Arizona republican., 1913-05-12
MUCH BUILDING
 IS PLANNED FORI
 NEAR FUTURE
O'Neill Building to Be Re- modelled to Provide a Home for GOldWater and Bro., and Kersting Hotel to Have Addition.

Affairs in building circles have been moving rapidly the past few | days and as result upwards of s50.000 worth of construction work upon new or remodeled buildings is expected to begin within the next few days. The first work of import ance that will be placed under way is the construction of an addition to the Kersting Hotel, South Central avenue. the property of Jack Kerst- ing and now conducted by William Dodenhoff. It is expected that the addition, which will be larger than the original structure. will convert the kersting into one of the most modern rooming hotels in Phoenix and will necessitate the expenditure of not less than $15.000.
 The addition will occupy the ground just south of the Kersting, where small brick cottages now stand Two of these cottages will
 be sacrificed to make room for the new structure. It is planned to give sixty five feet additional frontage to
 the Kersting, and this will provide Tor a handsome lobby B feet by A feet in the middle of the completed
 building and a wing B feet wide running back ninety feet With the rooms in this wing and above the lobby the capacity of the hotel will
 be augmented by forty new rooms.
 making a total of seXenty-f five rooms
 in the entire building.
 Another feature of the hotel will
 be the cosy summer garden enclosed
 on three sides by the hotel building.
 This will afford a cool spot for the guests to spend their afternoons and may even be utilized for out-of- doors
 sleeping purposes. Work will begin on May 15 and will be completed
 within a few weeks. MT. Dodenhoff
 will continue in charge of the hotel, having already made arrangements for long time renewal of his lease.
 Probably the next important work to be undertaken will be the entire remodelling of the ONeill block, at First avenue and Adams street, and the adding of another story. The permit for the work was issued from the office of the building inspector on Saturday and the work will begin shortly after June 1, the date upon which the lease of the E. s. Wakelin Grocer Company, occupying the ground floor, expires.
 The remode1ling of the building will be carried out in accordance with the wishes of NJ. GOldwater X Bro, who will occupy the entire building after the work is completed. is estimated that the work of add ing the extra story and remodelling the entire interior will require an expenditure of not less than s25,OOO.
 One of the features of the remod- cling will be the installation of an tire front of plate and prismatic glass, both on First avenue and on Adams street. Then there will be elevators, rest rooms and roof gar den. The material for the work is expected to begin arriving in q. few days and the work will be under way just as soon as the tenants can find new quarters.
 With the announcement that the work of remodelling the building was to be undertaken came another that the F. S Wakelin Grocer Company would enter the wholesale business and would occupy it's new warehouse now under construction on South Fourth avenue at a cost of awards of $40,00O. This building is well under way and will be ready for oc- cupancy within short time.
 Other building now going in Phoenix indicates that this will be busy summer in those lines. The Valley Lumber Company it's new property on East Jefferson street is erecting the buildings necessary for it's new plant and will move there shortly. The big brick addition to the Phoenix Hotel, at Jefferson and First streets, is rapidly nearing com pIetion row of concrete flats is being erected at Sherman and Had 1 ley streets Work is being rushed on the Blenheim Apartments on North ! Central avenue, and a score of other i being planned for which it is likely | that permits will be asked before | the end of the month.