New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-19
RUYS SITE ADJOINING THE EDEN MUSEE
Syndicate Now Owns Large Plot Fronting in Both 23d and oath
Streets Just East of Sixth Avenue
BIG AUCTION SALE OF WATSON ESTATE HoL DlNGs II

TIE drawing power in speculative aho IN
.,osfnent circles OF the central business dis
80. nf which the great Pennsylvania loft
- FIFTH avenue retail shopping zones arc
.be nrmcipal parts. is strong. That is the
-,sson this bustling region furnishes A
-. number Of tho leading real estate
,-,rsacfiors esch week II is true That 81
- grown great IN 81 unusually short
nc hut its up5uilding rests on solid
ground.
IN the trading in the district yesterday
-, eyndicato represented By Michael cole
"a, which some months ago bought the
zen Hfusse property, extending from Sd
"a 9th street. between Fifth and Sixth
.,.,uee. purchased from tho estate OF
1-uisrn c. Scheumerhorn through tho firm
- Leonard !. Carpenter the five story
sr-suir- house and stable No. 81 West cath
street. on p plot 35N9sa feet.
The Parcel adjoius fhe Eden Musse OF
.bs east. In conjunction with Nc. - West
,sh street the Eden Nusee site would have
: frontage Of = feet on that thoroughfare.
she same as on 80 street.
The properties Nos. 50 and - West 24th
street are owned by the N1arnac Construc-
,3ou COMPANY. At the rear. in go street,
a
srorher biz transaction in the district
-ss the purchase by the Holland Holding
rcmnsrv. q which hudson s. Todd is
president. Of the premises Nos 70 ana q
west Ss-h street, Two four story and base
rpent yelling houses. on a plot 4SzsS.s feet,
vr Todd purchased the property from
Lucy Denny and the Gale estate. This is
she fourth important transaction in this
street since last May. Ar Todd having
purchased and resold TO George Is. Frey
70. q 70 20 for Improvement with = twelve
story loft structure. 40. o 10 y were sold
- n-. Frederick, II. Virgins 20 Michael
Coleman. who resoId 70 tie Fackner- Coates
Construction COMPANY. now erecting ?.
twelve story loft building. and the prop
erty No. D ~ = West 2sth street was pUr-
chased by the Lotus Realty Compauy-
In the Upper West Side.
Tho principal deal Yesterday in She upper
West side section was The sale by v. y.
Morgan Tor the Thomas Smith Construc-
ZION Company Of the northwest corner OF
broadway and I6ed street, q plot fronting
- feet in Broadway and 175 feet on l69d
s,reet. with westerly and northerly lines
measuring IS and Ia feet. respectively. TO
The Comfort Realty Company. Barnet
House president The Comfort company in
tends 10 erect on the site a high class six
story elevator apartment house. The plot
Is ore Of the few remaining unimpToved
parcels along this part Of Broadway
The Comfort Realty Company recently
completed six story elevator apartment
house. occupying d frontage Of 40 feet on
the north side Of l65d street 100 feet east
G. Broadway. which is nearly fun tenanted-
Bryan l.. Kennedy viii sell at auction
to-day a. The Real Estate Exchange sales
Toom. Kos. a and Is Nesey street, the
downtown business properties located in
the wholesale drygoods district and owned
ty the estate Of William Watson These
properties Include the Watson Building, az
the southwest corner Of Church and Frank
"A streets. 4 five story building, with three
stores, on plot lG9.Siax10o feet: No. q
Walker street. z four story loft building.
with store, On a plot 256xl06.6l4 feet: Nos.
q and ~ Worth street. between West
Broadway and Church street, a five story
Building. on plot 50.5xl00 feet: Nos IS and 50
Franklin street, a FIVE story building, and
Nos. 70 and 81 Worth street. a FIVE story
building on plot z97xl00 feet. All of the
buildings are we'll leased throughout.
Mr.. Kennedy VIII also sell to-day for the
estate CT Nehemiah L Tompkins. 10y order
o. ;he Hamilton Trust Company. No. I6I
Bowery. q seven story brick store and loft
building, On plot o 5xll4- lO,c23. 4xll3s feet.
aid th= northwest corner Of Eowery and
Great Jones street. known as No. 3sS
BoNery and No. a Great Jones street. oc-
c17iel ley a four story brick building