New-York tribune., 1911-12-06

The real estate market showed little ac-
tivity Yesterday. What little trading was
done was confined to dwelling and tenement
house property. II was learned that Coio-
mel Francis w. Leland is the buyer OF the
Roxborough apartment house. at the north-
west corner of Broadway and 92d street.
sold last week by Lewis Il. Preston for tue
Yorkshire Realty Company.
In part payment Colonel Leland gives
the six story apartment house known as
Clement Court. at the northwest corner OF
Madison avenue and 99th street. on a plot
100 11xl2O feet The Roxborough figured IN
the transaction at about 81 l10O,ooo. Clement
Court has been held at $4,000.
1t was reported that contracts had been
arranged for the purchase of 75-foot plot
in Union Square East either Immediately
adjoining or on the block with the Union
Square Savings Bank, at tho northeast cor
ner of 18th street. 1t was also said that
new building would result on the signing
Of the contracts and that building loan
had been arranged. No particulars could
be obtained.
Negotiations are under way for the leas-
ing of the twelve story and basement
building No % to &c West 36th street by
the No. 20 West S6th Street Company to
r. j. Horner & Co., furniture dealers. for
a term OF years, at an aggregate rental OF
sSJ0O00. The lease carries with II a renewal
privilege of eleven years at an advanced
rental NJ & L. Hess are the brokers in
the transaction.
out of a collection of special offerings
made in the salesroom to-day by Joseph T.
: q gt
tegic property which they obtained for a
bid of s6s,5Oo. which is $500 under the
value placed on II by the city assessors
The property is No Il Union Square. D
four story store and Office building, encum-
bered with mortgages aggregating sbo,V"
and it abuts the American Hotel, formerly
known as the Hotel jefferson. on the 18th
street side OF the block. on the adjoining
southeast corner Of Union Square and 18th
street stands the old Union Square Hotel
Another Of the properties involved In the
special sale was an attractive Riverside
Drive residence, al No. l0S, just north Of
72d street, which was secured for $4,000
by the Great Eastern Realty Company
The dwelling has a Renaissance limestone
front and is equipped with an electric
elevator.
The Rudolph Walach Realty Company
which has been a heavy purchaser at re-
cent auction sales, acquired the property
No. q Sixth avenue, offered for the Urban
estate by Herbert A. Sherman, for s15,75o
Bryan L. Kennedy will sell at auction to-
dav the Clausen & Price brewery property
at the northeast corner of seth street and
West End avenue, four story brick busi-
ness building, with 100 feet frontage in 5Sth
street and 1858 feet on West End avenue.
Also, two plots in The Bronx, on the north
east corner Of Fordham road and Belmont
avenue: one plot 093Xl55X5oXl26l2 feet. and
the plot OH the north side Of Fordham
road, 100 feet east Of Hoffman street Al
Supreme Court partition sale the following
Manhattan properties were sold: No. 10S
Lexington avenue, near 18th street, a three
story and basement hrownstone dwelling;
No. 1865 Amsterdam avenue, near 153d
street, three story brick building, with
store; No 2l7 East 18th street, near Sec
ond avenue, a four story brick tenement
house, and No. Az West 10th street, near
Amsterdam avenue, a two story brick
| dwelling.