New-York tribune., 1910-03-20
TUNNEL ZONE ATTRACTS
MANY LdRGE SITES IN THE DISTRICT
BOUGHT FOR IMPROVEMENT
Sales IN the DOrniOsrn Business ion-Trading in the
NorfhcrIy Residential Regions

garage has already bsen leased from the
plans % the Midtown Auto Storage COM
pany az an aggregate rental 0f ss.o.Ooo
There we'e some important transactions
in the downtown business district last
week. hut the trading throughout the area
was not as extensive as I'm the previous
week. The Richie estate disposed Of the
building and lOJ No. ia Park Row, ieN6i
feet. betWoen Chambers ana Pearl streets.
30 an investor. Ames & 20. we're che
brokers in the Transaction James H.
CrGikshank added 90 his holdings by the
purchase Of the old residential p9operty
40. lsi to los Perry STREET. between Nest
and Washington streets. lie Niii improve
tic site The premises were sold o. 7. :.
Richters for Bernard Meyer. Mary r. king
sold the plot on which tho building No.
IL Nest street stands The sale Was negO-
tiated for her by Robert r. RaiGey and
Horace :. l,ly & Co. For Mrs. MsrssTetta
caro- the Ruland & Whiting Co aud James
Var Dyck card sold 10 Edward Groenhauus
Tire property No - Gold street. just north
Of Beekman street. That was the frs;
sale Of the property for a money considera-
iian since liSs
IN che Fifth Avenue Shopping Centre.
the principal transaction reported last week
was the resale by Tucker. Speyers & 90.
for Samuel X JacOts. of Walter Emerich
& Co. silk ribbon manufacturers. % the
premises No 20 West Ssth street. with a
frontage Of IS feet and a depth OF $50 feet.
'.he buyer. who IS an investor. has COM
aiissioned Chester ~. Kirk. architect. 10
draw plans for a twelve story store and
ioft building similar in character 10 the
Msrray Hin Building. no. s 20 l4 West
Ssth street This IS the third sale % the
premises by the same brokers in the last
eight months. The same brokers also sold
last week for the estate Of r. Josephine
the four s:cry dwelling house No. 80 East
18th st-eet.
BUYERS were found last week for many
properties IN the great West side The
changes in ownership as q result OF this
trading affected the FIVE story American
basement dwelling house No Sll West s;th
street. tie four story house. No los West
7s,h. the three story and basement house
80. g. Nest Ils street. the five story fiat
house. With store. No 1875 Amsterdam ave
nue.. the five story hathouse at the south
cast corner Of 18th street and Amsterdam
avenue. the FIVE story single hathOuse No.
aO6 West seth street. the three story brown
stone dwelling house No. i62 West s5th
street and some other residential sites In
the Lenox avenue district the principal
transaction was the sale by Wilcox &
shelton for the Bradford estate OF the
eight three story dwelling houses, Al the
southeast corner Of 1880 street and IenOx
avenue The buyer intends 10 erect on the
premises an apartment house.
/ on Washington Heights there was con-
siderable realty activity last week. The
Whitehall Realty Company bought the hvs
story apartment house Nos. SO and ga
West led street. the Dayton Realty Com
pany sold the new FIVE story apartment
house on the north side Of l5sth street. 10
feet vest OF Broadway. and the Dunbar
street. 500 feet west of Amsterdam avenue
Moreover. a large plot al the nOrtheas
corner Of lSith street and Broadway ana
the fiNe story apartment house on the wes
side Of EdgeCOmbe avenue. about l5s fee
north OF lEth street. changed hands.
The volume CT business transacted n
The Bronx was excellent. Among the bic
sellers were the LOngvale COnstruet tioI
4 Company. ~. l.. & - Ernst. the John
son-Kahn Company and the American Rea
Estate Company. Most Of the large Site
which changed hands are In the section
near the lnterkale avenue station Of th'
Bronx branch Of the subway. one project
launched there last week provides for th'
erection Of ion high class apartment houses