Real Estate

Four Home Sold in Watertown This Week

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These Watertown homes sold this week. See details below. $480,000 – 34 Olcott Street, 2 unit, 10 total room, 6 total bedroom, 2 Family multi-family home

$740,500 – 42 Standish Road, 9 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, Colonial single-family home

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$305,000 – 151 Coolidge Ave. Unit 304, 4 room, 1 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, High-Rise condo/townhouse

$450,000 – 44 Ralph Street, 7 room, 4 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Cape single-family home

Real Estate

See This Weekends Open Houses in Watertown

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Check out the open houses in Watertown this weekend. $925,000 – 75 Summer Street Unit 75, 3 bedroom, 3 full bath f 2 half bath townhouse, Open House: Sunday 12-1:30 p.m.

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$634,000 – 23 Hearn Street Unit 1, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom townhouse, Open House: Sunday 12-1:30 p.m.

Development

Learn About Greystar’s Plans for Arsenal/Irving Streets

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The developers of a major project at Arsenal and Irving Streets in Watertown will discuss the latest details of the residential and commercial proposal. Representatives from Greystar Real Estate Partners will hold the meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 6 from 6-9 p.m. at the Watertown Free Public Library. Greystar is working with local partners Oak Tree FX, and the project is a test case for the town’s new design guidelines and standards being developed to shape how Watertown will look in the future. “This is an opportunity to view the project as currently envisioned and consider changes suggested by the ongoing design guidelines and standards being developed by the town,” the meeting notice reads.

Business

Watertown Company Gets Millions to Fight Cancer

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Watertown’s Selecta received a major funding boost in its effort to treat cancers caused by the Human Papiloma Virus (HPV). Selecta Biosciences received a $3.2 million grant from the Russian-based Skolkovo Foundation to fund work designing a synthetic virus that would trigger a person’s immune system to fight off the cancerous cells, according to a story in the Boston Business Journal. HPV is the second most common cancer in women and leads to more than 529,000 cases of cervical cancer and 270,000 deaths annually, according to a World Health Organization report. There are 26,000 new cases of HPV-related cancers annually in the United States.

Business

Subcommittee Recommends Locations for New Liquor Licenses

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Watertown could be getting 15 more liquor licenses for restaurants, and a group of Town Council subcommittees designated where they could be used. The members of the joint committees of the Rules & Ordinances, Economic Development & Planning, and Public Safety voted to send a proposal to the full Town Council. The town currently has more than 30 licenses, awarded by the state based on the town’s population. These can be sold and transferred by the holders. The new ones would be linked to a particular address and business, and would be leased out by the town, so they cannot be transferred or sold.

Development

See Drawings of the Latest Hotel Proposal in East Watertown

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Developers have come forward with preliminary plans for a hotel off of Arsenal Street, behind Target in Watertown. Elm Street Hospitality LLC has requested a developer’s conference with the town’s Planning Department to discuss the hotel proposed for 80 Elm Street – the former Atlantic Battery building. The spot is just down Elm Street from the recently approved Residence Inn by Marriott at the corner of Arsenal and Elm streets. According to engineering documents submitted to the Planning Department the hotel would be five stories tall and cover about 12,000 square feet of the 36,000-square-foot parcel.The total floor space would be 66,604 square feet. The documents were drawn up by Bohler Engineering of Southborough.

Real Estate

Take a Look at the Homes that Sold in Watertown This Week

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Three homes sold in Watertown this week. See the details below. $295,000 – 334 Lexington St. Unit 334, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse

$580,000 – 66 Prospect Street, 2 unit, 12 total room, 4 total bedroom, 2 Family – 2 Units Up/Down multi-family home

$1,025,000 – 218-222 Main Street, 4 unit, 23 total room, 11 total bedroom, 4 Family multi-family home