The San Francisco call., 1906-07-27
BIC CHICAGO FIRM
INVADES CITY.
Wanamaker & Brown to
Erect Big Store on
Old St. IgnatiuS Site
RENTAL is LARGE

benjamin S. Brown of the well known
Chicago firm OF Wanamaker & Brown
has leased the land upon which stood
St Ignatius Church and College. AS
soon as IT is possible to prepare the fine
sits there viii be erected upon it a tenn
porary structure ( either two or three
stories at cost Of about 5000 where
IN the firm viii establish a department
store. The Jesuit fathers have leased
the site on the following terms:
rive years at the aggregate rental Of
S29l,000. the lessor at its own expense
10 clear the debris from the land, $4,000
per month during the first year. s4750
per month during the second year and
$4,000 per J. onth during the last three
years OF the term.
The Very Rev. Father Frieden en-
tered upon a contract yesterday with a
construction company to remove the
ruins Of the church and college. The
work viii be completed by October at
cost OF $4,000.
Baldwin & Stetson arranged the leas-
ing Of the property TO the Eastern firm.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT LEASE.
One OF the largest leases yet made
was copsummated by Baldwin & Howell
during the past week. The property is
owned by John +. Merrill and is situ-
ated at the northeast corner Of Wash
ingtOn street and Van Ness avenue.
The lessee is Z. L Spacher, who intends
TO construct row Of up-to-date stores
and Offices. The lot has a frontage of
127 feet on Washington street and 1913
feet on Van Ness avenue. The property
was leased for a period of five years.
the total rent being $4,000.
Byron Mauzy has had plans prepared
for a four-story frame store and fac
tory building on a lot "a By go feet, on
the south side OF OFarrell street, be-
tween Franklin and Cough The cost
viii be $4,000.
Wright, Rushforth & CahilI. the arch
fleets, have let contracts for the two
story brick warehouse building for w
P. Fuller & Co, which will be erected
on the north side. Of Townsend street.
between Fourth and Fifth, at a cost Of
$4,000.
A three-story brick hotel building is
being erected by Rousseau & Son on the
southeast corner of Eddy and Leaven-
worth streets. on a lot 40XS7:6. The
hotel viii contain thirty-siX rooms and
baths on the two upper floors and five
stores on the first floor. The building
viii cost $4,000
Ground has been broken for a three
story frame hotel building at the south
Fillmore street covering an entire So
vara. The building viii contain 175
rooms on the two upper floors and ten
stores on the ground floor. The cost
Will be s55.O0O. The owners are @. Ber-
son and Bert Schlesinger.
ROusseau & Son are preparing plans
for a two-story brick Office building to
be erected at the northwest corner of
Post and Polk streets. 1t viii contain
forty Offices on the second floor and
seven stores on the first.
William Gerstle has let contracts for
q One-stOry building Of nine stores on
the north side OF Sutter street, between
Van Ness avenue and Polk street.
A contract has been let for six large
stores on the southeast corner of Polk
and California streets. Havens &
Toepke are the architects.
Both sides of Market street between
Seventh and Eighth are showing re-
narkable activity. There is now being
erected on the south SIDE on the Moffatt
estate property a large building which
will house The Boston a modern de-
partment store.
Allen g. Haber have established them
selves as real estate agents at 100
OFarrell street Mr.. Allen was for
merly connected with Bovee. Toy & Co.