New-York tribune., 1909-03-03
BRISK REALTY TRADING
BIG SITES IN DEMAND.
Redmond s Co. to Haze q Home at
5Oth Street and Fifth AUenue.

marked Improvement in realty trading was
noticeable yesterday. Deals in Fifth avenue dis
tricts and in several downtown zones were feat
ures of the days business market was also
found for a large plot in West 27th street, near
Sixth avenue, and for a number Of well located
sites in the upper West Side
Henry D. Winans & May sold the four story
dwelling house No 624 Fifth avenue, southwest
corner 50h street 25x100 feet for the Six Twen-
ty-four Fifth Avenue Company, of which ).
Frankel is president, to Henry 5. Redmond, or
the banking house Of Redmond & co. MI Reo-
mond purchased for Redmond & Co. about 1our
years ago Nos 81 and SO Pine street, erecting
there a modern banking house, which is one OF
the finest in the downtown section. He now in
tends to build the Fifth avenue site another
banking house for the company.
The same brokers effected exchange of Two
plots on rhe north side of 10Th street. between
Fifth and Madison avenues, for the trustees OF
the Ienox Library and Dave Hennen Morris. MT
Morris purchased a plot with frontage or %
feet 45 feet west of Madison avenue, the trustees
taking back 35-foot plot which he bought about
a year ago.
NJ & L. Hess sold to the Realty Holding Company
No. 1I9 to 13I West 9th street, covering plot of
150x989 feet. The work OF erecting a twelve story
loft building this site Will be begun as soon as
the old buildings razed. It will be ready Tor
occupancy January l. 1910 This building will be
especially adapted for white goods manufacturers
The area of each floor will be 15G00 square Feet
aud the building will he equipped with automatic
sprnkIers five elevators. and every modern I'M
provement- It's close proximity to Broadway ana
the Pennsylvania tunnel together with exceptional
light facilities. viii this property, 1t Is
thought especially attractive to high class firms III
the light manufacturing business.
The sellers were Hugo Gorsh and /. Randolph
Jacobs MIR. Jacobs was represented b. Hell &
Stern
George r. Read & CO. sold for the estate OF
John Downey to a client FOX investment the south
west corner Of Pine and Front streets, six story
Office building, It is a plot about 4oXSo feet
Plans have been filed with Buildings Superln-
tendeut Murphy for two sx-story apartments. each
containing forty suites Of apartments. to be buiIt
for the James Livingston Construction Company
the Broadway block from l6S to l6sth street
from designs by l. a. CoIdstonc. architect and to
cost 100000 each and for a siN-story apartment
house designed by the same architect and contain
ing thirty-oues suites he built foT the HShWood
Realty Company. Of which julius "einstem Is
president. on 11lth street west of Amsterdam ave
nue. 1t will cost S2000o-
Plans have also been fled for two siN-story nat
houses each containing accommodations for thirty
five families. be erected for Meyer Sacks on
both street, west Of Lexington avenue, and TO cost
SS000o and for Six-story fathouse with stores. I"
Ice built for AIe SeeaI at No. 244 to 2i8 West 18th
street at a cost OF SS5OO0. Abraham Berries ard
L. A Goldstone the architects.
Plans have also been filed for making over the
No SO East 18TH street into an American basement
dwelling house, with Colonial facade. the I'M
designs by James r. Turner and for remodelling
the four story house of +. Clarence Jones, at No
1sl West 57th street. into English basement
dwelling house, the change designed hy Charles y.
Iticn. architect. to he made at a cost OF S-"o"h
Plans have also been filed for installing a shop
IN the four story and basement dwelling house at
No = West 35th street the alterations being made
for Colonel John Jacob Astor from designs ny
James McWalters. as architect
Plans have also been filed for remodeilinE the
FIVE story loft building Al No. 252 Firth avenue.
owned by Mary B. Stone. installing large win
dovs and ed-ppiag the lofts with elevator service.
the improvements being made a cost Of $1,000
for DouChaiu BrOtheEs. as l-SSees- Alfred w Bus
selle is the architect
Walter 3. Chambers architect, hled plans for en-
larginc the private garage At No. l54 East SSti
street. owned bv James J. HiIl laying a new floor
ing Of reinforced concrete. building a vault and
enlarging the entra