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Show z BUSII1ESS PROPERTY IS HARD TO GET . . : . - i Realty Dealers Say Owners Will Not Fix a Price on j ' Main Street" Frontage. ' KNOW CITTS GROWTH . j MEANS GOOD PRICES t . . . ,. Dealers Report Best Week for Business in Many j Months. ; -; I With the possible exception of few feet, there U no property' on Main J (treat, Salt Lake City, between Bouth Tempi and Fourth Sooth streets for ale. The owneri simply refuse to pat price oo their property. They do not t want to sell, preferring Joholdon, ne 'r they fee' confident that within year ' ' or two it will be worth many doUan per front foot more tluui they could get now. There ia a demand for Main street " property and business property dose to Main street. But if owner do place a price on it. it Is so high that the would be investor (hake hi head, and - - the owner doe not seem to eare whether he sella or not Oaf of the leading real estate dealers said this morning That in the past month be had had many inquiries for. Main street property or property loe to that tlioroughfar. "It i almost' impossible," be declared, de-clared, "to get aa owaer to put a price on his holdings. He know that he has a good thing, that th city is growing and is bound to grow and h (imply does not went to sell. Holdrs of Main street property occupied by small build-ings build-ings will, if cornered, same a price, which I believe thev do not want, but - which is so high thst th prospective customer does not feel thst he ca make t the investment. One thing is certaia, the men have faith in th future greatness of Halt Lske.City." Another dealer ssid: "W hav "had number of inquiries for busineea property, but th owners do not seem disposed' to sell. I am con-i con-i fident that I could cell several pieces 3 of business property if the owner were Leven willing to pert with it t a prie tht few yeur ago would hsve-Deen considered outrageous. Kelt Lake City i growing stedily and rapidly, nd ft will continue to grow. The owaer of close in property know that every week adds something to th value of their 4 real estate." Th reason for this hi shown by the reports of leading rel estate dealers on P the business transacted this week. One i said that not in six month hd h hsd such business as he ha hsd th lst (v davs. Another put th fignr at J eight months, and still . another at J nearly a year. Each report a good d-i d-i nianil for business property. J The demand for nd th sale of resi-a resi-a dence property, suburban property and ' homes from 42500 to $3000 ha beea briik, as wall as for lots in. vanons i tubdivision of the city. 8leof this 1 class mske the owner of business property prop-erty refuse to place price on hi holdings hold-ings beraus he know that with the ' sale of every piece of residence property nd the building of every new home th value of his property ia increased. Jnguirv for small farms close to the , city continue strong. Moat of the I pufahasers want farms of two to five L acres, tbe object being to go into the J poultry, track gardening or small fruit tfarm huainee. While building aetivitie during th week are not a great a th contractors would like, they show an improvement, especially in th number of small home, several of which have been started in i the last few davs, with th promts of several more Beit week- Labor i plentiful, plen-tiful, end tbe price of material a little lower than it ess been during th last year or two. This is an incentive to i many to build at thi time, i During th week aetiv work began ' oa the aew addition to th federal ( boilding, and thi will be pushed fast possible. Th waIs of the aew . Princess theatre, oa the eaat aide of : Main street between South Tempi and r First South, ar now up to th second ' floor, and there is litti question that t) th building will b finished aad ready i for th opening early in September. ' Tbe opening of the Hotel Utah dor-. dor-. ' ing the week marka a new era ia th as hotel business' of this state. Competaat critic declare that there la nothing to equal thi hotel west of Chicago, aad that there are few hotel ia th coua try that ekcell it in any ether way than ; lit. - Work on th Walker building at Maia f , and Postoffic place is being rushed The steel is in 'place and the re enforced I concrete work is being hurried, t Th Jew Peery building at Third South and Wert Temple is practically r completed, and will be ready for oeca- panry within a abort time. V Tbe I'snoing apartment hosse on ; Fifth Eaat i fart aeanag eompletioa aa ar other buildings ia varimi parts '. , of th city. |