Real Estate

A Handful of Open Houses This Weekend in Watertown

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A select few homes are open for viewing this weekend around Watertown. $619,900 – 35 Forest St. Unit 35, 7 room, 3 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 2:30-3:30 p.m.

$567,000 – 42 Putnam St. Unit 42, 8 room, 4 bed, 2 bath 2/3 family, Open House: Sunday 12-3 p.m.

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$471,000 – 40 Putnam St. Unit 40, 6 room, 2 bed, 1.5 bath 2/3 family, Open House: Sunday 12-3 p.m.

$674,900 – 90 Stoneleigh Road, 7 room, 3 bed, 2 bath ranch, Open Houses: Saturday 12:30-2:30 p.m. Sunday 12:30-2:30 p.m.

$729,000 – 16 Keith St., 10 room, 4 bed, 2 full 2 half bath colonial, Open House: Sunday 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Arsenal Project

LETTER: Resident Feels Council is Moving Too Fast With New RMUD Zoning

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To the Editor:

The Town Council meeting on Dec. 1 about rezoning the malls should start with singing Aretha Franklin’s “Respect.” Here’s why. The proposal to rezone a large part of the Arsenal St. corridor, including both malls, to a Regional Mixed Use District (RMUD) is big, complex, hard to understand and will have a huge impact on Watertown. It would allow the Planning Board to give permits at the Arsenal Mall (let alone the rest of the new zone) for almost 3 million square feet, with buildings as tall as the Board will allow.

Business

Watertown-Based Tech Company Goes Public, Looking to Hire

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Watertown-based cybersecurity company Mimecast issued its IPO last week, and the CEO says he wants to hire more employees in town. The companied debuted on the NASDAQ on Nov. 19, and CEO Peter Bauer said he wants to add more people at the company headquarters on Pleasant Street. He told the Boston Business Journal that he anticipates hiring “dozens” of more employees in Watertown. Mimecast specializes in providing “next generation cloud security and risk management services for corporate information and email,” according to the company.

Real Estate

See the Three Homes in Watertown That Sold This Week

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A colonial and two condominiums sold in Watertown this week, see the details below. $320,000 – 131 Coolidge Ave. Unit 522, 4 room, 1 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, High-Rise condo/townhouse

$526,500 – 35 Bates Road Unit 35, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

$494,500 – 6 Frank St., 7 room, 4 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Colonial single-family home

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Development

Athenahealth Reveals Latest Plans, Residents Worry About Parking & Traffic

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Athenahealth’s latest draft of its campus master plan includes fewer buildings, but slightly more parking in its new multi-story parking garage, which concerns nearby residents. Tuesday night, athenahealth officials presented the master plan during the first of two planned community meetings on the project. The company owns the Arsenal on the Charles Complex and plans to add more office buildings, create a large glass enclosure over the “finger” buildings near the Arsenal Center for the Arts and remove much of the surface parking to make way for more open space and storm water management systems.

Along with making the campus big enough for it to be the healthcare technology company’s headquarters, the plan calls for making it more welcoming to residents, said Larry Beals, of Beals Associates, who has been hired by the company. “For years it was an Army facility with iron fences around it and entry by the public forbidden,” Beals said. “(athenahealth President and CEO) Jonathan Bush would like to do the opposite.

Real Estate

Choose from Many Open Houses in Watertown This Week

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Check out all the open houses around Watertown this week. $549,900 – 1043-1045 Belmont St., 2 unit, 11 total room, 4 total bedroom 2 family, Open Houses: Saturday 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday 2-4 p.m.

$629,000 – 75-77 Commonwealth Road, 2 unit, 10 total room, 4 total bedroom 2 family, Open Houses: Saturday 2-4 p.m. Sunday 2-4 p.m.

$649,000 – 267-269 North Beacon St., 2 unit, 14 total room, 6 total bedroom duplex, Open Houses: Saturday 12-2 p.m. Sunday 12-2 p.m.

$619,900 – 33-35 Forest St. Unit 35, 7 room, 3 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse, Open Houses: Saturday 1:30-3 p.m. Sunday 1:30-3 p.m.

$709,000 – 125 Boylston St., 2 unit, 13 total room, 6 total bedroom, Open Houses: Friday 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday 12-2 p.m.

$799,000 – 15-17 Fairview Ave., 2 unit, 15 total room, 4 total bedroom, Open Houses: Saturday 12-1 p.m. Sunday 1-2 p.m.

$549,900 – 92 Cypress St. Unit 90, 7 room, 3 bed, 2 bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 12-2 p.m.

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$395,000 – 10-12 Fairfield St. Unit 10, 6 room, 2 bed, 1f 0h bath 2/3 family, Open House: Sunday 12-1:30 p.m.

$995,000 – 24-26 Morse St., 2 unit, 14 total room, 7 total bedroom 2 family, Open House: Sunday 1-2:30 p.m.

$575,000 – 24-26 Morse St.

Development

Controlling Residential Development Weighed Against Property Rights

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A group of residents have joined with the town to try to come up with a way to prevent Watertown’s neighborhoods from being changed drastically and overbuilt, while at the same time not creating “design police.” During last week’s “Preserving Our Neighborhoods” forum at Watertown Middle School, some in attendance wanted to look for ways to control the teardown of smaller homes and replaced with larger ones. Others did not want any new rules that limit what they can do on their property. David Gamble, a consultant hired by the town to come up with the Residential Design Guidelines – ways to control the development in residential neighborhoods. He said there must be a balance.