New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-14
BUYS SITE FOR APARTMENT HOUSE
Mcoow Engineering Company Gets Large Plot IN west S'S
Street from Colonel Orvs-12 Story Structure Planned.
ST. NICHOLAS AVENUE CORNER LEASED FOR 50 YEARS

The McMorrow Engineering and Con-
struction Company has purchased from
Colonel Charles +, Orvis a plot 'Sxloo
feet on the north side Of West Nst street.
% feet east OF Columbus avenue be
sides taking title TO tho property yes
,erday the buying company received from
Colonel Orvis a building loan OF s4Sn"'
The property has been held at sSSoVp'
on the site twelve story apartment
house Of modern freproot construction
will be erected from plans by Neville q
Baece It will contain two apartments
10 each floor, consisting OF eight or nine
LARGE rooms and three baths. Thomas NC
Morrow was the attorney for the pur-
chaser and Decker. Allen & Slower for the
seller,
Axolrad & FelnberE have leased for L.
Y. Eskesen, vice president of the New
Jersey Terra Gotta Company, his prop
srtv al tho northeast corner OF st. Nicho-
las avenue and 17ith street plot front
ing 9Ss feet on the avenue ana lVo rect
IN the street. and adjoining the parish
house Of the Church OF the Incarnation
which owns lo0x20O feet at the l'5th street
corner, The lease is for twenty-one years
with privilege OF renewal for two similar
terms. The lessee, whose name IS with
held for the present plans To erect on
tbe site a two story structure, which Will
he given over TO stores. meeting rooms,
offices and moving pictures. The rental
FOR the first term will be about $4,000 a
year The figures for the second and
sal ha
The Tilmu Realty Company civilians
& Grodginsky) sold the new six story
elevator apartment house, l0Ox1.lO Feet
40 s 20 Il West llith street. near Firth
avenue, The buyer, simon Lewald. gave
I'm part payment No, 20S West l22d street
a i've story single fathouse, on lot 2Ox
l0l1l feet. adjoining the northwest cor
ner Of Seventh avenue; also No. Ills CO.
lumhia Road, a four story dwelling house,
l7xlSO feet. IN the Columbia Heights sec
ton. Washington. u, G, The 1llth street
structure IS the easterly one Of two COM
pleted by the sellers during the last year
The westerly one, No, Is to %. was sold
last month TO John Nolz.
The Gerry estate has added 10 ITS hold
,ugs at the southwest corner of Park
avenue and 66th street. where II controls
a plot i00 feet in each street, by the pur-
chase OF No, Sc East e6th street from
the MattheaS Strasburger estate, few
weeks ago Commodore Elbridge I. Gerry
bought No, IS from Alice G. Demorest
for a consideration said 10 be 5000 II
IS believed that the estate IS planning an
improvement for it's holdings at this
point,
other sales announced yesterday fol-
lows
Manhattan.
18th STREET.-THE Rorier Construction
Company has resold 20 A buyer for occupancy
40 - East 18Th street. a four story ana mo
basement stone iron; dwelling house, on lot
21x1022 feet. between Madison and PARK ave
nues The company recently acquired inc
property from Mary r Hsines In part pay
mont for the Aronaree apartments at Nos.
504 and sos West lllth street.
Both STREET Post & Reese have sold TO
four story and basement stone front dwelling
house. on lot 25xsS feet for the estate Of
Helen NJ Cunningham. The buyer will occupy
delbaum purchased from the Fellows estate
the three story dwelling house No $50 West
SSth street. on lot 1Sx1O0.s feet. between
Broadway and West End avenue The buyers
recently purchased No. 2Gl adjoining and
now control a frontage Of 80 feet. Mooyer &
Nale&iI htit INC bINhtlS iH uoLA Se4cS
The Bronx
HUNTS POINT AVENUES. Cowen has
sold the two three story brick dwelling houses,
with stores. 81 Nos S24 and S26 Hunts Point
avenue. on plot IS 6X1O4 % irregular for c.
Never. The same broker recently sold Nos
SIS and $50, adjoining, 10 Lawrence Davis
UNION AVENU E-Kurz & Uren in con
junction with Green q Epstein have sold for
q Mr. Wischnssen the southeast corner OF
Union avenue and 155th street, a four story
hathouse with store on LOT 2i6xs5 feet 10
an investor
HEATH AVENCE.-C1ement n. Smith has
sold for a client ths two family house. No
2GS6 Heath avenue.