A few items from the
Times:
LAT
The Consolidated Realty Building was first announced in the
Times on October 6, 1907, during the financial troubles of 1907. From the outset it seems to have been planned to be built in stage, with only the foundation completed by mid 1908. Looks like it was finally completed in 1910. No mention of the Sultan before 1916--not sure when it opened.
One tenant of the Consolidated Realty Building was the notorious "Dr." Gertrude Steele, regularly in trouble since at least since 1908 for botched facelifts and other treatments.
LAT 12-18-1919