Real Estate

Four Properties Sold This Week in Watertown, See Details Here

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Four properties sold in Watertown this weekend, including a single family home. 

$850,000 – 35 Harnden Ave. Unit 2, 7 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

$564,500 – 22 Springfield St., 6 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Colonial single-family home

Sponsored by:

$550,000 – 151 Coolidge Ave. Unit 402, 7 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, High-Rise condo/townhouse

$875,000 – 198 Westminster Ave. Unit 1, 8 room, 3 bedroom, 3 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

Real Estate

Watertown Victorian Selling for Just Under $1 Million, One of Many Open Houses

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Watertown has many open houses to visit this weekend, with a mix of condos, townhouses and some single families. $999,999 – 137 Marshall St., 12 room, 7 bed, 3 bath victorian, Open House: Saturday 11:30-1

$575,000 – 27 Church Lane, 6 room, 3 bed, 2 bath cape, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$789,900 – 118-120 Waverley Ave., 2 unit, 13 total room, 4 total bedroom, Open House: Sunday 12-2:30

$479,900 – 31 Charles St., 6 room, 3 bed, 1 bath cape, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$449,000 – 53 Crawford St. Unit 2, 6 room, 3 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open House: Sunday 12-2

$414,900 – 478-480 Main St. Unit 480, 6 room, 2 bed, 1 bath 2/3 family, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$699,900 – 32 Harrington St. Unit 32, 7 room, 3 bed, 3.5 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 1:30-3

$699,900 – 30 Harrington St.

Development

Developers of Morse Street Project Go Back to Drawing Board Again

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The developers seeking to turn the commercial building that used to be home to a massage school into an apartment complex will go back to the drawing board for a second time in hopes of getting approval from the Watertown Zoning Board of Appeals. The 101-103 Morse Street project shown to the ZBA on June 28 changed from the initial proposal submitted to the ZBA in April. The number of units was reduced from 44 to 40. Three pairs of one-bedroom units were combined to make three two-bedroom units, while two more one-bedrooms were combined to make a three-bedroom unit, said owner and developer Kamran Shahbazi. 

Other changes include: adding four feet to the width driveway to make it 22 feet in total, moving the garbage dumpster from next to an abutting property to against the building, and moving air conditioner condensers from ground level to the roof of the building, said architect Gary Hendren. Board members said that they have concerns about the quality of the proposed apartments.

Real Estate

Watertown Home Sales Include a Four-Family for Nearly $1.5 Million

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Four homes sold this weekend, including a four-family home for seven figures. $620,000 – 10 Elmwood Ave., 7 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Bungalow single-family home

$447,000 – 186 Waverley Ave. Unit 186, 7 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, 2/3 Family condo/townhouse

Sponsored by:

$1,465,000 – 67-69 Palfrey St., 4 unit, 22 total room, 10 total bedroom, 4 Family multi-family home

$710,000 – 35 Upland Road Unit 35, 6 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, condo/townhouse

$456,000 – 15 Jefferson Ave., 6 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Ranch single-family home

Arsenal Street

Council Backs $25 Million in Improvements, Some Question Openness of Process

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After a marathon session, the Town Council unanimously approved a partnership with Athenahealth and the DCR that will bring $25 million in public infrastructure projects to the area in East Watertown around the company’s campus. The funds to pay for 10 proposed projects come from the state via the I-Cubed program, which creates partnerships between public entities (the Town and the Department of Conservation and Recreation) and a private one (Athenahealth). The money comes from additional taxes created by Athena adding more jobs through its campus expansion, and will be used to pay for bonds issued by the state. The projects must be completed within 3 years of the issuance of the bonds. While many residents and some on the Council said the Town would be crazy to pass up $25 million in free projects (or at least that won’t use Watertown residents’s tax dollars) others complained that the list of projects came forward with little public discussion about what made the list.

Real Estate

A Small Selection of Open Houses Over the July 4 Weekend

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There are five open houses scheduled for the July 4 Weekend. $549,900 – 210 Palfrey St. 6 room, 3 bed, 1 bath ranch, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1:30 Sunday 12-1:30

$549,900 – 52 Edward Road, 7 room, 3 bed, 1 bath cape, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1 Sunday 12-1

$689,000 – 16 Commonwealth Road Unit 16, 10 room, 5 bed, 2 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 1-2:30

Sponsored by:

$614,900 – 478-480 Main St. Unit 478, 9 room, 4 bed, 2 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 2-3 Sunday 1-2

$675,000 – 149 Hillside Road Unit 2, 10 room, 5 bed, 2.5 bath 2/3 family, Open House: Sunday 11:30-1

Business

Intelligentsia Coffee Seeks to Serve the Best Coffee in the World in Watertown

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The founders of Watertown’s newest cafe started their business with the goal of selling the best cup of coffee in the world, and to do so they fanned out across the globe to find growers and helped them produce the finest beans. Intelligentsia Coffee will be opening in the next couple weeks on Mt. Auburn Street, across from Greg’s Restaurant, but the Chicago-based held a sneak preview on Wednesday evening. It will be the chain’s first cafe in the Boston area, which is only the fourth city after Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. The company’s roasting facilities are in Chicago, L.A. and San Francisco.

Business

Watertown Company Applying for Approval for Treatment for Blindness

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Watertown-based company pSivida is working on a treatment for blindness and has applied for approval in Europe. 

The Boston Business Journal reports that pSivida has submitted an application for Durasert inthe European Union, and the company expects to submit an application to the FDA for approval in the United States later in 2017. The treatment combines a drug and a device that treats an inflammatory disease that can lead to vision loss or blindness. The device is injected and deliver the medicine for up to three years. The company is located in the Riverworks complex on Pleasant Street, in the former Aetna Mills building.