The New York herald., 1922-03-25
VETERAN BUREAUS
COMBINE OFFICES
Lease Two Entire Floors in
Grand Central Palace;
Other Rentals.

Ninety thousand square feet Of floor
space In the Grand Central Palace have
been leased by the u. s. Veterans Bu-
reau and the U. s. Vocational Bureau, In
accordance with the plan formulated py
the Government to consolidate the ex-
ecutfve offices of these two organizations.
The Veterans Bureau Is now in the
National Association Building at 1s
West Forty-third street, and the Voca-
tional Bureau is situated on Seventh
avenue. Their new offices will consume
the entire eighth and tenth floors OF the
big structure at Forty-sixth street ana
Lexington avenue. The length or the
lease and the amount of the rental were
not divulged, but in point of space the
deal is said to be the largest office rent
ing transaction closed this year. 1t was
negotiated by the firm of Cushman &
Wakefield who regard 1t as further
evidence of the popularity Of the Grand
Central zone.
The lease was made by the Merchants
and Manufacturers Exchange Corpora
ton, Robert N. Cats president, owners
Of the Grand Central Palace. Some OF
the other big concerns in the building
are the Westinghouse, Church, Kerr
Company, the New York Telephone Com
pany. the Mcneil Coal Company, the
Tidewater Coal Company and the Inter-
national Harvester Company.
There will be 1900 employees In the
combined headquarters of the two Gov
ernment bureaus, which will be in charge
of Col. Charles Forbes, as director.
miscellaneous Leases.
Tropauer & Spero rented for Merriam
Breppschneider and Louis Knaris to
Harry Schnall the garage, 50x100, al
422 and 424 West 209th street, between
Ninth and Tenth avenues.
Carstein & LinnelSin, Inc. with Cross
& Brown leased space in 10 West Thirty
seventh street to w. Reichert & Co.
Frederick Fox & Co., Inc, leased store
In "a East Ninth street to Turner &
Weisman.
Cross & Brown leased Office space in
16 East Fortieth street to Bernstein
Brothers, furniture dealers in 1870 West
Forty-second street (Bush Building) to
the Federal Sign System Electric and
Jacob J. Kramer. an attorney, and In
14S2 Broadway to w. Len Eicks.
Charles b. Van Valen, Inc, leased ir
110 William street offices to Edward E
Hall & Co., insurance managers.
Albert b. Ashforth, Inc, leased the
floor in southeast corner of Thirty
seventh street and Broadway to Louis
Cohen.
L. X. Van Wrinkle with Douglas Glib.
bons 6 Co. leased to Dorbon Aine, Inc.
store in SCI Madison avenue for the sale
of French books.
Leon $. Altmayer leased for S. Charles
Welsh to Frederick Trau store and base.
ment in 2S Third avenue.
Offices in the S. w. Straus & Co
Building have been leased to George A
Dose Engineering Company, Inc, build.
ers and engineers to Fenimore c. Goodc
formerly of Brett & Goode, real estate
to Nassau Bahamas Club and DR.. A
Graham Biddle; to II. II. Roberts aEo
Frank Lockhart, Edward Grocer, Guy n
Gibson, Franklin p. Hammond and Osca
v. Vatet Charles Galewski. Jacot
Wener Ralph Joyce and Frank Miles.
Tenkoos. Smith & Co. have leased tho
store and basement in 769 Sixth avenue
between Fortythird and Forty-fourtr
streets opposite the Hippodrome, to the
Silver Lunch Stores, Inc. A. Silver
president.
Henry Shapiro & Co. leased to the
Klein Rapid Shoe Repairing Company
store in 60 East Fourteenth street at an
aggregate rental of S150.000.
Haggstrom-Callcn Company leased
store and basement In 269 West Thirty
ninth street. adjoining Eighth avenue. to
John Engleman for a grocery store