Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-06
SALES FOR THE WEEK
What Has Been Done in Realty
Dung the Pas, Week
MARKET FIRM, BUT QUIET
fzoa-e. keaslnx E,< frsa sfs % $50
Pee AsAtn Ars scaros--crowth
ca the E@.s i-n<1

Activity IN realty during the past
xssk 49, act seFy hTlsk. thongh. some
very decens tr4nsfss vers recorded.
he snmaer sossfics and ether lsthargieI
lnfiusncrs hase played their midsummer
engagement, with boz hlfIe eject Per-
sons sho haFe been holaing OF with d
sis~ II baying because prices we're
bouud - dup have been mistaken la
their efforts 10 bear tina market Ia dirt.
Grand Rapids real estate has ever been
AL = = paying insestment. fast which
both buyers and holzlers appreciate.
both look Tor bargains and each hnds
exceiisnt insestnlents Strangely enoogh
the marked growth - sh0~a IN the ex.
tEeme ends u the city. the s;ist end ia
me vicinity q ttobinsoa road and
Wealthy ssenae aad Ia the district ia
tie nslgbborhood u the ID. a. III. 4 H.
iunetioa- The electric line 10 the lake
l. running through property that tap
years ago was innocent q houss. two
pears hence 10 Wiu be as thickly setfiest
ter blocks On either side q the car line
- u no@ 10 from last street 70 Chapel
street
before the STOW dies the koystoi
straw gods factory viii 10 running
with forve u between 400 aud ouv
hAnsls Nho must have home& The faeS
tory - located near tho D.. a.. III. i VI.
ianctiou. and this fact has caused many
inquiries regarding lots and terms iil
that locality. A numLef u lots have
lean .oid there and plans for modern
honies are telag turned out by archi-
tsscta. schome Is on foot % build
boarding house. on the Leonard addl-
tioE. near or GA Carrier street. 20 pro-
side FOR some of the unmarried hands.
isots IN the south cad are easy and
firm. holders absolutely declining 10 cut
prices AMI buyers are appzeclating this.
d then. unpleasant TACT
There IL a dearth * desirable resi-
denes-s Tor rent IN the central portion or
the city. houses IN agreeable localities
rentiog. unfinished. Tor from els 10 go
a month. ara Out q the question NV.
Bliss 4 Go. have been unable 10 fili otIe
apelication 10 fffy that has been maole
for this class q property. In the ter
ritcxy bou1ded BY Fulton street on the
Dofth, Hail on the south. East on tho
last aud south Division on the west.
there are DOT. all tod. an hundred such
dwellings for hire. The demand nova
DAYS - foe houses modern IN every re-
spect. gas. eatef. cistsrn, bath, furnace
and ali those things which have become
positive necessities IN recent years
those houses heiny erected IN the east
end have these requirements and bud
ready renters or purchasers. The in
weston nov -a-days Who builds houses
with tho view u holding for an increase
ia value. 10 putting IN all modern con
ycnicacee-
The advent % water mains in the
south part q town 10 hailed with delight
BY the holders Of realty, and before fall
the district lying between jefferson ave
nue and East street. and Wealthy and
Hall vii be supplied with gas. water
and sewers. ready for buildings. which
uiil thickly cover this territory ere an
other summer. The same IL true OF the
east end and west side property north
Of Leonard street.
FolloNsng are the real estate transfers
recorded during the week: