The San Francisco call., 1906-12-24
REPoRT BY WARDs
Totals


George w. Austin declared today that
instead of declining the Oakland real
estate market appeared to be stifening
as the end of the year approaches He
said:
There is a general conviction that the retail
great deal during the coming year The location
of the new retail section is already pretty well
the frontage Clay street to It's junction to
San Pablo avenue and are now looking along
everything in sight The broad San Pablo ave,
nue. is at present OF greatest interest to real
estate men. for during the past month many
big sales have been made. which have given
quite boom to the entire thoroughfare from
Fourteenth TO the Santa Fe depot at Fortieth
We have recently sold to A. F. Banngarfner
the Stokes estate, on the corner of Twenty first
street and Telegraph avenue. and few days
$500 H'' purchase ne resold II at an advance OF
H. Scharmann bought through my office a
nue. six months ago and we just sold It for him
to F. B; Cook at an advance of $1,000
The Gaskill home at Fifteenth and Jefferson
streets has been sold six times during the past
three months and each time at big advance
We have just sold II to l. Friedman and without
doubt he VIII receive fattering bid for it
within few days
Fifty-hve feet Telegraph avenue. near
for z. Barnett to Dennis johnson and E A.
Young for something less than SIS, 600: we re-
they have sold it TO F. and J. Jordan. the hotel
proprietors. who made money on the deal and
Dr. z. r. sill. Although the latter have 'Is not
owned it week there are purchasers anxious to
take II on their hands at good profit TO them
All these sales in the heart Of town Indicate
now rapidly property is changing hands and also
snow snow the keen demand for choice business sites
OF the business section as it was few months
Everybody interested in Oakland should be
gratihed at the tremendous activity on the
water front Not only is the land Immediately
houses factories and Industrial propositions. but
this in turn has affected the property for blocks
low the track on Seventh street has taken on
healthy impetus. II is not boom; it is
definite Increase in values based on the addi-
tional activity on the wnter front which Of
course viii be permanent
The M. T. Minney Company reports a
very active week, Notwithstanding the
holidays. Among the sales of the week
was fine income property on Tele-
graph avenue. Mr.. Minney also saws
that the confidence in Oakland is not
confined to this Immediate vicinity
alone, but the whole State seems to be
awake to the fact that few cities of
the coast present such splendid oppor-
tunitiess
Fred A Campbell. a well known real
estate man of this city. has just COM
pleted the fitting up of handsome off
fees at 5l0 Tenth street and is planning
an active business campaign for the
NOAlAL6 year (dil4pDtli mas a large
list Of desirable business and residence
property, both City and suburban
E. w. Woodward reports the sale Of
lots In the Boulevard and Steinway
Terrace tracts, which have been pur-
chased principally by newcomers to
Oakland, who have expressed the lin
tention of Immediately Improving the
property by the erection of homes.
Woodward's office is located with that
of Fred A Campbell at $40 Tenth
street
D. T. Minney. formerly member of
the NJ T. Minney Company, has opened
new real estate Offices at 422 Eleventh
street. where he will make a speciality
of the handling of Oakland business
property.
Another new realty firm is that of
Thomas Bros. which is located at 532
San Pablo avenue. The members of the
new firm are w. c. Thomas and j. A.
Thomas, and they have already met
with success in their new venture
permit was issued recently by
Building Inspector Towle for the erec-
tion of a fve-story brick and stone
building at Sixteenth and Clay streets.
The structure is to be erected by the
Alameda Building and Loan Associa-
ton and the Home Security Company.