New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-28
MANY BUILDERS BUSY
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street. which was sold to the Knights OF
! Columbus, and which has been remodelled
! into lodge rooms and offices.
| The market worth OF property in Dean
street is from $50 to 500 front FOOT.
Prices in the business section OF Pslisade
avenue range from $50 a front foot to
500 The average price lot OF 70 reef
| front in this part of the town is s5O"'
| The length Of the business part OF
| Paiisade avenue Is about one-half mile.
and OF Dean street one-eighth mile Thus
the city possesses a business frontage
two and a quarter miles long
| Englewood is about two miles square
and is growing in all directions. II mas
forty miles OF good roads.
The lowest part OF the town is sixty
feet above tidewater. and the elevation in
the residential section in the hiliy region
is from I25 20 400 feet.
! Nordhoff and Highwood are two at
tractive home sections within the borders
OF this city.
Mr.. Livingston, OF Birtwhistle h biv-
ingston. che of the leading real estate
men OF Englewood. said to Tribune re-
porter last week that there had been
very noticeable increase in real estate
activity In the town this year.
Nicely located houses Of six rooms,
with all improvements" said Mr.. Living
ston. may be had from s25 TO 49, month
~. Houses of from seven 10 ten rooms
in a good neighborhood are TO lease at
from s35 10 sCj monthly. Larger residen-
tial properties are 10 rent from 500 to
5000 a year.
/ Houses of six rooms are for sale at
! from $500 to $500, and of from seven TO
ten rooms at $500 to $1,000 The choicest
home properties change hands at from
| $500 To $4,000.
There is very little business property
| now on the market. There Is one large.
| long block on the westerly side of Engle
! street. from Palisade avenue 10 PARK
Place. that would be most inviting. I feel
certain, TO spectators looking for prep
erty to transpose for business use.
"Englewood is an exclusively residen-
tial town, far famed for It's magnificent
: country estates, it's healthfulness and It's
| school facilities. And not the least of Its
residential advantages IS It's nearness TO
New York. The Erie Railroad furnishes
us with a good train service, and thus
we are connected by an all rail route TO
downtown New York Besides, We are
within the trolley zone Of the suburban
district Of New Jersey. a high speed
/ trolley line connects Euglewood with the
! Fort Lee ferry. The trolley cars run on
a twenty minute headway on weekdays
and a fifteen minute Roadway on Sundays
and HOLIDAYS. The fare from Englewocd
to the ferry is 10 cents.
! plots 20 by 100 feet are for sale in the
I choice residential sections from 1920 20
$500. and acreage plots for dwelling pur-
poses range in price from $500 TO $500.
THE outlook here for increased real
estate activity Is bright. 1t is number
/ Of years since we have had such an eX-
| ceiIent volume Of business, and the prices
/ paid for real estate are much better than
could have been obtained three or four
years ago
| The r. c. Gorham Company, OF Engle-
wood. a foremost brokerage house Of this
beautiful town. reports that II has had
/ the most prosperous season In some
years. 1t has this year found buyers for
properties valued at many thousands,
and Il has also figured as the broker In
some big trades.
One exchange OF properties which II
made in February involved three houses
! and S39,50O.
| II also sold and resold within three
weeks the property on Palisade avenue
which IS now being improved with NOV
ing picture theatre. The resale netted
the seller a handsome profit.