lately held by the ne'aoa 1aose, na
It will be S0x160 feet, and viii cost soo'ooo'
This property was bought some time ago ps
Mr.. II. 4. Hulrbut, OF this city, 1or Mr. O. L.
Croster, Of philadelphia, who makes the pfesen'
improvement raa,sn
waller Bros have sold to Leopold l. hadisn
xs11ss feet on West Madison street, oet"sen
Latin and Loomis streets, Tor sS:oVo. MI ha~
dish will proceed at once to the efceuon on lA'e
fhot
avenue, but with more elaborate arca1tec'ufe
1ts cost wiIl be from $4,000 to $4,000.
Nr !. Rothschild will build a fine double
<,one.front dwelling to cost s12,0 GOO, on his re-
cenr nurchase On Wabash avenue, sonth OF
~ Christian Wahl has the plans drawn 1or
b1oct Of seven houses to be built On Michigan
arenue. between Twenty-ifth and T~enty-s11th
IT, hn,1dinr 81 and s6 Randolph street, occu-
n,ed hv Flersheim, Barker d Co. as general
aencfion mousse, has been thoroughly redtted Win
;ron columns and painted inside and out, ana
made one Of the most substanta! E eno ao at'fae'@
ivc stores on the block, at cost OF S5,oVo.
Adolpb Loeb g. Brother have sold TINS week
+To Ink and two houses on Blacshawk street,
ncar Clyoou7ne avenue, for $3.000, aud elgnt
lois on Owasco street, vest ol Canlpoei aTenue,
for $4,000.
IN THE OTHER SALES OF THE WEEK
wore an undivided quarter Of S3x125 feet on
sf;i1ard avenue, north OF Twcnty-third street,
800: the undivided three quarters o1 hc
same property, $40; 501l5o on Nortn Deal- an-
~ LIZ son1h Halsted street, -, 900; 251125 feet on
West Washington street, near 1lncol1a s.Iees'
81 1S7 o5x1OU feet on Ontario street, west O. ot;
Clair. $4,000; 157 WASHINGTON street, 2o1igo ~
feet, with building 1o1l ~ ReSsn LIZ on nlace
improved, $4,000; 25x1oo feet, improved,
en- Blue Island avenue, near HARRISON
street, $1,000; 2511loo feet on on. HpCsE a4tSss
street, North Clark street. nca9 LOOMS
sS;o: 591125 feet on West Eighteenth street
northeast corner Of Fisk street, Ss,aoV' t -2AlVs
feet on Clark street, near Van bu1en stleet
cn7ner Of Mvnroe street, $4,000; 20 acres on
Thvorsey avenue, northeast corner OF the Chf.
caeo River, sl1,00o; 675 South Halsteo st1eee
f2,5o0: 191136 feet On West Adams street, ne
esa oad!sy iraasie Of sossoz63E 1eet at the
southeast corner of Division street and @ MllWau a
Iee avenue, improved, s2o,o goo; :9ss42xE64 ice Zee!
on Champlain avenue, between ~ forty~ln11t
street and Forty-fourth Street, S5,oJu'
LEASES
IT, sannson d Co. report these leases: TIT
etorc and basement under the Sands House, M OF
Wabash avenue, near Madison street, 50xlGo
one year, $780, to Sanders q Co., "noiesa,: 81
boot md shoe dealers; store ana basement, ~
u =.
MINER floors Of the northeast corner Of kanoolpl
srd State streets, 2o11l4, to Wheeler q 20.
wholesale cigars, 81 COOS: store ano oaset3sp' sc nd
1s3 and IA Wabash avenue, 3S]51i63' s3'goU
street. four-story and basement building, 70
ian. to iobbfpg stove house, $3, 600 year; sior
and basement7 81 State street. to Webo q wen
ster boot and shoe dealers, 81, 5W year; 1ou1
Street, to Stern g. Rose, $500 year; uppe
coors OF same building to Eastern Stove COT
2any, $1,000 year; store and basement' 10
State street, to a D'Ancony, S,'2o year. -,
Mcgsrs Hotchkin, Palmer & Co., have Te
leased their store for q term Of years. and hay
enlarged and otherwise improved it. ana no'
have one of the incest stores Of its kind in tn
country. ..
issued last week were those to Jacob Rehn 10
two-slory and basement stone front dwellings
20 By 4 feet Centre street, near rranklln,
tpst $4,000 each; to ]. B. Mayer for a thret
st9 and 9nse%s9t 9ss9 eS5e SS 1as rs '*s5 Hdam
SiTeet, SIC 70 cost $500; and to rariou
parties for i'm improvements and aooltlons esSS1ts :
rrafinc $3.50; to Hugh McBirney <S Co, t
erect q three-story brick whitehead factory oo
100. boilcr-room 3S140, and an office 1sx31, !:
The corner OF Sixteenth and Brown streets, I
cost SEQ Zoo: John 4. G1ge, twotwostory stol
front dwellings in Groyelaud Park, TO co.
f9ooo Theodore Luds: 1 tw9 swoss99' venn o11,'
IT, cost 1000; q. D. Smith. two-story ston
front dwelling at No. 346 Park avenue, TO co: a
$500; G. struckhart, two-story store Or an an
dwelling at No rs archer avenue % nannfo ~ Io
fory ye, q, Soz. as5 and s67 South canal street,
cost sio, ,0Oo: Union Mutual life~lnsnran'
Cou1psny. four twostory dwellings on On t5a'5 sf
avenue near Thirtieth street,. 10 eosS ro;S. \:
each: F. lmmenhauscn, two-story store ?. N
i3sG state street, to cost s.: 900; J; 3: Mase se
thrcestory dwelling at No 19e "a, Aoa"5 ~ e'fi, !,
to cost $1,000; Willoughby, Hill q 20. d. IL
nroycmcnt corner of Clark and Madison s1'ee'
to cost 5000.
SATURDAYS TRANSFERS
The following instruments we're nleo
record Saturday, March 15.
CIT PROPERTY.
Buttc.feld It. oo3t: It OF Thirty-nt
e. n l. 25xlo0 f. dated March (n'c q
Krause to G. Bcifnss)-.. -.-:-:. -
Stewart AZ. III It Il Of Twenty eight ns~"
!, 251la6.: it. dated March 10 (b. & l. z
Dunavenr to Henry Koch
Sprincde1d st, between Chicago AZ anu
Ncsr HnYnn IT. " +, III 6-1OS11543 II,