New-York tribune., 1919-03-29
SpeculatOrs Sell
Apartment Realty
At Big Profits
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Part With Several Houses
on Heights at Advanced
Prices; Builder to Erect
Tall House on West Side

An apartment improvement will re-
suit from the sale yesterday Of the
three four~story and basement dwell
ings at the southeast corner of West
End Avenue and Seventy first Street,
which have been owned by the estate
Of Eliza r. Griswold, of Philadelphia,
for a number Of years.
pease a. Gilman sold the property
TO Edgar A. Levy, who has been iden~
tilted with the erection Of "a number
of big apartment houses on tho East
and West sides. Mr. begy contem-
plates beginning work shortly on the
construction Of 81 fourteen story build
,ng, containing small housekeeping
suites. The property rs known ns 27S
70 2s2 West Scventy-nrst street and
fronts SO3 feet on west End Avenue
and 90 feet on Seycnty-nrat Street. IL
Is considered one Of tho choicest avail
able corners along West End Avenue.
Tho old houses on the property have
been untennnted for the last ihree or
four years. On the opposite northeast
corner of West End Avenue and Scy-
enty-fIrst Street is "A tWelve-s story
apartment put up IA few years ago.
s-Story Harlem Apartment in Deal
The Chester Court Corporation has
sold to n client Of Miller & Bretzfelder
the Chester Court, at the southeast
corner Of Lenox Avenue and 10th
Street. The property is an cight-story
apartment house on u plot s5 by 100.11
feet. The Douglas Robinson, Charles
), Brown Company negotiated the sale.
Brown Buys the Rock Forest
Frederick Brown has purchased
through Nehring Bros. the Rock For
est, x-story elevator apartment
house at 255 to 26l Fort Washington
Avenue southwest corner Of 17ist
Street, on n plot 94.1 by l03.10 by ir-
regular, which was acquired four years
ago by the llallegan Realty Company.
st. Francis Court Sold Again
Max N. Natanson has sold to Louis
Schlechter the northeast corner of Riv-
erside Drive and 135th Street, the st.
Francis Court, six story elevator
apartment house, on plot 125x100, con-
tanning thirty apartments in suites of
five, six, seven and eight rooms. M.
Cohn Co. and Henry |. Cooper were
the brokers IN the transaction.
Bank Parts With Flats
River Savings Bank to NJ Presb berger
the two six story apartment houses at
and Manhattan Avenue, on a plot
'5x10O. The houses are known as the
Richtield and the Mount Clemens, and
contain thirtysix apartments
Sells House Bought Three Weeks Ago
c. S. Kohler has resod for Charles
Il. j. Dig to an investor 1852 West
lU5th Street, a five story single fiat, on
lot 25x100. The same brokers sold this
property to Mr.. Dig three weeks ago
and will continue the management of
the house.
New Owner in West 103d Street
Sharp &, Co. have resold for the
Simm Holding Company 159 West 1O3d
Street, SIX story apartment house on
plot 37.6x10O, near Amsterdam Avenue
ne buyer IS an investor, client Of
Henry S. Mansfield. The sellers re-
Gently acquired the property from the
Stratton estate.
Investor Buys on Wadsworth Avenue
The Morgenstern Brothers Syndicate
resold to an investing client of B. Kap-
Ian the four hve-story apartment houses
at 354 TO $50 Wadsworth Avenue. on a
plot 200xl00. The houses contain ac-
comm modations for 100 families The
property was purchased by the sellers
recently from the Zagow Realty Com
pany.
Ninety-fifth Street Dwelling Deal
Pease & Gilman have sold for George
Jowther, jr., the three story and base
ncnt dwelling at 139 West Nnety-hfth
Street. on q lot 1908.
Operator Sells Harlem House
The Benenson Realty Company has
resold to a client of j. B. Wood the
three story dwelling at % East 130th
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