The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-23
DOWNTOWN REALTY
SELLS FOR $4,000
No. LII Olive Street Brings
$500 a Front
Foot.
NUMEROUS WEST END SALES.
Vacant Ground Is Being Rapidly
Bought Up for Home and
Apartment House
Building.

Olive street property, which has beer
keeping close to the limelight for some
time, came to the front again yesterday
With the biggest sale of the week, by the
transfer from the Tut Estate to the New
Haven Investment Company of the build.
Ing at No. LII Olive street for $4,000.
The property has a frontage of % feet
making the purchase price equivalent &c
$500 per front foot. The improvements
include an old three-story building. which
viii be put in good condition and rented
The building was purchased by the Tut
Estate through Nicholls-Ri in April,
1901. for 51.25o, and has been occupied par,
Of the time by a store.
The New Haven Investment Company
gave in part payment for the property
the two ten-room stone-front houses Nos.
so2l-z3 Washington avenue, lot 5lx134, val
ucd at $4,000. The Holbrook-B lackwelder
Co. represented the New Haven Invest
ment Company, the Nichols Ritter Re
atty and Financial Company being agents
for b Tut Estate.
WEST END LOTS IN DEMAND.
The demand for West END vacant prop
erty for building purposes continues
brisk, the sales of this kind during the
week having been larger thar usual.
Inc ground at the northeast corner of
lake ana McPherson avenues, 1S5x1S5 feet,
was sold by the Schuchman Realty Com,
pany to the Willard Realty Company. a
client Of J. NJ. Levi & Co., for 500 800.
b purchasers have prepared plans and
nave begun work on three apartment
buildings on the property to cost S2S, 500
each. The new buildings are to be con-
structed after the New York plan, with
latest c~onveniences. Each building will
contain four Qnarfmapfg IF civ arl 1i-1t
rooms ~
Weisels-Gerhart sold for Henry H. wag-
oner vacant ground fronting 10OxIT feet at
Tor avenues and also 15Ox213 feet at the
northeast corner of the same streets to C.
4 h. Davis Of the Royal Investment
company for a total consideration of $780,
w. The purchasers intend improving both
OF these corners with modern dwellings
and apartments. The ground was but. re-
Gently acquired by Mr.. Wagner IN the
AND Pine streets to Mrs. Hills. In the sale
70 the Royal Investment Company Mr..
wagner accepted in part payment the
three modern houses Nos. 52l1-I7-1s West
Morgan street. lot S7x170, bringing in a
rental of s. 400 per annum.
-. ID. Levi has bought for the Willard
investment Company ground fronting ISL
feet. at the southeast corner of Cook and
Taylor for $751; 900. A row of mod
ern stores and fats will be erected there
soon
Another important West n corner sale
fwas that of the northwest corner of Ken
sfngton and Clarendon venues 131x190,
bought by the A. A. Fischer Architectural
and Building Company. through Weisels-
Gerhart, from Morris B. Sadler for SO per
foot. Work has been started on the cree
ton Of several eight and ten room dwell
ings on the ground.
All through the West En- district va
cant ground suitable for residence and
apartment building is being rapidly bought
up and new houses are being started al
most daily.