New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-10
REAL ESTATE.
OLD RuMoRs OF NEW DowNTo"N
"sKYsCRAPER" REVIVED

NEGOTIATIONS FOR A SITE ~ BROAD ST
THE BATES ESTATE SELLS MADISON
AVE PRopERrY-Br BRISK
AT THE EXCHANGES
The rumor OF deal for the purchase OF the DION
the side OF Broad-st.. between ENchhnse
Place and Beaver-st. for the erection OF an o'i'0e
building on a magnificent scale, has again Deen re-
vlved 1t is well known published in The Tribune
several weeks ago. that such an enterprise oache"
by a syndicate. has been foot for months ana inc
plans for the proposed building gicen out by the
representative Of this syndicate have been published
in these columns. The original elaborate plan took IN
property fronting the east side OF Broadway ana
was to connect with structures TO the east in such
a way that Broadway. Newest. Exchange Pace and
Beaver-st. might be reached by covered streets in
the new building
When the facts so far as they could be learned,
were printed real estate brokers and persons we'll
posted in the real estate market were inclined 10 be
sceptical as TO the new building and believed that
the plan would never advance beyond the paper
stage. From what could be learned yesterday how
ever It appears that there s az least
sonable foundation for believing that the dea may
be carried through II ia said that an option has
been obtained Of the parcels In the block and
that the syndicate Is negotiating with the holders
OF the other property for ts purchase. 1t is known
that the property in this block s at present Bringing
the property is said 10 be s.0000O0
At private contract Abraham stern mas soIu 10
Samuel Levine. through II. Riraldo & Bro the
hye-story brick tenement. lot dx25. No 80 Broone-
st. for $500 -
r. NJ Montgomery g. Co have sold for the l.. NJ.
Bates estate the four-story brCunstone dwelling.
lot 25xllo No. pa Madson-ave.. for about $500
John r. Todd has sold 10 an investor the new
sevcn-stOry building. 602x75 At the northeast cor
nor Of West Broadway and Walker-st.. on private
terms. II Is understood that the consideration was
all cash.
Business was brisk al the Broadway Real Estate
SaesrOom Yesterday, and with one exception all
the parcels were sold.
William Kennedy sold I'm foreclosure northwest
corner OF West End-ave and Eighty -fourth-st. ~
four-story dwelling. on plot which runs north Box
west OK north lex west lSx south - 10 Eighty
fourth-st. east %. TO the plaintiff Armand De
Potter. for s29.0l3; also. IN foreclosure. No l39
Greenwich-st. three-story brick dwelling lot lss
X7.l0X90ySil0. TO the plaintiff. Marie Louise Dew
snap for $500; also in foreclosure southeast cor
ner OF Stanton and Pitt SITS, four and five story
brick tenements. plot lOOx50x75x5)N25xl00 20 the
plaintiff, William BUTLER. for 5000; also: in fore
closure. No. l25 widest. six-story brick build
Ing. lot 2lx99x2O9x993 TO the plaintiff. Elias Kemp
ner. for $500
Peter r. Meyer & Co sold In foreclosure No 1872
East Observation-Disclosures nth-st.. fve-story
brick tenement lot 25xl0)5, 10 the plaintiff John d.
Helms. for $3.50
Philip A. Smyth sold. in an executors sale 10
close tho estate OF Lawrence KANE Nos PIP and "a
Fast One-hundred -and-sixth-st.. two tTo-story
frame dwellings. a plot 3sxlO0ll. Peter Fuchs
for 81 90 also. in partition Nos. l2a and l3l AM
Bernard Haycuaugh for si7,lco; also, West Sixteth
and West Sixy-frst SITS. 100 feet east OF Amster-
dam-ave., eight lots. each 2jxl0) to James 3. Moore
for Si3T1