San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29
2-STORY
RESULT Of
BIC DEAL
Maverick, Morris, Locke
Buy $4,000 Site, Lease
Proposed Building.

Another substantial building for
Broadway has been assured through
the sale of two lots at the northwest
intersection of that thoroughfarc and
Eighth street and the announcement
by the purchasers. the George NJ. Nav
erick estate. Whitmore Morris and
Jack X. Locke, that they will build
on this ground home for factory
branch of the REQ Motor Car COM
pany. A contract to lease the pro-
jected building has been signed by the
REQ factory and the new owners of
the property.
The sale of the lots and the con-
tract to lease the building were nego-
tiated, respectively, by +. A. Harris
and l.. ii. Krough, both of the bust
ness property department of Richey,
Casey and Gragg, realtors.
PRICE $4,000.
The land was purchased from the
Avenue Land company, which was
represented in this deal by r. j.
Boyle, one of its members. The pur-
chase price was $4,000.
Plans for the building, prepared by
Will n. Noonan and Company, archi.
tects, call for two-story thoroughly
fireproof structure covering the entire
area of the ground, the dimensions of
which are % feet on Broadway by
140 feet on Eighth street.
The REQ company will occupy
70x140 feet on the ground floor. and
the entire area of the second floor.
This will leave n frontage of % feet
on Broadway, with a depth of 140
feet, yet to be leased.
PUSH WORK.
In its new home the REQ company
will have what the designers believe
will be one of the most conveniently
arranged buildings in the city for the
distributing of automobiles in South
west Texas. The Broadway frontage.
to depth of 80 feet, will be taken
up by display room, with n system
of offices and rest rooms adjoining.
Back Of the offices will be the service
department From the service depart
mcnt concrete ramp will give ac-
cess to the repair and parts depart.
ments on the second floor.
Work of razing the old buildings
now occupying the ground will be
started early in December, according
to plons Of the new owners, and CON
struction Of the modern fircproof
building will be pushed to an early
completion. 1t is the desire of the REQ
Company, according to w. p. Bates.
branch manager, to get into its new
home here rs soon rs possible, and the
owners of the property said that they
would do all they could to crafty that
desire.
BROADWAY'S FUTURE.
George V. Maverick. manager of
the estate of George NJ. Maverick,
one of the new owners. said that they
had purchased the property and con-
tracted TO build upon it because they
thoroughly believe in the future OF
Broadway"
1--WE are glad" he said, ITO be able
to have n share in the development of
this street, especially at the present
time. We realize that Broadway has
no rival, rs a great and growing thor
oughfarc. in this part of San Antonio
Eventually it will, in our opinion. af-
ford one of the most distinctive com
mcrcial avenues in the Southwest.
What it wants right now is actual de-
velopment-pcople who believe in 1T
to express their convictions in the
form of actual material development.
We shall be gratified if, in construct
ing this building, we afford some
stimulus to others who have been con-
tcmplating similar projects"
ENCOURAGE OTHERS.
The estate of George M. Maverick
owns other properties on Broadway,
nearer Houston Street. In buying the
northwest corner of Broadway. and
Eighth street and contracting to erect
an up-to-datc building thereon, Mcssrs.
Maverick, Morris and Locke are in a
sense "piopee!ing"-a move which, in
t6oGg%t 1ey F e find p carly Followers