New-York tribune., 1899-07-02
THE WEEK IN REALTY.
ANOTHER NOTABLE RECORD OF BROAD
WAY SALES

While there NAV have been years with active a
market right up to the Fourth Of July, as last week
has shown. and while other Junes have developed
as much business transacted in the month
Just ended 1t is admitted in real estate circles
that a good many years have elapsed since Broad
way mercantile property has been in such demand
as now. The week before last was made notable
by three sales OF Broadway property reaching the
enormous OF 81 10000. and again last week
distinguished by three more Broadway sales
at equally high figures
The leading item Of the week was James b. Hag,
gins purchase OF the building at the southwest
corner Of Broadway and Broome-st with front
Finding According to the owner John T, Will
Jams. there had been several previous negotiations
Thursdayp. Tn T%h When Mr. M Hagsn and Mr Williams
agreed upon terms. which were about $4,000 The
fo-o. a decided gain TO the market
HENRY CORN's PURCHASE
Next in Importance was the purchase by Henry
Corn of the southeast of Broadway and
Thirteenth-st The building at No. 43i Broome-st.
given in part payment 1t is said that MT
Corn contemplates the erection Of n mercantile
building on the corner. and should this turn out to
be so II NAV mean the beginning OF new build
ing movement in the mercantile district OF Broad
But Broadwqy has not not had heck mSn2 mSnSpg OF hf
in other parts OF the city one OF thSse " vas west
Thirty -second-st. and as he al. eady holds Nos:
81 and IS West Thrty-second-st and Nos. 30 and
sS Wet ne Sota mas anJ fesdenta
purchase OF interest was that OF the south corner
of RrYs Hcon bnnes Whch had been
unusually protractcd. reached practically an end
cbaraStef gefk only T one was really Successful and OF
the foreclosure offerings large majority were
knocked down to parties In interest
MORE BUILDINGS PROJECTED.
A comparison OF the number OF projected build
ings and their total cost for 1898 and 1899 shows
marked gain for the present year. In 1898 at this
time the reports showed that hfty-six buildings
were about to be constructed and now there are
seventy-fve The total estimated cost last year
was $4,000 and this year It is $i6os5O or nearly
The Following new transactions are worthy of
notice: , -, .o.,oh, Noe
2si SS6, 3sS and $50 East Tenth-st from the "oiH
estate and the Stern estate. -.
the southwest corner Of Amsterdam-ave. and one
hundred-and forty y-seventh-fs,t ,,u Aa. so,d for
Thomas RoseCrans. of Brooklyn, mas solu LOT
Charles Wacket the dwelling house No 44s seventh
John F. James & Son. Of Brooklyn, have sold for
Ella c. Kyle to Henry MeiTels the thneeostor9
dwelling house No l NneteeHthso cent & ior sp s Se Mot
eteTdsmave and One-hundred- "A nd fifty -nfth-st..
Wtb frontaee OF i2iO in the avenue and 80 in
H. r Gurney has sold to Camille Weidenfeld Of
the firm Of Lawson. Weidenfeld & Co, Northwood,
the country seat Of the late Edwin 5 CoIes. at
John r. Davidson has s9d 20. o Ior M rs ~ spe
dathouse No "A West One-hundred- and -ffth-st.
Leitner & Marks have sold for Mrs Hackes
the four-story fathouse No. go East fhty-secohd-
St, l9x00 ., r.. e-, &c., 49,
fye-story nathouse No 3I2 Third-a"e. south or
One-hundred and seventy -frst-st
The Mechanics and Traders Bank has sold to
Patrick n. Lynch the six-story factory building at
the junction of Amsterdam-ave., Hamilton Place
and Vest One hundred and forty -third-st, on a
plot 80 llx2s. .9Xl0S5xIl2. a., 49,,
Fernberg & Polstein have sold TO MT Adier ror
about 81 600 the hve-story single fathouse NO. IS
West one red and thirteenth-st., DXlOu
The front and rear tenements NOS g anc 10 Nor
foik-st 50xlo reported sold to MT Nacht Tor
s4Sdn0. .,. . -,
The new building at the southeast corner OF
alley x295xl75. which was recently com
nietcd was transferred yesterday by harry l..
Moxley and another to Charles A. Could The con-
sideratton named In the deed is $j50,GO.
The John w Stevens who is going through bank
rrntcv is a builder. and not the John w. stevens
conducting real estate business at Ninety-third-
ST and COlumbus-aye.