The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
REALTY CENTER IS
FULL OF ACTIVITY
Congregation of Brokers in One
District Makes Co-opera=
ton Effective

Between the north side of Market
street, including the northerly line of
both of Nthese thoroughfares between
Kearny and Montgomery streets, and
reaching the entire distance along
Montgomery street. with one large
office building in kearny street, lies a
district in which centers one of the
most important business enterprises of
San Francisco. Therein values are es-
timated with a degree of care and clev-
erness that to the layman are some
what surprising.
Considerations of all sorts that le-
late to business in its extension. in its
promotion or to it's detriment, are en-
tertained and weighed deftly and ac-
curately. This is the central cal es-
tate business section of San Francisco.
as much of accurate knowledge on
large topics as can be found in q sim
liar area anywhere in the world Not
all the real estate business of San
Francisco is transacted in this region,
for there are many able brokers in the
Mission, Richmond and other districts,
but this particular section is conspicu-
GUS by reason of the large number and
the Importance of its brokerage houses.
FEWER IN MARKET STREET
Market street contains a smaller per-
centage of the total community OF real
estate brokerage than it did before the
fire forced a readjustment all along the
line in the selection of business quar-
terS. but those who have locations in
that street are in prominent buildings.
For a time realty was vended. leases
were made and deals were negotiated
in scattered localities. Geary street
was prominent for short time as a
real estate center. Now. however thcre
is a general concentration along Mont
gomery, Post, Sutter between Kearny
and Montgomery, and the remainder of
the territory previously alluded to.
Sutter street is strong in line of
realty brokerage offices that includes
representatives of many of the largest
of San Francisco real estate transac-
tions in recent years Such offices are
mainly on the south line of Sutter
street and extend from Montgomery
street as far toward Kearny as build
ing construction has progressed. The
greater number of the brokerage offices
are to be found on both sides of Mont
gomery street. Some of them are in To-
cations where they have been found for
years, like the offices of Thomas Magee
& Sons, G. II. Umbsen & Co. and Madi-
son & Burke. Others are scattered all
along the line, mainly on first floors
but some have quarters above the
street level
STRONG CONCERNS ELSEWHERE
On the old site of the Lick house. In
the area formerly covered by the Russ
house, in the rejuvenated Mills build
ing, there are strong realty concerns.
Baldwin & Howell and the Burnham-
Marsh company. which has Joined for
tunes with Baldwin e. Howell by max
ing business alliance, are in a char
acteristic building in Kearny street.
There are scattered Offices in the large
office buildings in Market street. but
they are not sufficiently numerous to
constitute distinctive community Of
real estate men by themselves.
There is every appearance of per
manency in the location of real estate
men in the streets that have been men
toned. The gravitation OF lareh
business houses of all sorts from
Van Ness avenue and intersect
ing streets back to the old down
town retail section has made tho