New-York tribune., 1910-01-13
A S650,0OO TRADE
NEW 27TH STREET LOFT BUILDING md
HENRY STREET IN DEAL
Alfred ". RaE 4dds to His Nidtoscn Holdings
Cigar Stores Company Bugs Estate Sit

Sales resulting in a change OF ownership
Is many large midtown properties were
features yesterday OF the real estate
market
One OF the leading transactions was the
sale by Richard Bergman and A. Robin
son for the Realty Holding Company. of
which y. ]. Hess is president. of the new
twelve story and basement fireproof store
and loft building, No. l29 to l3S West 9th
street on q plot 75xlo0 feet, to A Epstein.
who gave in part payment Nos. 164. 166 and
los Henry street
Building operations on the 9th street
property We're begun last July, and the
building is now sold completed and fully
occupied
The transaction involved seSo,oco.
Alfred NJ Rau bought yesterday the three
three-story houses Nos 142. 144 and 1t6
West 24th street from Bruno Steinel, Jacob
spielberger and Marion J. Barkley. respec-
lively. :. j. Goodale & Son were the
brokers in the sale OF Nos. 142 and IA ana
Bryan l. Kennedy in that OF No. l46.
The houses occupy plot 5sSxss-9 feet in
the block between Sixth and Seventh ave-
nues.
The United Cigar Stores Company was
The successful bidder yesterday at the Yard
Estate sale of No. 14s 10 B6 West 23d
street. at the stand of Bryan l. Kennedy,
in the Vesey street auction room. The
property. which consists of plot l02x9S9
feet. with two six story and one four story
buildings thereon located in the new Penn
sylVania Terminal loft section. attracted
large number OF bidders. The first bid
of $500 was quickly raised, and was fol-
lowed by spirited bidding between Ranald
II. Macdonald and Alfred ". Rau, who was
acting for the cigar stores people. Mr..
Rau got the property at S2Ss,60o. The price
Nas considered very fair and satisfactory
ny the executors OF the estate.
An uptown transaction involving about
sso.eoo was the sale by F. r. Wood & Co.
foT the White Construction ComDany TO an
investor. of the Speranza. at No 56S TO
81 West 1880 street, A six story elevator
apartment house. on plot 75yloo
Plans have been filed for remodelling
.the old-fashioned four story brick and
frame tenement house at Mulberry and
Bayard streets When Mulberry Bend"
was replaced by the new park. the site
acquired fine frontage on the plaza over
looking the pavilion and was made into
studios and Offices in the lower stories.
The upper floors are now to be made into
small flats, removing the building from
the jurisdiction of the tenement house
commission.
The changes are TO he made from de-
signs by Gross & KIeiuherger for Jacob
1ippmen as new owner
Plans have also been flied for making
over the three story tenement house at
No $50 West 35th street. into dwelling,
removing il also from the supervision of
the Tenement Department. It is one Of
three buildings on the same lot. and the
changes are 10 be made for Mary Lappage
as owner from designs by O. Reissmann
as architect. Plans have also been filed
for Tefitting the ground floor stores in the
five story fathouse at the corner of Sew
enth avenue and 1880 street, owned by
the estate of Frederick Haimerth- B. W.
Berger is the architect.
The Manhattan plans for new buildings
reported yesterday also included a one
story store building 10 be erected for
David ]. Phillips on Amsterdam avenue.
north Of list street, from designs by
George F. Pelham. at a cost of $500.