, 1880-12-19
REAL ESTATE.
Continuance Of an Active In
quiry for City Property.
Residence Lots in Less Demand
: tral Property Not Easyto Buy.
Acres Still Quiet and Neglected.
Sales of the Week.
Unusually, Early Demand for
Stores and Houses to Rent.

Stores and Houses tn Rent.
proiacta1 Raforn n uo~,o- H., Mo+;va
1o"et -Aea1 hslaI8 III NeW 1orK.
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Real estate has not afforded during the past
week the sensational sales OF laree buildings
that have been almost daily items for the past
month, but the market has been active, and any
one stepping into agents offices finds them busy,
4 STEADY INQUIRY
is reported for good property. md the lack of
sales of centrul property Ia due not to fo1l,1re
OF demand but OF supply, There are few owners
now to sell productive central real estate,
Half n million dollars was offered and refused
for tho ReaDer Block. at the northeast corner of
Clark and Warrington.
The question Of the site Of the
BOARD OF TRADE
will soon come up again to Rg1tate tho public
mind. The Committee to whom the CONSIDERS
ton Of the subject WAS referred are Dcarly
ready to report. They will be heard from within
three weeks. While no one outside the Com
mittec has been fully acquainted with the con-
tents of their report, it Is understood that
strong Recommendation will be made for re-
movnl to the vacant blocks south OF the Grand
Pacific Hotel, west OF Clark street. That tho
Board need better accommodations than they
now have Is uuquesdonablc; that they can Sc
cure them By an
ENLARGEMENT OF THEIR PKEsEKr QUARTERS
Is equally certain. II the Hoard OF Trade and
the Chamber OF Commerce can a9ree upon re-
modelling Of the present Board OF Trade ball. no
plan for removal could possibly obtain ma1osi~
ty OF tho votes OF tina Hoard OF Trade. "atnoot
such remodeltnR the Board of Trade viii sure
~ lind another home. Ihe street. "a 1uii OF an
kinds of rumors~ One ran to the effect that the
building NOW occupied by the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
had heen leasea 10 'aFRe 1eHe'1y n1m, ano
upon their vacatlnR 1t the first t1oor would DC
cut down 10 the level Of the street. Inquiry at
the bank revealed tue SOLE oas's OF Tue
rumor to be that some one had re-
marked that the building, 30 altered,
"ouio oe hne p1aco lof u Je"ei5s eto'e' IVY ~"
ers of acre property have been much agira1ed
In tho report that the wagner faioce-Iar Iotn-
pany was purchasing land Tor works to 90 es-
tablished near Chicago a Ia Pullman. inquiry
Of the Company's representatives mere ca!'eo
out an emphatic denial OF tn6 sto1y. huh'o1
has located tho purchases IN the vicinity OF
Grand Crossing, and also In Sec. J. H. Ii west OF
State aud south OF Rhtr-seVentn street' Inc IN
qury for stores. referred TO ast week. coist.nues,
and among tho 1nqulror3 1s q largo numpef OF
newcomers. The early
STIR AMONG TENANTS
to settle their leases for the coming year pre-
sages m unusually active demand 1or accom-
tuodadons. Houses. too are certain TO Dc IN
unusual request. Architects are already negln-
ming to DO busy With plans Tor pafldlng 10 tae
spring, and loan agents are receiving applca
lions for funds for now enterprises.
Adolph Loeo q bfotnef nave so'o tu'e ".eA
in their subdivision on Halstcd street. near the
Stock Yards, fifteen lots at $6'oo; three lols on
Halsted street. near Forty-ntth street, AT Si,9o"
each; 1G0 feet on Fitty-frst street, fronting
South Park, for $11,ooo; stone-front house on
Prairie ayouue, near ThirtJ-hftn street. 1of
$7,o00: house and lot On May street FOR <@no;
house and lot on Clybourn place, near Aolllng-
Mills, at $4,000; and one acre near Cornen al
$2,5m
The sale Of the leasehold interests On the
southeast corner OF
MADISON AND STATE,
the fee Of which belongs to Mr.. L. e. Letter, has
been negotiated, but the matter is not fully
adjusted. What has been bought is the lease oi
tho north sixty feet Of the State street frontage
running hack to the alley on Madison street,
rvk,o to1e RI. of %to oo,,tt