Article titled "Malibu Ranch to be Subdivided into Private Estates"

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1940 EVENING OUTLOOK, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA PAGE NINE . REAL ESTATE » 'BUILDING * DEVELOPMENT • » * ■ _ - Malibu Ranch To Be Subdivided Into Private Estates Venetians Purchase Georgina Home UCLA Teacher Will Build S. M. Residence One of Santa Monica’s most at¬ tractive homes, a 15-room residence at 305 Georgina ave. located in the J midst of a formal garden extending j for more than 200 feet along | -Georgina, this week was purchased j by Mr, and Mrs, Earl Russell of the Ocean Front Manor, Venice. Sold through John W. Kilgore's real estate office on Wilshire blvd.. the property now Is being redecorat¬ ed for the new owners, who expect to occupy it shortly. The house was built originally by Judge Arthur A. Weber, who at one time was Santa Monica city attorney, and later served the municipality as a director on the board of the Metropolitan Water District. TO BUILD NE\V HOME At the same time, Kilgore report¬ ed that all arrangements have been completed for construction of an 8-room house to be built on 25th st. near Georgina ave. by Miss Jessie Lundquist. music teacher at, UCLA, who has selected Morrie Morrison of Bel-Air to build it for her. Miss Lundquist. who Is living in Westwood, selected Santa Monica as the location for her home after making extensive inquiries regarding the comparative advantages of homesites in various residential dls- j tricts adjacent to the University campus. INCOME PROPERTY SOLD In another real estate transac- j tion recently completed, Kilgore and Mrs. Agnes Fries of the West and Fries agency sold an Income proper¬ ty at 1213 California ave. Santa Monica, to Dr. George Doty of Los j Angeles. The property is improved with two bungalows. Homer Laughlin Residence Finished Mr. and Mrs. Homer Laughlin of Los Angeles are moving next week into a $25,000 residence completed for them at 953 Moraga road. Bel- Air. by Frank E. Bivens jr.t Santa Monica building contractor. Designed bv Wurdemen and Becfeet, Los Angeles architects, the Laughlin house Is built around a group of trees In Early California style architecture. Exterior walls are of wood siding, plaster, and brick, with a shake roof finishing off the building. The Interior of the house. Bivens said. Is finished in keeping with the general scheme developed by the architects. Laughlin is an executive of the Southern California Gas Co., and - - - - ... „Ы r.lK.mlo f amllv 17,000 Acres, 22 Miles Of Beach. Will Be Offered To Public As Ranches, Holels And Homesites For Business Leaders Plans for converting the historic Malibu Ranch into a private empire for the business leaders of Southern California, were being mapped out today by Louis T. Busch, past president of the Santa Monica Bay District Realty Board, following his appointment this week as general sales agent for the Marblehead Land Co. * With 17,000 acres of land to sell, and 22 miles of ocean frontage thrown in , — - for gQod measure, Busch confirmed Henderson, nationally known air reports that he is building up a race promoter and manager, had sales organize- j purchased all of Little Sycamore strive t o "develop I Can-V®n. and following this up with the rolling hills ! the announcement that Harvey W. of the Rindge j parmelee had purchased 268 acres property to their jn corral canyon, while Jerome Bu- highest and best tgyn of Santa Monlca canyon US'Thi* is vninc i bought carbon Point. Louis T. Busch launched in the use. "This is going j to be one of the ! Another Santa Moinca business greatest real | executive, H. R. Pulver, Busch said, estate develop- purohased 101 acres at Secas Can- m e n t s e v e r yon for a price which was not made Western United риьцс "We have just gotten started States." Bush declared. "We have on 01]r sales pr0gram." Busch add- some of the finest real estate to be j ed ,,but indicatlons are that we will found anywhere In Southern Cali- j see more activltv ln real estate fornia. and our contract with the . than we have experienced at any Marblehead Land Co. permits us to time since the boom days of the liquidate the entire property, offer- aar,y twenties. тье Malibu Ranch ing everything from ocean front lots (he ,ast g,.eaI undeveloped prop- with sandy beach to golf courses. erty withln Santa Monica’s natural hotel sites, and 640 acre ranches. | trading district. Its development, “The announcement. Busch said, will mean great things for Santa "is of particular interest to the busi- Monica. 8.s well as for the ranch.” ness men of Santa Monica because j our sales program provides that the residential character of the entire ranch is to be maintained strictly j with the exception of two small neighborhood service centers, one of which is already in existence. S. M. BUSINESS CENTER "Under this program. Santa Mon¬ ica will become the logical business center for a steadily growing popu¬ lation with a tremendous buying power, and we are convinced that j the development of the ranch will bring a tremendous volume of new business to Santa Monica stores." Architectural, rather than price restrictions, Bush declared, are be¬ ing placed on all properties sold, in order that, the property may be de¬ veloped as a harmonious whole. "Experience in recent years," he said, "has shown clearly that archi¬ tectural restrictions are actually more Important than price restric¬ tions in determining the character j of a residential development, and we are determined to see that the Malibu Ranch homes shall blend Into the background provided by the ranch itself," CANYONS SOLD Busch confirmed reports In cir¬ culation earlier this week that Cliff S. M. Firm To Build Army Repair Shop tf-rr.1 non и.„_:__а. i_ ROOF LEAK ? SALE REPORTED Sale of a $10,000 residence at 416 I 24th st.. by John H. Lewis to Robert [в. Hawley of 723 Idaho ave., Santa Monica, was reported this week. BAY BUILDERS’ EXCHANGE DIRECTORY Phene Phone 55*46 ЧЯГ 62247 (IN PART) AWNINGS | Owen's Awning Shop. . . .ТЧюпо 52942 BRICK CONTRACTORS | John J. Turpin . Phone 56522 CEMENT CONTRACTORS Mason F. Batchelor . Phone 62690 CREDIT REPORTING | AND COLLECTIONS Is. M. Credit Association. .Phone 42731 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS i Acme Electric Co . Phone 50977 I John W. Dryer . ..Phone 520 in Sunbeam Electric Co . Phone 544 12 GENERAL CONTRACTORS Adamson Home Builders. . WLA SOI on i A 'lid & Son . WLA 91956 I Roy J. Beck . Phone SS.VO I Win. C. Carter . Phone 4 1 * ' J 1 Robt. Highet . Phone 65117 I M. S. Jepsen . Phone 5S9" 1 Ed. Landon . WLA 3277 1 Ellis G. Martin . Phone 567.., 1C. O. A. Maule . Phone .4223:. E. M. Moore . Phone 61317 j.T. J. Verplank . Phone 547X3 Wilson Bros . Phone 53337 ,J. Ben Wood . Phone 53011 GLASS AND MIRRORS \V. P. Puller к Co . Phone 631-1 i Gold Glass Co . .Phone .53315 Palisades Glass and Mirror Co..., . Phone 54476 HARDWARE (Builders') Goodenow Hardware Co. .Phone 5811 1 Quandt Hardware Co . Phme 511'". Gold Glass к Hdiv, Co... -Thone 53315 HARDWOOD FLOOR CON. Wilson Hardwood Floor Co . Phone 552S1 HEATING j Ideal Heating Corp. . Phone 62515 INSURANCE [William G. Thornburv ... Phone 63373 LANDSCAPING AND NURSERY Bay Cities Nursery . Phone 63692 LOANS [Century Federal Savings & Loan Association. ...Phone 53613 LINOLEUM AND SHADES Grant Whale . Phono 55356 LUMBER, SASH, DOORS Alley Bros........ . Phone 53234 i Dudley-Thomas . Phone 535 i | Fisher-Swart» . Phone 509., 6 Golden State Lumber Co.. Phone 53275 Patten-BIlnn. S. M . Phone 52607 i Patten-BIInn, О. P . Phono 61963 PAINTS AND WALL PAPER [ Л. к S. Paints. Inc. . Phone 52231 i Bay Paint Co . Phone 31013 ! W. P. Fuller & Co . Phone 63181 PAINTING, DECORATING i George E. Parr . Phone 62187 ! Wm. D. Wood . Phone 695 U PLASTERING CONTRACTORS I В. E. Harding . Phone 02973 j H. H. Hunt . Phone 52477 I ЧЫ» Ludlow . Phone 647.81