Steepleview Realty Expands Into Pittsfield
 Chris Lipa, Paul Segala and Jennifer Segala of Steepleview Realty and Kristine Hurley of Downtown Pittsfield Inc. cut the ribbon on the new location Friday. |
Sixteen years ago that list became the core mission of Steepleview Reality. She started her own company focused first on customer service in an attempt to shed the "sleazy salesmen" reputation some real estate companies had been gaining.
On Friday, Segala and her husband, Paul, held a grand opening on their third location, which will continue to build on what has become one of the county's leading real estate companies.
"We just started developing and in five years, we became a leading company," Segala said inside the new West Street office.
Steepleview is now up to 19 agents and has sold more property unit than any others in the county. Segala had been growing the company's portfolio from North County — where their home base is in Adams and with an office in North Adams — toward South County.
Through the website, more and more people from Central Berkshire were finding their way to Steepleview. They began to focus on growing the company's central county market share.
"We started doing a lot of business in Pittsfield," Segala said.
And now they've opted to expand even more. She brought on five new agents from the Pittsfield region and then signed a lease for the former Pittsfield Gazette office.
"This is definitely an expansion. We've added team members and we will add more," she said.
In a short time, the suite was fixed up and on Aug. 1 the small suite opened. The suite is a satellite while their home base on Park Street in Adams remains the headquarters.
Segala says currently the real estate market is somewhat in balance. While she has about double the amount of properties than typical for sale, which typically means the market is over saturated, the demand has been keeping up, she said.
The majority — about 80 percent — of Steepleview's properties are residential but Segala certainly has a share of commercial sales and clients as well.
It isn't just sales for Steepleview, Segala is certified to teach courses about the real estate and licensing. Steepleview is licensed to sell property in Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and Florida.
Steepleview is the second North County business to expand in that building. Right next door to the new office is District Kitchen and Bar, a venture of Jared Decoteau, owner of Public Eat and Drink in North Adams. The restaurant opened last month.
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