New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-27

Realty traders were active Yesterday III
many attractive districts Of Manhattan and
The Bronx. The borough north Of the Har-
lem River presented a stronger front from
an investors point Of view than IL has in
long time.
Charles VI. Rosenthal added to his realty
holdings on Washington Heights by the
purchase cf plot Of six lots at the south
west corner Of 10th streets and Amsterdam
avenue The plot has a frontage Of 100
feet on the avenue and OF 10 feet on the
street He took the parcel in part pay
ment for the six story unfinished apart
ment house No. IS to AZ st. Nicholas Place.
recently sold 10 the Brook Construction
Company.
An investor bought through Slawson &
Hobbs from Jacob Lowensten No. l91 Co
lumbus ovenue. five story triple hathouse,
with stores, OF n lot - 10y 100 feet The
house is north OF $50 street II was bought
by the seller in 1900.
\ big jewelry house will occupy the store
and basement in No. go Fifth avenue
facing the Windsor Arcade, which is to be
RACED in May 10 make way for the new
store for W. & ]. Sloane. The lease is for
long term. II was negotiated by Horace
S. Ely & Co. representing the owner, Byam
X Stevens, and John y. Golding, acting
for the tenant. Mr.. Stevens recently i'm
proved the property by erecting i've
story business building, which lies between
the ]. NJ. Gddlngs 4 Co. establishment and
the Howard Building. recently leased by
the firm OF Theodore B. Starr
New Building Leased.
Horace S. Ely & co. reported yesterday
leases which mark the complete occupation
Of the Dodd. Mead * Co. building, the
pioneer structure of that character erected
70 the north of 2Sd street. The firm rented
to Cupples & Leon for term Of years the
remaining unoccupied loft and suOleJ tor
the Detmer Woollen Company the ninth
loft 10 Collier & Mast for THE Housekeep-
err" a publication they recently purchased.
TIE Dodd Mead building comprises ten
story structure and is the first of the ne"
structures TO be fully rented
Horace 5. Ely & Co. also rented the sew
enth floor IN. the Milbank Building, fourth
avenue, southwest corner OF 18th street 10
the American knitting Mills, and space III
the same structure TO the Princeton Worst
ed Mills Company.
In regard to the recent sale OF the site OF
the new Knoedler building, NOS DO d"u no
Fifth avenue, Julian Benedict, the broker
in the transaction. said yesterday:
Il conceived the idea on Thursday morn
ing. January 70. at 10 a. m, when for the
first time I called on Messrs. knoedler n
Co. and suggested my proposition to them
II had never met them before. The inter
view lasted only thirty minutes; at l-:'o
o'clock the same day. for the first time
offered a tentative outline of my PROPOSE
ton 10 Mr.. Lorng This took exactly ten
minutes: next day, Friday, ! had pracucai-
IN concluded the negotiations although act
uallv closed on Monday AT 6A5 p. m Inc
exact time consumed with both principals
Cyybo have never met in the dead was t'ur
and a quarter hours Messrs. knoedier,
as far as | know, had no intentions 10 sen
their property
plans have been fled for altering the iVe
story brick store aud loft building az me
southeast corner Of Fifth avenue and "'u
street. so as to have q two story front ana
rear extension at 8 cost OF Sloo. Inc
property is owned by Harrison y. DNer' VI
washington, and Perle y. Knoss' OF TINS
city Thomas W Lamb is the architect