The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-23
GIVE US HOUSES, :"
IS OAKLAND CRY.
Families Searching for
Residences and Mer-
chants Look for Stores
REALTY is ACTIVE

OAKLAND. July GIVE want more
houses for rent. no matter whether
cottages, bungalows or larger dwell
iags-Ue can rent anything" is the
CRY of Oakland real estate dealers. The
truth Of this assertion is proven by the
fact that owners Of property in all
parts OF the city are building new
dwellings and many Of these, only half
finished. are already rented.
The same condition exists in regard
20 stores ana Offices. there being a
much larger demand FOR business loca-
tions than can be filled by local real
estate men. This increased demand
for cen traIly located Offices has deter
mined the directors of the First Ma
tional Bank, who are preparing to
erect new home for the bank on the
gore at Fourteenth street between
Broadway and San Pablo avenue. to
add two additional stories to the pro-
posed structure. which viii be seven
instead OF five stories in height. Plans
for the larger structure have already
been accepted and the work of con
struction VIII be commenced in a short
time
The great increase in the business
by the fact that within the last month
many new buildings, which, when COM
pleted viii be used as stores, Office
buildings and warehouses, have been
contracted for. In many cases the con-
structiOn work on these new buildings
has already commenced and the work
viii be rushed to completion as rapid
" as possible.
Excavation for the foundation of the
new building to be erected by DR.. Sam
uel Kahn at the northeast corner of San
Pablo avenue and Sixteenth street, has
been completed and within a few days
the laying of the foundation will begin.
The new structure is to be six stories
in height, the lower floor to be devoted
TO stores and the five upper ones to BE
divided into Offices.
BUSINESS Is EXTENDING.
That the erection of business build
ings is not to be confined to the down.
town district is proven by preparations
now being made for the erection of
$50, 600 brick business structure at East
Fourteenth street and Thirteenth ave-
nue.. The old Topper mansion, one of
the landmarks of East Oakland, has
been moved from the site of the new
building. and the construction work
VIII begin in a few days.
Alameda, Berkeley and Emeryville
81 = also receiving their IulA snare OF
the general prosperity of the bay shore
section of Alameda County, as evil
denced by the large number of new
buildings, both business and residence,
now in course of construction in these
communities. Among the largest build
ings in Alameda for which plans have
already been accepted is the business
structure which is TO be erected at Cen
tral avenue and Seventh street by ]. G.
(~~Ou-
about $4,000
Many new dwellings are also in
course of construction in the Encinal
City. and property owners are hasten
ing the completion of these structures
10 meet the largely increased demand
for homes
Berkeley real estate men report the
same difficulty experienced by Oakland
dealers in securing a sufficient number
of houses to rent to satisfy the de-
mands Of homeseekers. and property
owners in all parts of Berkeley are
now realizing that more houses are an
absolute necessity. AS q result there
has been a large increase in building
operations and many new buildings are
now nearing completion, many of these
having already been rented before they
are completed.
FACTORIES IN EMERYVILLE.
in course of construction viii soon be
in operation, and the employees OF these
manufactures have for some time past
been seeking homes near their places
OF employment. Every vacant house in
the town has been disposed of, however
and il viii be necessary for many of
the operatives to find homes at some
distance from the factories until the
erection Of new houses in Emeryville
enables them to live near their work
The work of construction on a large
warehouse for Walter S. Mackey g. Co,
which is to be located on Park avenue
at the head of Hubbard street, is to be
commenced in a few days. The lot was
secured from the Realty Syndicate and
the new building will be 266 feet long
by 100 feet wide.
The MCGEE tract on Allston way, be-
tween California and MCGEE streets,
IN Berkeley. is just now attract
ing much attention from investors
seeking home sites in Berkeley, and the
Macdermott Company. through which
the tract has been placed on the mar
ket, is confident that il will soon be en-
tirely sold out The tract is located