The Topeka state journal., 1919-04-12
IOWA firm WILL
BUILD 1O-STORY
STRUCTURE HERE
Des MOines Hat Company in
Sth and Kansas Ave. Plans.
Office Building to Occupy Three
Lots on the Corner.
WORK MAY BEGIN SHORTLY
Year Leases To Be Bought Up
Is Announced Intention.
Sam Freidberg To Open Store
in Veale Building.
WORK MAY BEGIN SHORTLY
Year Leases To Be Bought Up
Is Announced Intention.

A ten-story office building, strictly
modern and fireproof, costing between
100000 and $3O0,OoO, will be erected
soon on the southwest corner of
Eighth and Kansas avenue by the
Marks Hat company, manufacturers,
Des Moines, Ia, according to an an
nouncement coming from R. Marks,
president of the company, today.
| Marks stated today that he could
not say exactly when construction of
the new building would begin, as the
leases of the present occupants of the
| buildings now on the site do not ex-
pire until July 1, 1920.
Arrangements will be made, if pos
| slble, whereby the Rosser Brothers
! drug store. the Burghart cigar store
and the j. K. Jones paint store will
vacate much sooner" said Marks.
CONSTRUCTION work will begin as soon
as we obtain full possession of the
property"
Contracts of sale for the purchase
OF the two properties at sos and
SO5 kansas avenue by the Marks
| company were filed in the register of
deeds office in Topeka Friday after
noon, as stated yesterday by the state
journal The Marks company has had
an option on the "Burghart corner"
| adjoining the two properties at Eighth
and Kansas, for three years.
One of Finest in West.
According to information received
| from President Marks of the company,
who is in Des Moines today, the new
building will be one of the finest in
the middle west. Definite announce
ment of the Marks company plans
was obtained direct from President
Marks in communications exchanged
between him and the State Journal.
| Stores on First Floor.
| The street floors of the new build
ing, according to the Marks company
plans, will be occupied by stores. A
part or possibly all of this space will
| be taken up by branch store of the
| Marks Hat company salesrooms.
The announcement of the structures
| erection today comes as a climax to
great building activity between Eighth
and Ninth on Kansas avenue. Work
on the new Hotel Kansan will be re-
sumed soon, it is promised, and the
two-story building at S07, adjoining
the site purchased by the Marks COM
pany, will be remodeled. 1t was re-
Gently purchased by Tinkham Vea1e,
a prominent young Topeka lawyer.
from Harvey Worrall, piano teacher.
Friedberg's Open Store.
The Veale building. after being
completely remodeled and a new mod
ern front installed will be occupied
| by an exclusive women's tailored and
ready-to-wear women'S furnishings
store operated by Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Friedberg of Topeka and Miss Stella
Platt, for the last twelve years a buy
er for Harzfeld's Partisan Cloak COM
pany, Eleventh and Main streets,
Kansas City, Mo.
Friedberg has been in business in
Topeka for the last tWenty-seVen
years, a, large part of that time being
as a jeweler. Speaking over the long
distance telephone today owners of
the Harzfeld firm declared that their
! company would not be interested in
the new store, as was first reported.
! F,riedberg stated this afternoon that
the store which he and Mrs. Friedberg
and Miss Platt, his sister-in-law, would
open, would be the Tiffany of the
west" so far as women's apparel is
concerned. The new firm will occupy
both the street and second floors of
1.-THE building after it is remodeled.
Remodel VeaIe Building.
J Remodeling of the building by
VeaIe will begin about July 1,
it is announced by the new
owner. The entire building prac-
tically will be made over, a modern
front and other features installed. the
work to be completed about Septem-
Der 1. The new women's furnishing
company will move in and begin oper-
alton in time for the fall styles open
ing, it is said.
The company will carry a complete
line of exclusive womens tailored and
ready to wear garments, along with
other stocks.
Big Real Estate Deals.
Incidentally the transfer of the four
lots to the Des Moines firm and Veale
represents one of the largest real
estate deals on Kansas avenue for
some time. The option on the prop
erty at sol Kansas avenue names a
purchase price of $4,000. The Marks
company Friday paid S42,750 and
$4,000, a total of $S2,75O for the next
two properties, making a grand total
of 1892, 900 for the three sites and the
2-story building thereon. The four
lots together sold for a total OF
$17O,25O.
: ST. Joe Keeps Club.