New-York tribune., 1912-03-20

Frederick Fox & co. have sold for :.
Uoo,yertou. representing the estate ot
Annie z. Cairns. the property NO. 100 10
~ Madison avenue and No. 3 East sun
street eight four story dwelling houses al
,ha southeast corner Of Madison avenue
and Goth street. The plot has a froh'aSe
% 1235 feet on Madison avenue ana i'V ie''
IN 3oth street.
The purchaser is Charles Kaye VINO Ids
rocertIy. completed a twelve story mercah-
tile building at the northwest corhe' "
rovirgton avenue and I'D street, and has
lust filed plans for sixteen story lo.'
t,,ud,,e, Of Nos Il and 16 West 9th street.
Mr. Rave is also the owner of several 'h'l-
camille buildings in West 2lst ana -oth
streets As soon as the existing leases eA-
plre he will erect a twenty-five story s'oIe
and loft building on the plot. flahS are
now being prepared by Messrs bnch'n8n
& Fox. The property adjoins the Marina
Washington Hotel. The aggregate amount
involved i'm the transaction Is over $l''V'-
O1n Frederick Fox & Co. report that 'neE
are now negotiating with several large SILK
concerns for store and loft spac" IN l"e
building
Archibald u. Russell has completed the
purchase Of large plot on the north slde
Of West 42d street extending through 10
43d street. between Tenth ana bleNeh'"
avenues. which he will improve win sIN
story warehouse of the most modern type
and construction. The property mas oeeh
leased through Lewis r. Preston FOR
term Of twenty-one years, with several re-
nevaIs. to Park & Tilford- The plot has a
frontage of rs feet in i2d street ana lV' lee'
In 43d street
The feature Of the ground floor will he
driveway through the building Whlch VIII
accommodate thirty trucks at the same
time. and a loading plltform in the rear u
the building accommodating many more
There will also he q showroom on '"e
ground floor 10 exhibit tho various pron-
ucts handled by Park & Ttlford; large
nortion of the basement will be devoted 10
q wine room, for the hottlnG and storage
Of LIQUORS in bulk. the second hoor VIII
bsvs the companys offices and mail order
department and the upper floors VIII ne
devoted TO storage and the large cotfee ana
snce grinding machinery which VIII DC IN
stalled.
The rurchase Of this property has been
under negotiation through Lewis +. Pres-
ton for over a year, and the last contracts
uera obtained only yesterday. Title to the
u,ho,e plot will pass shortly. and the cree
tio, NJ the building will he begun at once.
The new FIVE story hotel at Nos. l52 and
,sA Fast 42d street, between Lexington ana
Third avenues, built by George Ehret' has
hesn leased for a term Of years TO Joseph
7 Clune, who was located for a numoer ol
years in the old Vanderbilt Hotel at Lex
,nston avenue and 42d street. now helhS
altered into a business structure by OK
Senator William II. Reynolds. Plans lot
the new Ehret hotel were filed last Decem-
ber nv Architect Charles Stegmayer' VINO
estimated its cost at $4,000.
David Kornbluth has sold the three hVe
story new law houses Nos. 5Oi. 5S and 5oS
West Hist street. each on plot 4".9N9o lee''
located 100 feet west Of Amsterdam avenue
n Annie Howell who gives in exchange
three fve story hathouses on the south side
az 13qtb street between LenoX and Seventh
avenues. Mr.. Kornbluth acquired the list
street houses. together with No 6lO ad-
,oiping. last December, from CARTEL q
Mol. Mrs Howell owned eight houses in
the row on 139th street, and has now dis
posed of all of them.
Plans have been filed by George and Ed
ward Blum. architects, for the construction
OF twelve story modern, freproof elevator
tenement house on the southwest corner OF
seventh avenue and 54th street for the
AdIon Construction Company, Of which
Joseph L. Grof is president. 1t will have
frontage Of fOoS feet and q depth Of 50
feet by irregular The cost has been esti-
mated at 10000