The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-21
LEASES INVOLVING
OVER 100000
CLOSED BY LEEDY
National Concerns Lease
Downtown Property for
Long Term of Years
Through Local Firm

The ". B. Leedy Real Estate and In
surance company, through John S. Leedy,
announced last night the closing Of sew
eral leases for downtown property valued
at nearly $1,000, 009.
Most prominent among those properties
affected is the southeast corner of Third
avenue and Nineteenth street. knows as
the Pryor Plumlee corner, which was
rented to W. G. Patterson Cigar company
for a term of years beginning January /,
1922 The amount Of. rental involved was
rot made public.
Ieedy & Co. also announce the closing
cf a lease for 22S North Nineteenth street
with the United Shirt Shops, operated by
the Pennsylvania corporation OF New
York city, for long term OF years be-
ginning January l, 1922. This property is
at present occupied by the Little Gem
restaurant.
Another valuable piece of real estate
rented by this same firm is III North
Nineteenth street, for whicn the Gordon
Loan company signed a long lease De-
ginning also on January l, 1872.
The shoe shine parlor in the rear OF
Plumlee's cigar store, known as 1903 Inlro
avenue, was rented to Tom Georgandous
End Pete Atlas by the same agents, TINS
lease also beginning January, l, 1922. All
the properties in this block outlined
above were leased at a big increase over
former prices and for long period OF
Years. though the firm in charge refused
to make known further details
John Leedy also announced that MS
firm had closed lease with an out-oh
town concern for 45x10O upstairs over the
Princess theatre and the r. P. MCGOWAN
shoe company on Twentieth street
Other leases announced by Mr.. Leedy
were 22O5-7 First avenue, a two-stors
= brick building, to the Racine Tire COM
rany for a term of years beginning &C
tober / 1920. It is understood that the
tenant, who is already occupying part OF
the building, win open one of the hand
soonest tire concerns in the south. This
property. owned by Maj, E. M. Tutwller'
fronts 80 feet on First avenue and runs
back 1924 feet to Norris avenue
Two other big leases closed by the
Ieedy company are those involving 80
North Twentieth street and lIz2 Thlru
avenue. Levy and Nathan, one OF ths
largest installment la dies and misses
rearv- to-wear concerns in the country,
will occupy So5 North Twentieth street
beginning october l 1920, for long term
oe years This property, which is owned
by Mai Z. NJ Tutwiler, is now occupied
by the Binder Elevator and Electric COM
,any. The store at 1922 Third avenue
has been rented to the Newark Shoe com
many. operated by NJ. Samueis & Co. OF
Boston, for a long term beginning July
IS. 1921 This building, four-story struc-
ture. is now occupied by the Singer Sew
ing Machine company and the Forpes
piano company. B. NJ Allen well-known
local attorney, is the owner of the prop
erty.
Another lease just closed by John
Leedy and announced last night was
that whereby the Bynn-Wann company
rented 4o4 North Twentieth street from
Gen Louis " Clark for term of years.
This new concern operates chain OF
automatic grocery stores and will shortly
open modern hetp-yourself grocery es-
tablishment.
This has been banner year for us,
said John Leedy last night. I'VE have
closed up more big leases and big trades
in the past six months than in any SINH
lar period in our history. Birmingham
real estate is jumping forward by leaps
and bounds During the past week our
aggregate sales alone have totaled over
100000 and we have several large deals
under way and almost to the point of
completion"
The W. B. Leedy Real Estate and IN
s1rance company is erecting brick
lNilding on the nhorthwest corner OF
Avenue e and Twentieth street which
has already been rented for a long term
of years. Part of this property, 30x10o
feet, has been leased to J. Edward Haw-
klnS, Wnlle the remainder. oVXlvv IeeI,
has been rented to the Alabama Motors
company, handling the Templar auto
mobile These leases aggregate consid-
erably in excess of 10000
Ed Allen of the Leedy Company an
nounces also that his firm is construct
ing $4,000 brick building at Avenue B,
between Twenty-third and Twenty fourth
streets. same to be occupied by the N
M. Reid company, dry-cleaning concern
of CHATTANOOGA who will move in about
the first of the year.
Another big lease announced by MI
Leedy is that covering 2124 Avenue c. or
which is situated a. handsome building
thai has been rented to the Preston Mo.
tors corporation. the present occupants