New-York tribune., 1909-11-16
SALES ON WEST SIDE
BUILDER BUYS FINE PLOT 1T ISfST STREET
And RIVERSIDE DRITE
Trading in The DOsrntorn Business Zones-Od Home OF
BorgfcIdt s Co. Leased.

Sales in the downtown and midtown busi-
ness districts and in tho upper West Side
were features yesterday Of realty trading.
A fne plot of four lots on Washington
Heights was bought by builder from the
Nitrsl Realty and Construction Company
through the Consolidated Board OF Brokers.
ON the site viii be erected an eight story
elevator apartment house. The plot has
frontsee Of loo feet ON both Riverside Drive
snd lslst street
Another well located parcel on the Heights
which changed hands was the plot 5oNlo9
feet. On the north side of lieth street $50
feet west OF Amsterdam avenue. n was
sold by tho Dun & Brown Company for
]. NJ. Rerninstcin. a buyer vas also found
yesterday for the six story apartment
house No. sss West 18th street. on a plot
S.Nssu feet II was sold by Henry oppeh-
heimer and Prank & kreielsheimer for the
Jsnpole & Werner Construction Company
10 an investor.
The purchasing operations in the down
town business zones resulted in a change
II ownership 10 the properties Nos. A. and
- Bank street. No. y Goerck street. No. 20
Nsndsm street and Nos So2 and So4 Green
Nich street Most of these parcels will be
improved. it is said. in the near future.
On the Greenwich street site will be put
up an eight story business building.
The demand for downtown loft space was
sndioated yesterday by the leasing OF the
entire twelve story building. 6oxslS feet at
Wooster. West Sd and West ath streets,
owned by Louis stern. OF stern Brothers,
and 10 lie vacated by George Borgfeldt a
Co on February I. TO various concerns Tor
long terms. Leases were also closed cover
ting al Of the loft space in the two adJoin-
ing buildings AZ Nos 81 and b West Sd
street. s0Nl52 feet. owned by Gutwiilig
Brothers. which have also been occupied
by Borgfeldt & 90.
The new lessees are wholesale clothing
manufacturers. who Viii use the space for
Offices and salesrooms. According 10 some
realty experts their removal TO this neigh
borhood promises 10 fiN there more peTna-
nently than ever the centre OF the clothing
and allied trades and 10 cOunteract, SO Tar
as At least one line OF business is con-
cerned. the general tendency to move north
% 18th street. In fact, one OF the new
lessees Of the Borgfcldt building viii actu-
suy move southNsrd fom quarters near
18th street and Fifth avenue. Another Of
the tenants Will be the firm Of Eisner
Brothers, which has large factories al Red
Bank. \. j., and stil another Will be a
10 - ANliAEAi WIN a. AtANA'ts "a W NN---Nf
\. ]. Neither OF these firms has hereto
lore had headquarters in this city.
The leasing OF the old BorSfeldt building
u-as handled by T. L. Ness. and that of the
adjoining building on Sd street through Heal
4 stern.
II Was learned yesterday that Arnold,
Pyrne & Baumanu had obtained from the
Title Guarantee and Trust Company for
Fercuson Brothers 4 Forshay building
snd permanent loan Of &5e.oho on tho prop
erty Al the northeast corner Of S@d street
snd Riverside Drive, recently sold through
tie same brokers. The loan Is for six
years twelve story apartment house.
from plans by Schwartz & Gross. viii be
erected on the site
Maurice G. Sternbsch Is the buyer ~ No.
SO Fifth avenue. adjoining the southwest
,,orner of asth street. recently sold hy cor
bitt & Green. attorneys, for Mrs. Charlotte
Weatherlev.
Plans have been fled for partly rebuild
iuz and modevnizing tie i've story pro
vision warehouse H Nos. ~ and 2e Water
street. owned by the estate of =. II. Glea-
son ani leased by William ottman g. Co.
the improvements being made a. = cost of
tloea from designs by Julius hastner a
Dell a. architects.
Plans have also been filed for making
over tho four story warehouse at No. 1865
Third avenue into an Office building, with
ground hoor stores. the improvements being
made for W. A Netzger from designs by
Fmery Roth. and for remodeliug TIE hve
story studio and store building ~ 10. i2l
Fast cd street the Improvements being
made from designs by Young a. Gronenherg
for the Brookside Realty Company.
Plans have also been filed for remodellins
the two front and rear tenement houses at
80 81 Spring street, owned by Henrietta
A. Mittnacht. the Improvements being de-
signed by Richard Rchl for Dominick Ao-
bate. as LESSEE. 10 better the sanitation and
light and ventilation. in compliance with
the requirements Of the Tenement House
department.