New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-06
AMONG THE BUILDERS.
TIE RENEWED ACTIVITY IN REAL ESTATE
PLANS FOR Az EIGHrsToHY HOTEL IN TIE
BOULEVARD OTHER ENTERPRISES
SIIS ANNOrNCED FOR TODAY.

PLANS FOR Az EIGHTSTORY HOTEL IN THE
BOULEVARD OTHER ENTERPRISES
s,Lrs ANNOUNCED FOR TODAY.
good indication Of the increased activity In
real estate Is the increase. in the last few days IN
the reports for future building operations. Build
ers and investors ready TO take advantage
NJ the restored confidence brought about by the
Repeal bill, and just as soon as the financial sit
uatlon has reached a normal condition there VIII!
be a boom in this department OF real estate. IN
the week Just past plans were h!ed for thrty-three
new buildings at estimated cost OF SiSolo. IN
the same week last year there were forty-three
projected buildings at an estimated cost OF Niofo
The West Side seems 10 be one of the points or
activity lust at present. and builders, investors
and brokers are keeping watchtui eye on that
norton of the city in the neighborhood OF the
Houlevard Columbus and Amsterdam ayes. ana
Riverside. Drive.
Plans for an elght-story hotel. At the boulevard
and Seventy-second-st.. mention Of which was MADE
in Yesterdays Tribune. have been made by Andrew
Craig for Robert Robertson. Excavations are now
being made and building Will begin as soon as 'he
ground Is ready The plot fronts 100 feet IN 'he
boulevard and 2ij feet in Seventy-second-st. Inc
main entrance which will be In Seventy-second-se'
will be through portco sixteen feet wide. leading 10
hall sixteen feet wide At the end of when VIII De
a large rotunda. on the ground floor Will be a
large dining ROOM fronting fifty feet in Seventy-sec-
oni-s and ninety feet in the Boulevard There VIII
be 93O rooms above the first floor. ninety-eight or
which will have bathroom connection. iron ana
steel will be used in the construction of the frame
with areproof walls. floors and partitions. Inc
lower story will be faced with brownstone, and
brick will probably be used for the other noors
The cost Of the building has not been given out
handsome row of houses that has just been
completed on the West Side is that built by
Robert Grant. of the firm OF Gum Il Grant IN
West Eightieth-st. They are Nos. 49, l1t loo ana
l;s They are four-story and basement. high-stoop
brownstone residences OF tasteful and dignhed ex-
ter,ors and well-proportioned and beautiful in
terors The framework Is Steel on the nrst
floor are double parlors. dining-room. spacious
hall and buffers pantry. There are six bedrooms
in each house. two bathrooms and all the appoint
John Haliser will build for John Mclaughlin SIX
hvestory brick flats 25x1O each on the north sue
of Ninety third-st, $50 feet east or Second-aVe al
a cost OF 100000.
stone dwelling. lSx55yioo. nj No. l6i West Eighty
eighth-st ,. +. .,,,. ..,o,
nve-story apartment houses 81 limestone and bun
brick on the north side OF Eighty-fourthcst west
Of Columbus-ave. They will be ready for occu-
The Grand Central Real Estate Exchange. in
will be formally opened tomorrow afternoon by
Philip \. Smyth There has been considerable
but II is positively asserted that 1t will be opened
for business as stated me propery Saered f9r
sale on TINS occasion VIII be -V iots peiohsihs 10
is the owner OF the property. John s. Mapes Will
be the, auctioneer Joseph j. GLEASON OF No. "a
East Forty-irstst.. IS the founder of the new ex-
change. and Philip a. Smyth is the president.
The sale at the public auction to-day at No.
III broadway will be follows:
No 40 West Twentythird st.,hve-story stone dwell
ing by William Kennedy. No. $40 West Thirtieh-st.,
three-story brick dwelling. by b. L. Kennedy No. al
West Seventy -siXth-st. three-story stone front
dwelling by L. J. Phillips Co. No. l2O West
Eighty -irst-st, four-sory stone front dwelling, by
r. V. Harnett Il CO. No. 20 West One-hundred-
and-twenty seventh-st three-story stone front
dwelling, by D. +. Ingraham x CO.