New-York tribune., 1919-03-01
Mercantile
District Scene
Of Big Trading
Five Lofts on Greene Street
Taken Out of Market:
Some Cleared Of Mortgage
Indebtedness by Buyers

Inc old mercantile district that was
deserted several years ago for Fourth
Avenue and other uptown sections
gave signs yesterday that the revival
of interest noticed for months is de-
veloping very rapidly.
Five loft buildings there were sold
yesterday. Chief among these was the
ralc of the large building, formerly oc-
curied by l.. f. Dommerich g. Co.. at 81
to 63 Greene street, extending through
to "a to ca Wooster Street consisting
Of sis story building. 100x1O0 In
Gfeene Street md an eight story build
ing, ObgSiO0 IN Wooster street. It
WAS sold by the Greene street Realty
Company, otto r, l'ommereh, prem
don't II vea aold for oil cash, freq Of
mnflHhga lneumhrnnee, and will la
held without mortgage by tha new
uWner,
The eHtnle Of John IT, Parsons mold
the eight Htoly loft Rtrnotuie, on plot
4NXl00, at lO7 and lOO Hloecker street.
norihwoht corner of Greene Street.
Thia was nlso IN ali cash transaction,
tho property being taken frce and
clear. The buyer, n MIR. Powell also
purchased from Richard and Henry
Sidenbcrg and tho cHtalo Of q. Siden-
berg tho adjoining eight story struct-
ure at III and 10 Iseeckcr Street. on
~ plot b0N100. giving tho now owner u
Dleecker street frontage Of 100 feet.
MIR, Powell! also bought from The es-
tate OF Simon Goldenherg, of 90 and 20
Wnvefey Tlnee, houthoaat corner Of
Greene street, nh eight nt0fy loft
building, on plot bONBld.
The Hleeeker Street and Waverley
Nnce propeMles had been owned Ly the
selllng eatates since 1890 and the
Wooster and Greene buildings since
1893.
sonns Buy in 0lst Street
Premium Holding Corporation, Sgd
ney II, Som, president, has purchased
through l.. j. Phillips e. Co. from
the Central Savings Bank, and 7
West Ninety-frst Street, six story
elevator apartment on plot 57X100.
The property was acquired in fore
closure by the bank in December, 1917,
for $4,000.
Harlem Corner Sold Again
The five-story apartment house at Sd
st. Nicholas Avenue, southeast corner Of
113th Street, on plot 76x100, sold recent
ly by the Advon Realty Company, Mrs.
A. I. Adams, has been resold by the pur-
chaser to Isidor Wolfe, of Peekskill, n.
Y. The latter gave IN exchange about
sixty lots in Peekskill, Rockaway ard
Jamaica. Both deals were negotiated
by the II. NJ WE'LL Company.
Mrs. G. II. Hughes has sold through
Kehoe & Cnnero 331 East Hath Street,
four story fiat, on lot 2Ox1O0.
Buys Four Heights Houses
-Four fivestory houses on Washing
ton Heights, each covering a plot BOX
100, at 5f2-514, 516-518, 52O-b22 and
5l3-515 West 157th Street. were pur-
chased yesterday by the Mason Realty
Company, Max N. Natanson, president
The Businessmen Realty Company Is
the seller.
Maxwell Moscr has sold for Maria
{. Faick the five-story apartment house
at b25 West 1S0th Street, on plot AK
100.
Harted Co. Buys in 13sth Street
Peter Axelrod has sold for the 435
Realty Company. Charles H. Freeman,
president, 435 East 13Sth Street, a six
story apartment house, on plot box1oo.
The purchaser is the Hartcd Realty
Company, composed of lsidore Zimmer
and Samuel Reznick, which recently
purchased two largo apartment prop
critics on the upper west side through
the same broker.
Charles r. Faruolo tns sold for the
Lawyers Mortgage Company 197 Ed
ridge street, tive-story tenement on
lot 25Xl00.
Deal Near Columbia
llcathcote Hall, Mt Coz West fi4th
Street, was sold yesterday by Sharn g.
Co. for the Grenncll Corporation. The
building has nine stories, covering n
plot l00x100, adjoining the northwcs at
corner Of Broadway, which is occupied
by the edlflce. and rectory of the
broadway Presbyterian Church. The
property houses sixty-three families.
The purchaser ia the Mercantile Hold
ing Company, represented by jacob A.