The New York herald., 1921-09-17
PAY S75O,OOO RENT
FOR 9Th AVE. STORE
Haberdashers Give Big Price
for Space in Straus Build
ing; Other Rentals.

IN the new 5. w. Straus & Co. building.
northeast corner of Fifth avenue and
Forty-sixth street, for ten years at an
aggregate rental of S750,000 The store
Is just north of the main entrance to the
banking rooms of S. w. Straus & Co.
and has an l. extending to Forty
sixth street, near the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
Harris, Vought & Co. were the brokers.
Rose & Paskus represented the lessees
and Nicholas Jones the Straus COM
pany. The leases SHOW the trend OF
the Fifth avenue shopping district north
OF Forty second street.
The four story building with stores.
2ox75. at 562 Ninth avenue, northeast
corner of Forty-frst street. has been
leased by the Mantle Realty Company
to James States for fifteen years at an
annual net rental of $4,000. The lessee
will make alterations costing not less
than $4,000.
Pease g. Gilman leased loft in 10
East Thirty-ninth street to /. ID. Wolf
son, Inc
Maurice Wertheim leased for Sadie
G. Shea of New Rochelle and others the
four story building with store at 69S
Third avenue adjoining the southeast
corner of Forty-rourth street, for ten
years to the Carey Chemical Company.
same owners the adjoining corner, a
similar building, for fifteen years to the
Beverly Lunch Company.
Rice & Hill leased the store and base
ment in 16 John street to Lessing's
Inc, soda buffet. for a long term OF
years at gross rental approximating
100000. Extensive improvements are
contemplated by the new tenants. The
new rental represents an increase OF
nearly 100 per cent. over the present
lease.
J. Hofmann & Son leased the two
story building at 769 First avenue for
Dennis Harrington to Jacob Levy & Co.,
who will alter the building extensively
for business.
Haggstrom- Callen Company leased
the store and basement in 416 West
216th street to the Inwood Wetwash
Company for three years.
M. Rosenthal Company leased to J..
Lebow the fourth floor in 10 to 125
West Twenty-fifth street.
Kent Realty Company leased the
south store in 1926 Broadway to Char
lotte Dixon for eight years at an aggre-
gate rental of $4,000
Louis H. Low and Charles Wynna
have purchased through p. J. Ryan &
Co. from William F. Mulcahy the
twenty-ore year lease on 269 and 27l
West Thirty-ninth street. adjoining the
corner OF Eighth avenue. The lease
carries an option to purchase. Exter-
sive alterations will be made for busi-
ness purposes.
Cross & Brown Company leased Of
fees to Charles Sheres, architect, In
Sc West Forty-1fth street.
Rockford House Leased by Modiste.
The residence Of Samuel j. Rockford,
vice-president OF the American Pencil
Company. at As West Fifty-sixth street,
five story American basement house
equipped with an elevator, has been
leased for twenty-one years by S. Gins
burg & Co., dressmakers who will pay
an average rental of about $4,000. The
home is TO be altered from plans by a.
Derube into a store and apartments.
Residential Leases.
Pease & Gilman leased for @. b. lie
Gersdorh to Philip lie Boutellier Of
Best q Co. the three story nineteen foot
dwelling at 163 East Eishtieth street,
between Lexington and Third avenues.
Albert b. Ashforth, Inc, leased apart
ments In Is West Sixty-seventh street
10 Max j. Spero and Grattan S. Condor,
and In % East Thirty-third street to
Walter l.. Chesman.
Harris, Vought & Co. leased duplex
apartment in the Turtle Bay colony at
231 East Forty-eighth street to DR..
Frederick Peterson.
Worthirgton Whitehouse. Inc, leased
an apartment in IA East Sixty-first
street to Miss Maud Harris.
Douglas l.. Gilman & Co. leased an
apartment in All Park avenue. south
east corner OF F'ifty-eighth street, to
Dr. Samuel q. Cant: in conjunction
with Worthington Whitehouse aparc-
ments in 571 Park avenue, southeast
corner OF Sixty-third street. to w. +.
Howell and to Henry c. Emmett; al
apartment to w. Hayward Drayton in
$40 Park avenue, and in S75 Park ave-
nue. TO William A. Badger. formerly of
Cincinnati.
Pease & Gilman leased apartments as
follows: In S29 Park avenue, to r. A.
Lovett: In $50 Park avenue, to l.. d.
Waterman: in 565 Park avenue, to Ed
win a. Strong; I'm S75 Park avenue. 20
5. a. Wertheim in s11 Park avenue. to
Mrs. +. d. Kelsey in 995 Madison ave-
nue.. to Herbert r. Woods: in 100 East
Sixty-seventh street, to C. G. Michalis
in ia East Eighty-fourth street. to G..
.. Glaenzer: in 140 Claremont avenue,
to G.. b. Motfat in 410 Riverside Drive,
to Paul Depland; in 2s2 West End ave-
nue., to c. b. F'oote, and In 126 West
Seventy-fifth street. to Mrs. M. Lumberg
and r. w. Dunning.