New-York tribune., 1910-02-19

Trading In The midtown loft centres and
|. rig sale in the central Fifth avenue re-
tsH shopping district were features yes
:erday Of the real estate market
The deai in the retail shopping zone was
the sale ny Lewis e Preston for Mrs.
Eernsra T. Steinnan OF the premises No.
20 Fifth avenue. To Louis N, and Thomas
w Jones. owners of the Croisic apart
ls7ert adjoining AT The northwest corner OF
esth street and Fifth avenue
Tho property was under lease 10 Andrew
I Conniclz uutii May. 1921. al net rental
90 sc $40 A wear. Mr.. Connick sublet the
store 30 Nessrs. H Wunderlich q Co, art
dealers. and the four lots TO l. j. Hol-
lander & Co. who are the lessees OF the
huilding adjoining 10 the north. Messrs.
Jones have purchased the lease or Andrew
! -onnick ard also that Of Wunderlich
& Co
The IIcllauder company recently assigned
;-s lease TO aTessrs. e Blosveren Sons.
r1lrriers. st $500 a year for the remainder
~ the term. Negotiations 10 purchase
that lease have been made
The p-opertv sold Is 22-2x1no feet Messrs.
Jones. rlopv control plot 566xl27.6 feet
Plans have been drawn by Frederick G
Brown for the Improvement Of that site
with an eighteen story store and office
building
The twelve story loft building AZ nc.
-.1 TO 127 West 9th street, which the
Realty Holding Company started 10 build
last July and finished on January !, with
complete roster Of tenants paying an an
nus1 rental Of ,oea was sold for the
builders hy NJ & J.. Hess 70 an investor
who paid au cash,
The p-opertv. which occupies 4 plot lF1x
IS feet. was held at s650,900 The building
IS equipped with several facilities not con-
tst,ed in structures of that type and its
e7fsposaI closes out the operations OF the
Realty Holding Company in this block
Last week the adjoining building which
.he company erected on the adjoining
severltv-tive feet No. 129 10 l33. VAS sold
TO A Epstein.
II WAS learned yesterday that the Robert
Burns Realty Company, Of which Alfred
M Ran is president, has commissioned
Buchanan 6. Fox 10 complete plans for
suelve story loft building covering plot
1o2ezoSe feet. in sd street, between Sixth
end Seventh avenues, recently purchased
ct auction for s29seoo. This structure,
which viii be the tallest Of its type on sd
street. the architects estimate, viii cost
about .7e0.ana. It is understood that plans
have been drawn for similar improvements
for the plot No 15S TO 157, sold recently by
Charles Buck. and plot near Sixth ave
-ue- extending through to 22d street
HEE. YORK CENTRAL PURCHASE.
The New York Central Railroad added
10 Its holdings in the vicinity Of its new
terminal by the purchase from the o'Rellly
estate OF Nos 80, 81 and s. East 18th street,
three four story buildings. on plot 59Xloo5
feet The property adjoins the Tiffany
studios. at The southeast corner Of Madison
avenue and 45th street, and is located 10
feet west OF Vanderbilt avenue
Plans have been filed for twelve story
and basement loft building, with stores. 10
7.e erected from designs bE Townsend,
Steinle & Haskell architects, for The Rock
ton Construction Company, of which Jacob
Herb is president. at No. 10 TO $50 West
9th street i is TO be 9s9 feet front and
ss.a feet deep. with an extension, the
facades being Of brick, trimmed with gran
fe and limestone, with terra, Gotta finish
The building viii cost S33Q,9oo
Plans have also been filed for charging
tho ice making plant OF the Bernheimer &
Schwartz brewery. in 18th street, cast Of
Amsterdam avenue. by adding a Two story
annex ~. feet front, the Improvement 10
be made a. a cost Of sl0,eo0 from designs
Hv l. O7erlein, architect. and for enlarG-
ing the TWO story stable No ~ 10 a3l East
1o4th street from designs by NJ Del Cfaudio,
architect. for Frank De Rosa. owner
Plans have also been nled for remedeling
and reftting the five story tenement house
~ No. pa East sd street. recently damaged
fv fro. The Improvements being made at q
cost OF S6,elo from designs by the Century
Engineering and Construction Company,
srchitcct for A Coldenblum owner.