REAL ESTATE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1926, Page 11

REAL ESTATE.

I LAND AND BUILDINGS. ■ The rapid growth of the district of i Point Chevalier ha- made the need for i a ;ire brigade an ossential factor. The | Auckland Kirt Hoard has decided to ! lriil 1 a station on the corner of T;ii rinad and ihe main Point Chevalier I load. The structure, for which tenders are nnw lieinjr called, will bo a two-s-toreyed imililina .if brick and cement. The ground i!nor will provide accommodation for t he engine, the watch room and bedroom i .-•■aci- for -i.\ men. The first t'ocr «i!l [.Vovid.-. the living quarter- of the offlcpr-!"T-li'i r.r.i-. liv;r,ji mum. kiu-henette. an i flour will tip a r-•. R.•.i: i• ■:i :'" ; '!:i f-.>r the ; men. Thi« will lie 24ft by lsft. and '.vill i be an n»set to the huildinjr. The front of the structure will i»> finiehpd in eemeni I and ii double -■■• nf folding door? will lie affised. A start \-ill bo made ag f-'oon nr- a tender has been n ■■cptcl. Mr. I). )'.. I'aterson is the architect. i — ! C(,od progress has been made in the horoi'.Els of Mount AihiTt a- is Fhown by the larjie number of permit* issued for , new ili\ellinp.~ and other buildings. For J rhe -\y:op months endoif December :»1, i lf>2.">. a total of 210 permits were is-u A d Tho-o included 11.1 for dwellings, and «Mf total cost «-a-i £119.01*. For too came I period of 1024, iM"> ixjrmit's wore issued, at a cost of £10.1,304. During that period there were 10fl dwellings. For the three weeks ended January 20 w the borouorh council issued permits for 29 dwellings. | valued at £23..'!G4. A total of 11 more permits brought the total to £24,002. Hood progress is being made with the Commercial Hotel on the corner of Shortland and High Streets. The rear j portion of the building, which contains the bar?, was completed a few weeks ag-o. and the contractors are at present encrasred on the work of rebuilding the front portion of the structure. It will be some week? yet before the work will be completed, but when it is the corner in que.-tioii will he a pleasant sight to what the old and dilapidated structures hat were there some months ago presented. There is a progressive acceleration year by year, in the growth of Sydney. An official return states that in the twelve months ended September 30. 11.000 new buildings were erected in the city and suburbs. The total cost was £13.333.914, and the annual value is assessed at £1.567,560. The figures for the previous year showed 11.321 new buildings and an aggregate cost of £11.----812.005. There is evidence in the expenditure of 1024-2-') that, in spite of increased j use of labour saving methods, the cost ! of construction is still rising. Of the ! buildings completed in the past year 364 j are within the city area. These cost j £3,368,700, averaging roughly £9254. The remaining: 11.236 were mainly suburban residences, and cost £P.5>65.214, or £SS7 each. Their annual value is assessed at £1.024.000, or £91 each. Canterbury comes first with 12fU new buildings, and Kandwick next with 827. Other areas in which construction is proceeding rapidly are Waverley, Woollahra and Willoutrhbv. I

The Devonport Borough Council is planning for the erection of a handsome block of municipal building?, including a =pacinu~ town hall and borough offices. The buildinw i 3 estimated to cost about £20.000. The proposal i> to place the block on the corner of the reserve, of which the site of the present Council Chambers is a part: bi/.t the ne-.v build-, ing- will require a much larger area of ■ reserve. The liastinss Town Council has ap-1 proved of a scheme for the construction j of a larpe pnblio bathing pool nnd rendezvous at We-t Marina. T:-.e pool itself will be 2iKl feet lonp by 6'i feet wide, an'l ~er.t:r,j: accommodation for over 2000 spectators will be provided. : £2.->.OOO is the estimated expendit ire ■••on the undertakin2.

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