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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 109, no. 11: March 18, 1922

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March 18, 1922 RECORD AND GUIDE 337 senger elevators, 3 of which will be Express elevators to the 9th floor. The main entrance to tho building, :;4 feet wide and 21 feet in height, will be on Madison av, while the service entrance will be on Vanderbilt av. The street floor, and the floor immediately above, will be divided into stores, beneath which, there will be a large basement and sub- basement. A hot water heating system will be installed, and heat aud electricity will be sup¬ plied by the railroad company. Stoddard & Mark, as attorneys, represented Webb & Knapp throughout the transaction. Theatre Leasehold Conveyed Records in the County Registers ofllce show that the land under the Henry Miller Theatre, at 124 to i:iii West ^cJd st, and the abutting par¬ cel at 12a West 42d st, have undergone a change of title. The estate of Elizabeth Milbank An¬ derson has conveyed the property for a stated consideration of $380,(XI0 to the City Real Estate Co., which acts for clients ot the Title Guarantee and Trust Co. in cases where the buyer wishes to conceal his identity. No clue as to the real buyer has been given although it is definitely established that the theatre building was not included in the deal. The Henry Miller Theatre was opened in 11117, having been erected on land leased by Mr. Mil¬ ler from Mrs. Anderson, who had purchased it the year before. Mrs. Anderson died about a year ago leaving an estate of more than $7,1100,- iiWl, much of which she willed to charity. The plot included in the transfer measures S.'i.O feet on -ISd st with a depth of 10h..">. It measures 20x08.!! at the 42d st end of the property. It is assessed by the city at $570,000. Good Store Lease in Terminal Zone Cushman & Wakefield leased for a client to Charles Berg and Herbert J. Millard the store, 24x72. in the street floor ot 50 East 42d St. It will be used for the sale ot fine hats for men and women. The business is known as Millard's. Limited. The store adjoins the southeast cor¬ ner of Madison av. The lease is for a long term of years. H. C. Kopp & Co. were associate brokers. The store had been held at .f.'lO.OOO a year. Cotton Exchange Moves Sturgis & Lyon leased for G. Amsinck & Co. the entire ground vioor of 00 Wall st to the New York Cotton Exchange, to be used as their trading floor until their new building is com¬ pleted at tJO Beaver st : also the entire 2d floor to 1. W. & P. Armstrong ; also one-half the basement to the Western Union Telegraph Co. and space in the basement to the Postal Tele¬ graph Co. and leases to R. H. Hooper & Co., L. 1). Lowensteiu, Marshall Geer, William Judson & Co., L. DeGumoens & Sons. Most of these tenants were formerly located in the present Cotton Exchange Building, which is to be demolished on May 1 and a new 24-sty building will be erected on the site to be used by cotton interests. Leases Vacant Harlem Plot Shaw, Rockwell & Sanford leased for the Bernheimer estate the plot ot vacant land, lOOx 185, at the southeast corner of Fifth av and IMllth st, adioining ISSth Street Bridge, to Wil¬ liam J. McCarthy, for a lumber yard. A Long West Side Lease The 6-sty building, 244 West 27th st, has been leased by Myra V. T. Kerr to Frederick H. Brantigam for a term of SO years at a yearly rental of from l);4,.500 to $5,000. Some Store Leases D. Kempner & Son, Inc., leased tor clients store in 2051 Eighth av to the Arrow Economy Stores, Inc. ; also the northwest corner of l.'IOth st and Eighth av, for a term ot 10 years, to the Arrow Economy Stores, Inc. ; for Brill Bros, store in 216S Eighth av, to L. Oppen¬ heimer, butcher: and with Samuel Krobsky, Inc., store in a building in course of construc¬ tion on the southwest corner of 01st st and Amsterdam av to the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Steel Firms on Union Square Stephen H. Tyng. Jr.. & Co., Inc.. leased large offces in the Metropolis building. 31 Union Sq., 10 the Truscon Steel Co. for a long term of years. The Truscon Steel Co. is nationally known in huilding and construction circles and is locat¬ ing their New York executive otfces in this building. Other similar concerns who have lo¬ cated in this building are Fredburn Construc¬ tion Co., Sommerfield & Steckler, architects, and Perry & Webster, Inc. Offces have also been leased to M. B. Shantz. Inc.. A. Erdrich, Deck & Fisher Studios, Liberty Lining Co., F. W. Kurtz & Co., and M. H. & D. N. Mintz. Long Lease of Bronx Corner Tankoos, Smith i: Co., in conjunction with .Albert D. Phelps, leased for the Schulte Cigar .stores Co. to the Lofton Realty Corporation, Edward Hurley, president, tor a term of 21 years, at a rental aggregating $200,000, the en¬ tire property at the junction and southwest corner of Jerome and Burnside avs, with a frontage ot 125 feet on Burnside av and 76 feet on Jerome av. The lessee will make extensive alterations and improvements, and upon com¬ pletion of same the Schulte Cigar Stores Co. will occupy as a branch store the corner portion ot the property. Glass Firms in 23rd Street Cross & Brown Co. have completed the renting of all the available space in the former Shep- pard-Knapp Building. 30-41 West 23d st and 20 West 24th St. Every floor in the building will be occupied by wholesale firms in the china, -glassware and pottery trades. The entire build¬ ing was leased a short time ago to Maddock & Miller, Inc., and Herman C. Kupper, who will occupy the lower part ot the building and have sub-leased the upper floors to the following tenants: J. J. Hines, Inc., fine glassware; Johnson Bros., George B. Jones, agent, crockery ; Alfred G. Moment, china and glassware: the Sebring Pottery Co., of Sebring. O., pottery. The building is to be extensively remodeled and will add greatly to the strength of 23d st as a china, glassware and fancy goods center. Other prominent firms now located on the same block on 23d st are Morimura Bros., Strobel-Wilkin Co., Pairpoint Corp.. Guerin & Co., S. Herbert Cut Glass Co., Edward Boote, Herbert & New- wirth Co., Dieckerhoff-Raffloer & Co., and A. L. Clark & Co. Old Downtown Lessee Moves W. J. Russell & Samuel Goldsticker leased for the Griscom estate ot Philadelphia, the O-sty building. ,50x124, at 228 and 230 West st, at an aggregate rental of $1.5o.(HIO, to Coles & Co., dealers In basket and wooden ware, who have been located in Warren st for 30 years. Leases a New East Side Theatre The newly organized New Law Theatre Cor¬ poration, having for directors B. and C. Mayer and L. Schneider, leased for a term of 10 years the 2-sty theatre building, 40.0x70, at 23-27 Sec¬ ond av. M. D. Bohrar, attorney, represents the new company. MANHATTAN BROKERS ORVILLE B. ACKERLY & SON Brolicrs .ind Appraisers LONG ISLAND REAL ESTATE Phone: Longacre 2280 243 West 34th St., New York City ERNEST N. ADLER Upper East Side Property a Bperfalty 150« FIRST AVEl.. at 79th St. ritabllRhed 1903 Pbone: Rhlneliuider 612fi ARMSTRONG & ARMSTRONG Real Estate Agents and Brokers 212 ST. NICHOLAS AVE.- N«»r taghth Ave. «n,l 121st Street Phone: Moraioffstdc 1376 EDMUND M. BRENNAN INCORPORATED Real Estate—Insarance 11 EAST 56th ST. Plais 7604 GEORGE H. CORTH & CO. ECONOMICAL and EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTIES 342 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK Telephone: Vanderbilt 04:<4 JAMES A. DOWD Real Estate—Insurance Renting—Management 874 SIXTH AVENUE, above 49th Street JACOB FINKELSTEIN & SON Real Estate—Mortgages Specialists in the Bowery Section 42 BOWERY Phone: Franklin 1810 HARRIS EXCHANGE Real Estate—Mortgages Renting and Leasing of Stores and Lofts Times Building Broadway at 42d Street Phono: Bryant 310-1124 HOLT & MERRALL. Inc. Industrial Real Estate 342 MADISON AVE. Tel. Vanderbilt 4699 .1. & E. REALTY CORPORATION SELLING—LEASING—MANAGEMENT 5 COLUMBUS CIRCLE Columbus 7094 WM. P. JONES & SON Real Estate & Insurance 1-158 BROADWAY established I835 iMrnT 3fith St. Phone: F^ti Rot 0107 JOSEPH MILNER CO., Inc. Real Estate 505 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK Vanderbilt 3607 LEONARD MORGAN CO. Real Estate—Insurance—Estates Managed Gotham Bank Building. Columbus Circle Suite 504-5 Phone; Columbus 1646 ARTHUR G. MUHLKER Real Estate—Insurance 1112 PARK AVE.. NEAR 90TH ST. PhoHP' L^noi ISS 5 FRED. OPPENHEIMER Real Estate—Mortffa^e Loans 540 Bergen Av.. at IWh St. Phone: MELROSE 5<>07 JOHN CONSTABLE MOORE REAL ESTATE 15 EAST 40th ST. Vanderbilt 8189 SANSONE-ARENA. CO. Real Estate Insurance Specializing- in Italian Properties 320 EAST 34TH ST., NEW YORK Tel. Vanderbilt 4218 ARTHUR L. SHAW Washington Heights Specialist 4032 BROADWAY, ABOVE 169TH STREET Wadsworth 4150-4151 SHERMAN & KIRSCHNER Real Estate and Insurance 54 E. 109th STREET NEW YORK Tel. Harlem 9028-5863 JAMES B. SPEYERS, INC. Real Estate CANADIAN PACIFIC BUILDING 342 Madison Ave. Sttitc tI4.