New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-28
Downtown Space
Situation Shown in
Front Street Deals
Concerns Enter Realty Mar
ket as Matter of Bust
ness; Competition l. Keen

The Charles F. Noyes Company has
sold to Harry X. Grigg, of E. II. &
w. j. Peck, for the estate Of John l..
Riker, ~ Front Street, five story loft
and Office building covering lot 20x
49, The property was valued at $40,-
GEO. The building is one of the best
in the neighborhood, with Office facil-
tiles on three floors. Mr.. Grigg has
resold for $4,000 to F. f. Childs &
Co., for occupancy, 70 Front Street,
corner of Old Slip, a story build
ing on lot 2Ox55. The purchasers are
tenants of 70 Front Street, which is
owned by the Old Glory Realty Com
pany, a holding company for E. H. &
". j. Peck. 1t is definitely stated that
two other offers were made for rs
or figure This corner was secured by
Mr.. Grigg through the Noyes company
some years ago.
Samuel Riker, jr., represented the
sellers of ~ Front Street and Middle
brook e. Borland represented Mr..
Grigg in his recent purchase.
Leaves Flat for Dwelling
W. R. Herrick, stock broker, has
bought for occupancy from Leopold
Ncwborg, through Pease e. Gilman,
the five-story American basement
dwelling at 56 East Seventy fourth
~
20X102.2. Mr.. Hcrrick now lives in an
apartment on East Sixty seventh
Street.
Som Brothers Sell Three Flats
Som Brothers have sold the two
fve-story apartment houses on plot
10Ox105 at 1871 to 1870 Maggie Avenue to
the Union Chemical Glassware Com
pany. These houses were built by the
sellers about four years ago. They
also sold the six-story apartment house
at 522 Vests 152d Street to Mile Ro-
senberg. Both of these properties were
sold to investors for cash consdera-
tons.
Portman Buys and Sells
7. Portman's Union Chemical Glass
ware Company has purchased $40 West
180th Street, five story apartment
house on plot 50xiOO The Henry NJ.
We'll Company negotiated the sale
Mr.. Portman's company has also re-
sold through A. H. Levy the fve-story
apartment house at $40 West 177th
Street, on plot AZ .6x99.11, near Audi
bon Avenue. The purchaser is A. Will
son.
Investor Takes Goth Street Flat
The st. Pierre, a siX-story apartment
house at PIP to 216 West Ninety ninth
Street, on a plot G0Xl00.11, adjoining
the La Riviera apartments at the
southeast corner Of Broadway, has
been sold by the Mercantile Holding
Company to an investing client of
Spear & Co.
Operator Buys in l1lth Street
An operator has bought from Henry
+. Schwartz the six-story apartment
house, on plot 36x1005, at 253 West
111th Street, between Seventh and
Eighth Avenues.
Deal for 13lst Street House
Pauline Mehling has sold, through
Herbert Howell, the three story and
basement dwelling, on lot l6x99.1, at
229 West 131st Street, between Sew
enth and Eighth Avenues, to a buyer
for occupancy.
Small 9th Street House Is Sold
Bastine & Co. have sold, with BONN
enkamp & Schneider, 1870 East Twenty
seventh Street. This property has
been held by the seller for over TWEEN
ty-five years. 1t is four story dwell
ing, on lot 12,6x394, near Lexington
Avenue.
Chelsea Site for Garage
The Dayton Estates Corporation, Isl
dore II. Kempner, president, has sold
1854 to $50 West Seventeenth Street, on
plot 75x92, and the abutting plot, Tx
80, at $50 West Sixteenth Street, to
Marcus & Goldstein, Inc, who are to
improve this plot with a two story
garage, which has been leased from
the plans to one tenant for twenty-one
years for their business. The brokers
were M. Cohn & Co. and Henry |.
Cooper
Buys Third House in Same Block
The Isear Realty Corporation has
bought PAS West 144th Street, a six
story apartment, on plot 50x10O, the
third house in the block bought by the
corporation in the last two weeks.
They also leased the fve-story apart
ment northwest corner Of 10th Street
and Bathgatc Avenue for five years at
rentals aggregating $4,000 to lsdore
Butler.
10th Street Loft Buyers
The Lloyd Winthrop Company has
bought the eight-story loft building,
24.1Ox94.9, at 81 East Tenth Street,
near University Place, from the Cosul
Realty Corporation.