, 1879-02-09
REAL ESTATE.

The Iease Of the Singer Bui1dinE-Altera-
tions to Prepare the building for tho New
Tenlnts-aIoderate Demand for kealty-
Sales, Loans. und Building Permits OF tie
Week.
The lease of the Singer Building to Carson,
Piric, Scott s. Co. was reported durlps tne
week, and formed the staple ot real-estate laih'
The unparalleled situation OF THIS oh'1d1hs'
which unquestionably is the finest staho III 1le
city for retail trade, and the expense anu
thofoughncss with which it has been tnaoe i1e
best store in the West, If not the
Uuited States, have made tile public eager 10
know who would secure it. The TRIBUNE has
previously described its elaborate construction,
which makes it as nearly tre-proof as any build"
ing can be- There is no such store in London'
Paris, or New York. To occupy such ouuo-
iug is Of itself
VALUABLE ADVERTISEMENT
for any firm. The details OF the lease nave not
been made known aulhoritatlTely, but ares stated
ut $4,000 year. Workmen have already been
put 10 work on some alterations desired by
Carson, Pirie, Scott d Co.. and the building
will be ready for use in month or TWO. 1ctI-
porarity, at least, the Post-Otiice will remain
in tue basement, and perhaps permanently.
Carson, Piric, Scott &; Co. propose to use the
building both for their Wholesale and retail
trade.
SALES or THE WEEK.
In the sales of the week were 2ix12S feet,
with building, on Hamilton avenue, south oil
West Adams street, s., 100; 25xl00t feet on West
Lake street, northwest corner OF Ann street,
$500; 25x92 feet on Twcnty-third street, west
OF Stewart avenue, with building, so,4o0; o5x
l4 feet, improved, on Leavitt street, south OF
jackson street, $4,000; 25x150 feet on North
Wells street, improved, near Si@el street,
S3G32; loS feet on HYDE Park avenue, running
through to Greenwood avenue, between Forty
third uud Forty-fourth streets, Sl3,000; 24xloo
feet on South Halsted street, near eighteenth
street, 4,50u; 4Sxl26 feet, lmproVed,' on sey-
mour street, south Of Fulton street, SS,o0o; 2oS
1oO feet on Walnut street, west ot WOOD street,
$4,000: 24xl2S feet on Hamilton az
enue. south of West adams street, S3,0oo;
a)y135 feet, improved, OH Tompk1ns street,
near Polk, S4,0OO; 25x165 feet on Wabash M aye
nue., improved, near 1!iirty-fourth street, slo'
900; ss9Sx163 feet on Indiana avenue SC southeast
corner of Fietieth street, 5000; 3ox6o tcet on
WASHINGTON street, east OF Fifth avenue, Slo, ,2oo
o7y1OO feet on North Wells street, south OF
Wendell street, $500; 40xl25 feet, improved,
on Flournoy street, west Of novne avenue
$4,000: 30xlO7 feet on West Twelfth street,
northwest corner OF Loomis street, SS,3oo; 5ox
1S5 frrt on Forest avenue, near 'rl.irty-fifth
street, 81, ,0OO; 23x70 feet on Milwaukcc aFcnEc'
near Elston avenue IS, 700; 24xl00 feet on Mil
waukee avenue, near Asnlana aEeuuef o1'3oo'
o27 feet on Grand boulevard, near fo:ty-serenth en-:
street, running to Calumet a:euue, sto,uot' $1,000
47x1O0 feet, improved, on West sixteenth ~ street,
southwest corner 6f l,uble street, $1,000.
Jacob We'll has sold 80 feet front by GO feet
deco. No. ITO Washington. street, 30 feet
cast Of Fifth avenue, with tve,story stone n5n
front Office building renteu IA 'or or, anoun " =
ihe northeast corner ol Wabash avenue aud
Thirty-third street, 5oxl'i' Tor so'o93'
SATURDAYS TRANSFERS..
The following Instruments were filed for
record Saturday, Feb. ::
CITY PROPERTY
DeKab st, 24o It 4 W Of Flournoy st. NY nv,
front 24yl00 #. dated Feb. . tM aud
4. Picl,tcr to William Durs>. ......::..S 1000
Michigan av> near Fifteenth st. e. 2ox
$50 IT,. anted Feh: Patrick j. Sexton q nm
Ioomis 1T, n " cor of Lumber 81, cf. un-
d;ysd II Of log: :x21:'li It twith other
nropcrtv) dated Jan. t5ohn NJ john
ston 10 The Arnold Estate Company)... 1000
Ioomis ST. undivided II of the above.
dated Jan. William E. Arnold to The
Arnold Estate Company 4,o0o
Wed g. t st. Sro mproTeG d. siG 3atsd Fe' s dicn2y
smith to Charles Moore).... ,....:.-.... 1000
Wood st, same as the above dated Feb.
S ;Charles Moore to 11cnrictte smith,. =, 1o0
Fremont st, n w,cor of Sophia st, e., ~
xIa5 #. improved, dated Feb. S IT.
". Stout to Henry Kettcsins> .::.... =. $500
North lialstcd st, 20 It SO. Sophta 81.
ston, dr. to Louis F. koehn Jr-l :...- 800
Coventry It, 100 It Of cIybourn place,
ef 50x1l1 It, DARED Ftb. 5 tM1cnael
3fcGann, ST., to Michael McGann, jr.) 600
ninth st. +, 2Gxi35 it, dated Frb.s
ID. E. and Q. L. Burchard TO Ira G.
west Sasi TAYLOR St, ia It Of Lincoln It
{, 24xlOO #, dated Jan. = tJulian Tay-
lor to David y. Tl1comb). ........ 3lo
Selal, st. l21 It s Of Division st c {, .ox
125 #, dated Oct 10, 1878 Charles
Butler to johanna Wessman,. ..--... 200
lSa,xl25 It, dated Feb. tJohn a.
M'lSaakeo I AZ, % IS TO II " Of chicago
nv swf, - It to May st, dated Fen. S .
John F. Consoer to John II. Carrol).. 5000
SOUTH OF CITY LIMITS. WITHIN RADIUS OF SEVEN
MILES OF TIE COURTHOUSE.
South Dearborn st, near Forty-lIrst st, e
+, lS1xl0O fl, dated Jan. 30 tCharlcs
Rode TO Gustave Whlte). 6uO
SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK.
The following is the total amount Of CITY and
suburban transfers within radius Of seven
miles Of the Courthouse filed ior record dur
ing the week ending Saturday, Feb. S.: City,
saIes IS, consideration S22f ,401. South Of city
limits, sales III, consideration S7G,450 West
OF city limits, sales l, consideration, 81, .,5U
Total sales, s.. Total consideration, s299,2il,
LOANS.
Loans are in fair demand. Week before last
the aggregate OF transactions was S2l2,T and
last week it was s2G6, ,0G5. On property at the
corner OF Monroe and Morgan SS2,2l6 were
loaned for 5 years at & Der cent; ou the prem-
ises Nos. 81 to Ill Michigan street, S'o'oo0 for
9 years at per cent: and on No. 12415l LaSalle
street, SlG,0oD for 5 years at s pcr cent.
BUILDING.
Twenty-three building permits were issued
during tic week.
In Springfield, Mass, the Republican says
there is growing belief that real property at
its present rates is as good for Investments as
ANYTHING with equal security. This feeling is
ba*ed partly on the
INCREASED DEMAND FOR RENTS
and has not begun to make much show yet in
actual purchases, sales under foreclosure still
occurring occasionally at the lowest panic prices
But there must be reaction. Owners and
agents say there is more call for rents than
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