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Century Bank relocating within Wellesley

October 16, 2016 by Bob Brown 2 Comments

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Century Bank will be opening soon in Wellesley Hills

 

(Revised 1/19/17): Century Bank, the family-run institution that came to Wellesley Square in 2012, is now relocating from its Wellesley Square location to a space in Wellesley Hills at 258 Washington St. The office sits in between H&A Jewelers to its west and Axiom Learning to its east.

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Wellesley newcomers celebrate their arrivals: Impulse by Adamas Fine Jewelry, Century Bank

November 30, 2012 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Impulse by Adamas Fine Jewelry, the sparkly new Wellesley store in Linden Square that we previewed back in September, is having its grand opening this Friday through Sunday. You can check out the store’s new designer jewelry showroom, plus get free cupcakes, frozen yogurt, meet local media people and win fabulous prizes from local businesses (details here).

Separately, Century Bank (“the largest family controlled bank in New England”) is celebrating its opening in Wellesley Square over where Citizens Bank used to be at 75 Central St. Cocktails and hors d’ouevres are on tap Dec. 5 for those on the invite list.

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Century Bank coming to Wellesley Square by year-end

June 28, 2012 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

UPDATED: 6/30/12

Century Bank this week has posted a series of job ads online seeking employees in Wellesley, as the town readies for another new bank. The postings are for jobs such as head teller, branch manager and assistant branch manager.

The bank will be located at 75 Central St., in Wellesley Square,  once home to a Sovereign Bank.  Barry R. Sloane, the bank’s president and CEO, says Century Bank will be opening by year-end in town.

“While there are many banks in Wellesley, it is a community of significant deposits and investable assets.  We believe we bring a special brand of banking, as the largest family controlled bank in New England, and a contrast to most of the existing bank branches of global and out-of-state institutions currently in Wellesley,” Sloane writes.

Medford-based Century was formed in 1969 in Somerville and has branches in nearby communities such as Brookline and Newton, where an economic development advisory group is seeking to limit the influx of new bank branches.

Thanks to reader CT for the heads up.

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Mass Hort hopeful that vacant Elm Bank manor house has lots of life left

March 14, 2023 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

When AMC filmed parts of its “Invitation to a Bonfire” series at the Cheney-Baltzell Manor House within Elm Bank Reservation last fall, park visitors were surprised to see the usually off-limits neo-Georgian building back in action. It’s been decades since the manor has been occupied, and only occasionally this century has it been used, such as for filming and antiques fairs. The team behind “Bonfire” had approached Mass Hort about using the building after noticing some work had been done on it.

AMC wound up scrapping its “Bonfire” production to cut costs, so the fate of that project is unclear. So too is the future of the manor house, but the Massachusetts Horticultural Society that calls Elm Bank (900 Washington St., Wellesley) its home is hopeful that there will be a future for the 1907 building that now looms vacant behind the striking Italianate garden.

Elm Bank manor house

An Update on the Manor House

Mass Hort Executive Director James Hearsum, named to that position in 2019, recently shared an update with us on the site of the 3-story building that possesses an inner beauty that shines through the deterioration (no inside photos allowed). Highlights include a classic ballroom and 2-story library (accessed via a sort of secret door… don’t lean on the balcony!), their shelves filled with real and fake books supplied during the filming of 2009’s “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.” Also unique: more than a dozen commissioned marble fireplaces, each sent here from Italy following the original owners’ honeymoon in Europe.

The ground floor of the 40-room building remains in relatively good shape inside, though less stable temperatures on the upper floor have wreaked some havoc there. Fortunately, even though much plaster has turned to dust, the way the plaster was originally applied over a concrete base makes it “about a simple a restoration as you can do,” Hearsum says. There is lead paint to deal with as well, he adds.

Unfortunately, Hearsum acknowledges, the 36,000 sq. ft. condemned building, with its exterior marble steps and Ionic columns, has been low on the Society’s priority list because of the daunting cost to restore it. “When I came here in 2020 I wondered what we would be doing with this, and was told it would be a $20M to $25M restoration. Obviously there is no way on the planet we can fund that—nor should we. It’s not our mission,” he says.

In learning more about the building, and trying to get a handle on where the $20M-$25M figures came from, Hearsum says that “it was clear that it was tipping from restorable to not restorable” due to losing the water tightness of the building. “As soon as you lose the water tightness, you lose the building in a matter of a few years,” he says.

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The X warns first responders that the vacant building is unsafe to enter.

Hearsum began looking into what it would take to maintain the building envelope for the next 10 years, at least giving it a chance to remain viable. Hazardous material and structural surveys were conducted. On the plus side, it was structurally fine, but not unexpectedly, there was lots of asbestos to deal with in the basement. The building was restorable, but even at a modest per square foot cost for such a large building, you’re talking tens of millions of dollars, he says.

State politicians (Senators Rausch, Creem, and Rush among them) were then contacted to seek funding to keep the building intact. This would include addressing woodwork on the windows to prevent them from falling in or out, and keeping water from seeping into the basement, where utilities are located amidst the asbestos. The roof also has leaks, which could be fixed for a few hundred thousand (vs. a replacement that would cost millions). Mass Hort could find a couple or few hundred thousand dollars to put toward fixes (“we’ll stretch as far as we can…”), but it would really need the state to come through with more to effectively save the building, Hearsum says.

“We frankly didn’t expect to get it, but it wound up getting attached to the state budget for this past year,” says Hearsum, who credited many Mass Hort members from Wellesley and other communities for writing to their legislators in support of this investment. To Mass Hort’s surprise, $600K was appropriated, with asbestos abatement first on the list of jobs, starting this spring. Some painting and other woodwork restoration on windows on one facade has already been done, and Mass Hort has determined it will still need to raise $150,000-$200,000 for other work. Netting has been placed on the gutters to prevent parts of the roof from falling.

The state building inspector and town of Dover (where Elm Bank’s land resides) would need to sign off on any use of the property. It would most likely be cost prohibitive for Mass Hort to host events there, but AMC was able to pay for safety upgrades to allow filming for a few weeks. Given that that was done, it could be possible for Mass Hort to explore whether such existing safety investment would allow it to take advantage of that in hosting something. Hearsum was complimentary of the state and town’s willingness to support its efforts.

What would really be nice is if the manor house would catch the eye of not just film producers, but one of the many home makeover reality shows that might be willing to foot the bill.

Mass Hort feeling strong

While Mass Hort took an early hit during the pandemic, as weddings that would have been held on the Elm Bank grounds were canceled or postponed, Hearsum says the Society has come out of the past few years stronger organizationally and financially.

It is playing some catch-up, after being short staffed, and is sprucing up the pollinator area within Weezie’s Garden for Children and filling in the Bressingham Garden. It has been working more closely with Wellesley College, supporting internships, alumnae programs, and more.

The Society has also rethought its mission, which has long been a traditional approach to growing the art and science of horticulture, and promoting it. “We asked: ‘Is that significant enough?’ What we really do is help people have better lives through horticulture, helping at every stage of life,” Hearsum says. This translates into school programs that focus more on growing, efforts aimed at people transitioning from school to work, helping people going through various forms of rehabilitation. Hearsum points back to early Society work, back in the 1840s, helping new immigrants learn how to grow food in an unfamiliar climate.

“We kind of lost sight of all this, and had focused more on ‘Hey, pretty flowers,'” he says.

Not that Mass Hort, whose gardens are open from spring through fall, is eschewing pretty flowers. In fact, it will start spring with a bang in the form of a Tulip Mania festival during the first weeks of April. Some 53,000 tulip bulbs have been planted under netting in the trial garden for what should be a spectacularly colorful display, with cut flowers available for purchase.

Having a mission that supporters believe in will be important both for Mass Hort’s future, and possibly the manor house, Hearsum says.

Still, a huge challenge with the manor house is that those who might have an interest in restoring it would need something more to make a sustainable business of it. For example, the house plus a hotel or the house plus an arts center,  Hearsum says.

“I am an optimist about this. I actually do believe this is restorable and worth restoring—otherwise we wouldn’t be sinking nearly a million dollars into it just to keep the possibilities alive,” he says. “You have to take a 20-year view though. If you take a 5-year view, there’s nothing we can do.”

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You may be able to see that on the facade on the right, Mass Hort has begun restoring windows to help buy it time on the building.

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Wellesley Business Buzz: Papa Wheelies relocating here from Natick; a new bank in town (sort of); firms invited to work with Babson students

September 19, 2021 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Our roundup of the latest Wellesley MA business news:

Papa Wheelies relocating here from Natick

Papa Wheelies is moving its bike shop from 1400 Worcester St. (Rte. 9) in Natick to 8 Church Square in Wellesley. Sunday was a busy day, as moving trucks were stuffed at the Rte. 9 location, and the former Lyn Evans space started to fill with bikes and accessories. The Natick store closed this weekend, and the Wellesley store is slated to open this week.

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Moving out of Rte. 9 location

 

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Moving in to Church Street space

 

Papa Wheelies also has locations in the Back Bay and Portsmouth, NH, where it offers bike sales, rentals, services and accessories.

The shop offers road, mountain, electric, and other bike styles, with prices starting at less than $1,000 and ranging up to 5 figures. Kids’ bikes start at about $125.

We’ve shot a few questions to the business about why it is moving, etc., and will update this past if they get a chance to answer us between the move.

The business did post on its Facebook page that: “We are moving in order to be in a more community oriented location. & Plenty of parking in the FREE lot behind us.”

A new bank in town (sort of)

In the wake of Eastern Bank announcing plans to gobble up Century Bank earlier this year, the Century Bank branch at 258 Washington St., in Wellesley Hills is becoming an Eastern Bank branch.

As with all bank mergers, the institutions say everyone’s a winner, everyone gets access to more services, and family values survive.


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Businesses invited to work with Babson students

The Babson Graduate Experiential Learning program is seeking proposals for its spring 2022 semester. The Wellesley-based school is looking forward to returning to an in-person model of student consulting kicking off in January. If interested, submit a proposal by Oct. 1.


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Wellesley Business Buzz: Bank branch to close; New bank coming to town, sort of; Celebrating women-owned businesses

April 7, 2021 by Deborah Brown 5 Comments

Bank branch to close in Wellesley

In an unusual twist for a town that boasts banks galore, a branch is actually leaving Wellesley Square. Cambridge Trust execs have notified account holders that as of July 12 the 40 Central Street branch will close for good. A branch in Portsmouth, NH will also be shuttered. Both the Linden Square and Lower Falls offices will remain open, along with the rest of the bank’s approximately two dozen locations.

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Cambridge Trust in Wellesley Square

Cambridge Trust came to Wellesley Square last June as the result of a merger with Wellesley Bank. As a Central Street fixture for 45 years, many in town will recall Wellesley Bank as a place where the candy flowed freely and friendly tellers were always ready to update a young person’s passbook savings account. Many of the Wellesley Bank staff stayed on once the merger went through and became Cambridge Trust employees. So now what?

Senior VP Kerri Mooney in a letter said, “I am pleased to let you know that our Wellesley Square team will continue to serve your banking needs from other locations within our banking office network.”

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post made mention of safe deposit boxes at 40 Central St. That branch, in fact, does not have safe deposit boxes. We apologize for the error.

When one bank door closes, another one opens

Peet's Coffee & Tea, WellesleyAs we reported late last year Chase Bank, which burst onto the Wellesley scene in 2019 at 294 Washington St. (which used to house a Santander ATM), will be expanding its presence in town when it moves into the recently closed Peet’s Coffee & Tea location.

In the interest of balance or karma or something like that, we’re thinking a coffee and tea house would be just perfect in the Cambridge Trust spot.

 

 

 

 

Bank deal of the Century

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Century Bank in Wellesley Hills

 

Century Bank, which has a location on Washington Street in Wellesley Hills, has agreed to be acquired for $642M by Eastern Bank, which has clearly been feeling left out without a Wellesley presence. Expect to see the signs change on the family-owned Century Bank branch in Wellesley and be replaced with Eastern Bank signs once this deal is finalized.

 

 

And a shout-out to some women who make Wellesley go round

We are still celebrating Women’s History Month with a nod of respect to some of the town’s women-owned businesses. Fun fact: Swellesley’s a women-owned business, too. Here’s a partial list below, with more to follow in our next Business Buzz:

Gretta Luxe and Grettacole Salon & Day Spa

Owner: Gretta Monahan
Fashion and beauty.
94 Central Street, Wellesley Square

Joel Bagnal Goldsmiths & Jewelers

Owner: Jill Sudman
101 Central Street, Wellesley Square

Lash L’Amour

Owner: Cynthia Tsang
576 Washington St., Wellesley Square

Skinscapes

Owner: Mary Marie Barrett
Clinic. Laser. Skincare.
31 Central Street, Wellesley Square

Kenzie & Hope

Owner: Shani Defina
200 Linden Street, Linden Square


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Wellesley, Massachusetts banks

Wellesley is home to 16 banks, some with up to three branch locations, most located up and down the town’s main drag of Washington St. While many residents wring their hands when a storefront comes up for rent (“Oh no, I hope a bank doesn’t go in”), that doesn’t stop landlords from welcoming such stable tenants. And at least it’s easy enough to pit banks against each other over rates, fees and more.

The last time a new bank made its presence known in town was in September 2019, when a Chase Bank ATM moved into 294 Washington St., which used to house a Santander ATM. Lately banks seem to have moved away from scooping up Wellesley storefronts and toward sprucing up the spaces they already inhabit. Both Wellesley Bank in Wellesley Square and Needham Bank at 458 Washington St. underwent extensive renovations in 2019.

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Bank of America

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Boston Private

336 Washington St.

Brookline Bank

5 Washington St.
448 Washington St.

Century Bank, Wellesley

258 Washington St.

Chase Bank, ATM only

294 Washington St.

Citizens Bank, Wellesley

182 Linden St.
390 Washington St.

First Republic Bank

284 Washington St.

Middlesex Savings Bank

278 Washington St.

People’s United Bank

200 Linden St.

Rockland Trust

330 Washington St.

Santander Bank

277 Linden St.
65 Central St.

TD Bank

380 Washington St.

Webster Bank

84 Central St.

Wellesley Bank

40 Central St.
197 Linden St.
29 Washington St.

 

Wellesley Business Buzz: Mark’s Pizza & Subs is back; Cheesy Street Grill is cookin’; Chase Bank has big shoes to fill; Marillac opens up

September 20, 2019 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Our round-up of the latest Wellesley, Mass., business news:

Mark’s Pizza & Subs is back

Mark’s Pizza & Subs, greatly missed since summer 2018 when the popular eatery’s building was torn down to make way for the expansion of another business, is back in action at 10B Washington Street in Wellesley Hills at a former salon space. All the old favorites are still on the menu — their famous broasted chicken dinners, chicken broccoli alfredo, subs, wraps, and of course, pizza. The menu has expanded to the point where if they’re not serving it at Mark’s, you probably don’t need it.

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Mark’s Pizza is back in action at 10B Washington St., Wellesley Hills.

Mark’s Pizza & Subs has been operating in Wellesley since the 1970s, as one look at the former interior could have told you. The new decor is fresh and updated, with a modern vibe, seating for about 25 at ten tables and a high-top area, and a big ol’ flatscreen on the wall. The sense of relief that an old favorite is back in town was palpable from the steady stream of customers there for a good lunch.

Welcome back, Mark’s.

Cheesy Street Grill opens

Cheesy Street Grill, which will have a captive audience at the new Boston Sports Institute (Rte. 9 skating and swimming complex), has opened.

The grill, which has two locations at Mass Pike service plazas, will serve up gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches and other comfort foods, including tater tots and mac & cheese. Salads, soups and more are also on the menu.

Cheesy Street Grill had its humble beginnings as a food truck in Connecticut.

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Chase Bank has big shoes to fill

With Prospero’s Shoe Repair closing down its 294 Washington St., location at the end of August, the speculation began over what might replace it.

A bank? Or a bank? Or maybe a bank?

Well, close. More likely the dental office next door would expand into that space, but just down the block a ways, next to Maugus, is  newcomer Chase Bank.  One of the world’s few banks without a Wellesley location yet, Chase is slated to slide into 294 Washington St., which used to house a Santandar ATM. Conveniently located within a quarter of a mile of Century Bank, Middlesex Savings Bank and First Republic Bank.

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Maugus is getting a new neighbor: Chase bank

Local author at Wellesley Books, Sept. 21

Wayland resident Joan Cohen will be a Wellesley Books on Saturday, September 21, 4pm – 6pm to read from her new book, Land of Last Chances. It tells the story of a successful woman who has always been focused on her career, meticulously preparing for every challenge in her life. When she’s faced with an unplanned pregnancy in her late 40s (the father is one of two men in her life) she learns she must face the possibility of carrying a rare gene for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Joan’s writing style is dramatic, engaging and, at times, heartbreaking.

Marillac opens up

Marillac Residence,  the non-profit Wellesley Hills facility that originally served retired Sisters of Charity, is now opening its doors to all seniors looking for a residential care home. 

Marillac will host an open house on Sunday, Oct. 20 from 2-4pm.  For more information, please visit us at: www.marillacresidence.org, or call 781-237-2161.

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Second floor includes 4 total bedrooms consisting of a tranquil master suite with high ceiling and his and her bathrooms, 3 family bedrooms and another full bath. Finished room on third floor plus finished basement provide even more flexible space.

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You can bank on it Wellesley: La Riviera replacement taking shape

October 16, 2016 by Bob Brown 3 Comments

390 Washington St, Wellesley
Photo courtesy of MC

 

Please don’t shoot the messenger: Word is that the La Riviera restaurant space at 390 Washington St., in Wellesley that went dark about a year ago will be filled by another bank. Not sure which one yet…

MORE: Century Bank doubling down on Wellesley

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Wellesley College’s Clapp library gushed over as “mid-century mundane” by architectural bloggers

March 26, 2016 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

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Wellesley College, Clapp library

Mid-century style is all the rage these days, its uncluttered vibe turning up in decorating magazines, its lean aesthetic suddenly everywhere you look. The term mid-century architecture generally refers to mid-20th century design from about 1933 – 1965. To give you a general idea, the mid-century interior look is anything currently in the furnishings section of Crate and Barrel, the exterior is any split-level home currently being torn down in Wellesley. Also think boxy regional bank branches, rather dull municipal offices, and utilitarian community college buildings, with A-frame churches and synagogues thrown in for good measure. Its structures have the type of style that on one hand is having a moment from a trend perspective, but on the other hand is generally waved good-bye to as the wrecking ball swings, no hand wringing over its significance, few moans of “oh, but I used to have my dentist appointments there” or “that’s where I did all my banking in the 80s.”

Apparently, Wellesley College’s Clapp library counts as mid-century modern, too, as featured in Mid-Century Mundane, an artsy blog I stumbled across which focuses on “the most exciting of mundane mid-century architecture.” The bloggers travel the country to document the genre, all the while conceding mid-century’s style issues with liberal use of the descriptors “bland,” “lack of elegance,” “rather plain,” and “a staid affair” in describing their subjects. Indeed, the bloggers say that the Clapp library “lack(s) elegance but continues to serve students’ needs ably.”

Fans of the period shouldn’t take such faint praise personally. Mid-Century Mundane bloggers say that they are devoted to exploring all this mid-century blandness exactly because it’s been largely ignored. Go to the site and click on a city that’s part of your very soul to remember some of the buildings you used to overlook on a daily basis, now the subject of photo shoots and artistic analyses. I have ties to New Haven (no, that’s not humblebrag code for “I went to Yale”) and enjoyed the virtual tour of places I well recall. Oh, look, there’s the Firestone Complete Auto Care down on Chapel St., and, wow, First Presbyterian Church on Whitney Ave., and yup, there’s the good old Crown St. parking garage. It made me downright misty. Those old buildings aren’t looking half bad now that some blogger has devoted actual time and effort into writing about them.

Here are a couple other examples of mid-century mod in town that the bloggers missed while they were here:

Christ Church, United Methodist, Wellesley MA
Christ Church, United Methodist, Brook St, built circa 1962.
110 Cedar St., Wellesley
This mid-century office building at 110 Cedar St. was built in 1969.

If you want to trick out your house in mid-century style, here are a few places to check out a bit beyond Wellesley:

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Cool lamp at Gallery 55 at 55 South Main St., Natick. I think I remember that sofa from a 1970s rumpus room somewhere.
Cool lamp at Gallery 55 at 55 South Main St., Natick. I think I remember playing Pong on that sofa in a rumpus room somewhere.
Robjets D' Art, Natick
Robjets D’ Art, 1 North Main St., Natick has an atmosphere that quivers with the possibility of finding the true treasures among the collection of jolly junk and ephemera.
Renew Arts & Industry, 19 South Main St, Natick. Owner and Wellesley resident Patrice Goldman let me poke around even though they were officially closed as they refresh the shop with lots of recently acquired finds. They reopen on Saturday, March 26. Photo credit: Virginia Fitzgerald.
Renew Arts & Industry, 19 South Main St, Natick. Owner and Wellesley resident Patrice Goldman let me poke around even though they were officially closed as they refresh the shop with lots of recently acquired finds. They reopen on Saturday, March 26. Photo credit: Virginia Fitzgerald.

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