Show COMME GIAL RENTALS ARE REDUCED IN PARIS PARIS' PARIS Oct 23 There There are evi evi evidences dences s that the upward movement of rentals rentals' Paris in paris has received a lasting lasting last- last ing ng check A luxurious apartment In n the the Avenue de that that- rented for or francs a year has just been le eased sed for francs In the quarter tel ter er of the Pare Parc MonceaU that hat were In great t demand at francs are re rc now offered at francs Before the war in the quarter where commerce in luxuries flourishes flour flour- particularly the landlord had never lever to seek a a tenant He simply marked up the rentals 10 per cent in n anticipation of bf the expiration of the he lease and waiter for his customer custom- custom er r he was never obliged to advertise Today one o of the striking features of these hese- same quarters Is the long wide band and of canvas that here and there therea a advertises an apartment or a store for or rent There are dozens of them themon themI I on the grand boulevard s from the Place de la ha Concorde to the Place dela de la I there are four tour In the Place Vendome several in the Avenue de tie i pera and the Reu de la ha Paix Some of the former tenants have I gone gone out of business some have sought other less Jess expensive e quarters and olt others rs have simply compromised I with wilh the landlord unable to pay rent they have given way for anyone who can cnn Real estate experts predict that the decline in commercial rents and rents for luxurious apartments will continue continue continuo con con- after the war while small and modest apartments will be unchanged or higher A great many families broken up by the war and with finances more or or less tied up will wilI abandon large and und in increase increase in- in crease the demand smaller ones |