New-York tribune., 1909-09-19
TRADING IN CENTRAL 9TH AVE.
Il SI,9O0OOO SALE THERE n FIXTURE OF THE FIRST
WEEK OF THE FALL REALTY SEASON.
Large VOume of Business Transacted in the District This YearImpOr
tant Deals u Other AttractIe InUestmem Zones

Marx and Martin L. Fink of the premises al the
northwest OF 4Sd street and Fifth avenue.
The parcel has frontage OF % feet and. depth
Of 70 ON he site is =. four story dwelling house
recently altered for business purposes. The prop
erty was owned by the Lee estate. and bought
by the syndicate for about $4,000 John P. Kirwan
recently sold for client the syndicate
the five story building No. 257 Fifth avenue on a
plot 3Xl0O feet adjoining le premises is the Law
Building
buyer was also found this year for the premises
No. 62i Fifth avenue. southwest corner OF 5Oth
street The property sold by Henry u. Winans
a May for the 62i Fifth Avenue Company. OF
which :. Frankel is president to Henry $ Red
mond. Plans We're filed some time ago for erect
lns on The site 4 building Tor branch
office II the uankins aoUse Of Redmond & co.
The site has "a frontage of = and depth OF
100 Diasonaliy opposite the premises is St Pat
ricks cathedral.
The upper Fifth avenue district has also figured
prominently this year in realty trading. Among
the principal transactions there was the sale by
Herbert a. sherman George q. De Witt and
other executors uf the estate OF Mathilda ".
Bruce of the Eve stu;y and basement dwelling
house No 81" Fifth avenue. northeast OF
62d street. 10 iu>taNe An,siicl. The property was
held al $5Ot"o. II has "a frontage ol 20 feet on
the avenue and al .0S fee, the street.
For Mrs.. a. y. ',o-ers Henry u. Winans &
May sold n sou'.sas. corner OF 18th street and
Fifth avenue. SON!9o ie';. The buyer was Edwin
Gould. who Is having hu.,t On the site large mod
ern house for his own occupancy.
Al lho north corner Of 1Sih street and Fifth ave
nue. james r. luke is replacing the old H. II. cook
house with inc house for his own occupancy.
He purchased the Cook property. which "A
frontage of ld2 feel the and 100 Zee; in
the street. the latter part last year through l.
J. Phillips Co Last week Mr. Duke transferred
title lot 20x10O on the sast-rly side OF the
avenue. So feet north "t 18TH street. 10 Iayne
Whitney. That lot is part original Cook
site and adJons the home Of Mr.. Whitney.
DEMAND FOR WEST SIDE SITES
Many important deals the West Side were
reported last week. On the Heights there was
q good volume Of busFess one Of the principal
transactions there vas lhe sale by A L. Mordecai
q Son for 'h@ Realty Mortgage Company and
Heilner Wolf OF eigh lots the south SIDE Of
18th street. 80 feet OF Broadway. Two six
story elevator apartment houses will be built on
the parcel by the buyer. Each house will have a
frontage Of 100 feet.
For Henrietta NJ Brown. Of ST Louis the Dun
& Brown Company sold the three story ONCE and
store building Nos. 0 and 500 West l45th street
II is plot loX100 feet. sold 10 the Marcy
Association. a Democratic club. which will the
premises a home
In the midtown zones a new lessee was found for
the Hotel Bartholdi property. 23d street and
Broadway. and buyer for the three three
story dwelling houses No Is 90 West 56th street.
plot 50x9S9 feet. big loft and office structure
will be built the 36th site The new lessee
OF the Hotel Barthoidi property is Shole Hotel
Company. The brokerage firm in that transaction
was the Willard S. Burrows Company. The Chids
Company got control Of the Bartholdi property
some months ago under a long lease.
Ex-Police Sergeant James Churchill also enlarged
last week his restaurant plot by leasing from
Walter J. Solomon the premises No 1911 Broadway.
southwest corner of 4sth street 202xll410 feet Mr.
Churchill recently leased from the lockwood estate
No. 1908 TO 1903 Broadway and parcel with large
frontage I'm 18th street Both those parcels adjoin
the Salomon property.
The demand for properties in the business dis
tricts was clearly reflected last week in the number
of sites in those zones reported leased The most
important lease reported that affecting the six
story mercantile building being built at No. u6
DesbrOsses street and extending Nos. l9 and l2
Watts street. plot S5x1B feet The building is
being erected by the Trinity Church corporation,
and II is TO be occupied by the Wheeling Corrugat-
ing Company. Charles F. Noyes Go. we're the
brokers in that transaction.