, 1881-12-25
Four Thousand Dollars Front
Foot Bid for State
Street Lot. .>
Healthy Demand Tor Inside Prop
erty, but Sellers =.
Scarce. 49, =.
s;1 Hundred Dollars a Foot on Wabash
Ayenue-Actiyity in Acres II: 81.
in Spots. .:.. T.
Plans for ssco. goo Office Buildings
Improvement on Market :.
Street. j. :: =.


rront foot has been offered for the fifty feet o.
+t,o -,r1nxvcst corner NJ Adams and State. ownc,
-. OGDEN shclaon &, Gu The facts are that 81,
m . roo1 uas otfcred and refused. The would
ha ,,urchaser. who had supposed that the fgur.
bo rurrd would buy nny unlmproyed propert,
~ 1he r;tv- was surprised at the treatment O.
h;e ntfer but was still more surprised. upon ask.
fne the price OF the lot to be told that it WAS 10
for sale at any figure. This incident illustrate:
perfectly the present condition Of the real-cstat<
market of Chicago. There is good deal o1
money looking for choice +, lots, ~ anc
buyers are bidding high for them. But owners
especially owners of inside business sites, art
,,osr;,l,nr tn sell and decline the tempting offer:
,node rhem This state of things will soon be
followed bv the natural results, There will be
a shsrn advance In the valuation of inside rea
ostatc nnd h,vers will turn into outside proper.
~ which ran be bought at reasonable figures
~ T., -rh5oh +hera "a a 1arpcr nenrentaee al
prospective Eaip. y: ::.-@ d. - r.
6eyenty-fvo feet on the west side Of State
street. oppost Congress, belonging to the estate
William Waller nave neen 500 aos
A lot Oh Wabash avenue oet"een haI11sou
street and Hubbard court. belonging TO the es-
h.age LOT So too VI, VI t-.t,, - na-as sotn,.ect
Nelson Ihomasson so1o 1osts Aere7 y" - 90
%~%~ -
a 80 Il. to Mr.. r. P. Wilson, for SIS ,0o1.
n.na nor.b,vaet corner of Wabash avenue and
1n--..ctI :.s.ot a,~t,.-c1x faar front has hann
EfehteeaLa stkcos, 74113 - 1.ct ~ .c.s
sold for 81, 500. 1t will be improved: ae once
with q f1rstrclass building, with stores on the
orst foor and flats above. - ..:s !. -. ::
4n. Neo1 - - 80. ts,s .o,1 ,oa,o.,,d -, +,.n
Fiefce q ware aase eou lsseuo.u ~ .uo
southeast corner OF North Nells and Nicnigan
streets. four-story and basenleno brick and
etone hui1dino s4n,qln. IL feet. north front. on
s1one 9 ou4a naas ,,aar r,oh;aon arcn,c sn7 M.
dwelling and lot. No 20 Prairie avenue, 5000;
az m. aao feat In plocl. q Normal school sub
division. SsOo: house ana lot 70. 90 orcnalo
street, $1,000; 50 feet in Block 5. Normal School
Subdivision, Sl40O; Is feet, south front, Sixty
rhird streer. near Tla1sted., $500: lot e5xls5 On
tui1u eooet' ns&4 A' 49, ~ .I,.1
Congress street, between !auln ano asn1ano
avenue, &l,615. Among their recent store rent
ais are the new buildings Nos ~ ~, md rs
Wabash avenue, to Holton s. HiIdreth, for three
years and fraction for 500 for the term,
and fvc-story and basement building on Wabash
avenue to A. Weber, Of New York. piano manu-
facturer, for two years lease, for $4,000 for the
term. 1900. 500 -. r
Messrs Eeency and Hosmer have bought
eighty, acres in the ". Of S. E. 4 of Sec. s., q
mile west Of Garfield, for $4,000. :::.-..-
At Morran Park forty acres have been sold
for $50 m acre: - =
Ten acres nave been sold near Pullman. on
One Hundred and Eleventh street, for $4,000, IN