The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17
A REVIVAL
OF REAL ESTATE MARKET

Brokers In city real estate are look
business with the close Of the school
vacations and the return of San Fran
cisco people to the city. The past week
has not been marked by any large deal,
but the inquiry for properties con-
tinues. Buildings of medium cost have
been arranged for and some are under
contract OF this class that have not
been previously reported. The real es-
tate people are awaiting with interest
the sale Of the properties Of the AL
vinza Hayward estate. which will In
dicate the marketing values of 'front.'
ages in various localities at this time.
Among the buildings planned are
six-story and basement structure Of
brick to stand on the northwest line
of Mission street, 6S feet from
New Anthony street. to be erected for
Robert DalzieI Sr. at a cost of S35, 900,
q four-story brick lodging house on the
southwest corner Of O'Farrell and Tay-
lor streets, for the Starr Estate Com
pany, to cost about $50, 900; a four-story
and basement apartment house for
Robert Pieper to stand on the north
east corner of Green street and Van
Ness avenue, to cost $4,000; a three
story and frame residence for A. Mack
on the north line of Pacific avenue, 6S :6
feet east of Scott street, to cost about
$4,000; a four-story and basement
apartment house for H. w. Bernheim,
to stand on the southwest corner of
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500; flats for E. c. Burr on the north
west corner Of Franklin and Union
streets, to cost $4,000, and a three
story and basement structure on the
west line of Devisadero street, between
Oak and Page for John Lutzen, to cost
$25, 900.
MAKING PRIVATE PARK.
Baldwin & Howell's scheme for con-
verting the Tibbits tract into pri-
vate residence park may be said to now
be we'll under way. Plans for the two
swell entrance gates, one on, First ave-
nue. and the one for Lake street and
Second avenue, and also designs for
the plan Of the park. are in the hands
of five leading architects, which, under
the conditions Of the competition, are
to be completed August Is, after which
they will be placed on exhibition for
several weeks and the merits Of all will
be carefully investigated. A selection
will be made by September 1 and work
begun by the middle of that month
Property owners in the Preside
Heights and Richmond sections are
awaiting the development Of the enter
prise with a great deal of interest.
Baldwin & Howell state the property
will not be subdivided nor sold until
about January and that no sales will
build on plans to be approved by the
selling agents.
G. H. Umbsen & Co. report among
others the following recent sales: For
the John O'Keefe estate, $50 acres of
land in Contra Costa County for $1S,-
900; for the same the northwest corner
of Bryant and Eighth streets, improve
ments and lot 50x85 for $13, ,600 for Mrs
A. L. Villegia, improvements and lot
25xSs on the west line of Walter street,
1SS north of Fourteenth street, for $4,000;
for Agnes r. Fowler ct al, improve
ments and lot 25x110 on the south line
of Haight street, 90 feet west of De-
visadero street, for $4,000; for John II.
Pieper, improvements and lot 22:6x
1876 on the south line Of Hayes street,
100 east of Fillmore street, $3.50; John
and Bridget O'Donnell, improvements
and lot 27:6x120, on the south line of
Fulton street, 110 west of Laguna
street, $500; for w. A. Burdick, i'm
provements at 1925 Florida street, east
line, 140 south of Twenty-f1fth street
and lot 22:6x100 for $2475; for Mar
garet Lynch, lot 25x100, east line of
Central avenue, 1927 north of Califor-
MIA street, for S2250; for Poon Gay, i'm
provements and lot north line of Pa
cifc street, 120 east of Stockton street,
and lot 16:9%x117:6 for $22O0; for ].
Mueller, improvements at 160 Silver
avenue and lot 20x80 for $4,000; for Anna
L. Clark, lot 25x10O, south line Of Twen-
ty-fourth street, so west of Vermont
street, for $1100; for the Hibernia Saw
ings and Loan Society, on the north
line of Valley street, $50 feet west of
Noe street, for $4,000; for John H. Pie
per, Improvements at 2S09 Pine street,
125 feet west of Broderick street and
lot 25x137:6 for $3.50.
LOTS AND RESIDENCES.
Hoag & Lansdale report the follow
ing recent sales:
Three lots on the south side of Pre-
cita avenue, near Alabama street, COX
$50, for Jay Dening to Oscar Heyman;
lot on the east side of Sixth avenue.
537 feet north of Lake street, 32x120, for
William A Lange to D. L. Cupples, for
$1,000; lot on the east side of Fifth ave-
nue., 596 feet north Of Lake street, 35x
120, to L. D. Stone, for $2700; lot on the
north side of Jackson street, 110 feet
east of Devisadero, 27:6x127:SA, for
Lewis and Ben Williams to Mrs. Eliza
beth H. Retsloff, for $475O; lot in San
Mateo on Baldwin avenue, near Grif-
fifth avenue, 37:6x142:4, for Mrs. Carrie
M. Jury to Miss Nellie C. Burns; the
same firm has also purchased on ac-
count of the National Land Company,
for $3.50, the lot on the north side Of
Parnassus avenue, west of Willard
street.
Minor sales are reported by Easton,