The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
BIGGEST OFFICE BUILDING.
TO COST sS,ooo,ooo AND TO BE TWENTY
STORIES HI0H.

Irregular In shape with One Front on Ex-
change Place and One on Broad Street
Alliance Realty and Trust Co., I'm which
Hugh J. Grant Is Interested, to Own 1t.
Plans for what Is said 70 be the largest ONCE
building ever projected here were filed at the
Building Departm emit on Friday. The details
were made public yesterday. The plans were
filed By Architect Robert Maynicke of 725
Broadway for Peter J. Merrick. owner. repre-
sentinp the Alliance Realty Company, which
was organized about a month ago and which is
closely allied with the Central Realty Bond and
Trust Company.
The building will occupy the plot AZ TO 40
Exchange place and 25 to 80 Broad street.
with large wing extending into the middle OF
the block at an acute angle with the main
structure 1t will cover about 81, 700 square
feet OF ground area and will be twenty stories
high. the actual measurement Of the proposed
height being 2SS feet, The total floor area for
Offices will be. at rough computation. about
$4,000 squaro feet. According to the plans
the building will be Of steel nroproof construc-
tion. with fronts OF stone. terra Gotta and brick.
The style will be OF the Italian renaissance.
The new building and the Lords Court build
ing will use large open court In common.
Tho frontage on Exchange place will he 230
feet that on Broad street 100 feet and tho
wing will be so feet wide and $50 feet long
In q circular space In the centre OF the build
ing twelve elevator shafts will be placed.
Architect Maynicke said yesterday that he
| thought the building would DO the largest
office building ever planned, and the Building
Department engineers arrived at the same
details OF construction. The plans were among
| the last filed under the provisions OF the old
6e sY n THGn eSae the BaShs p
partment engineers In examining iths plans
came across the estima;oi cost which was
surprised to sec these rather large figures that
| they called up Mr.. Mayncke on the telephone
and asked him II he wasn't mistaken In his
NO. replied Mr. MaynIcke.
| We thought thcre might DO n mistake, said
the man at the other end OF tho wire. because
there wasn',., anything particularly elaborate
"There was nothing elaborate" replied the
architect. with the exception Of tho siao o. the
buiIdng This is going to be the biggest Office
| "On. said the voice at the other end
The honcs Resi;y and Trnot cSTm nI3 Z
southaclk. Hugh Grant and GoorEe r. Rcat.
Central Realty Bond and Trust Company. is q
| pireetor Of the new comrany; The Central
Realty and Bond Company hodR tito to the
land on which the new Office building will be
erected. but Il 10 understood that the title will
be traqs'erred TO the new company rs soon as
Among the new buildings for which plans
| were fled with the Building Department under
| the old law was q nftcrn-story and basement
business building. which is q b, erected Tor
| Frederick Aver OF Boston at 52I-h2b Broad
way. IL Is 20 be the counterpart IN ilrepgooi con
struction OF the one for witch plans wore Med
| for the same owner on THURSDAY. which win
| occupy the lOts ut 5,s'-bOl broadway. which
| 52G viii cost $780, 900. A. J. Manning is the
| architect In both cases.
| Plans were also fled for an eleven story
| warehouse building. lI!lX2E. to he built ;or
| the Linde Comnany. owners. at an estimated
| cost Of 81, 300 900