image description — Store employees join manager Christine Bujanow to cut the ribbon on the new Kohl's department store in Lenox.

Kohl's Cuts Ribbon on Lenox Location

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
12:15PM / Friday, November 04, 2022Print Story | Email Story

Store manager Christine Bujanow prepares the sales floor before Kohl's grand opening

LENOX, Mass. — Store employees cut the ribbon on the Berkshire's newest retail store on Friday.

Centrally located on Pittsfield Road, Kohl's hopes to meet the local demand for shopping options while providing personable customer service. The small format department store had a soft opening on Sunday before its official debut at the end of the week.

This is the first Kohl's to open in Berkshire County. The closest stores are in Springfield and in Colonie, N.Y.

Manager Christine Bujanow said the store was brought to the region to offer more diversity in products and give residents another place to shop.

"We hope for amazing success and people in the community that really love to shop here and just have a great time here, make it feel more like a family store rather than a corporation just because we are a smaller style," she said.

"To make sure that everyone is just treated with the utmost greatest customer service that we can provide and hospitality."

There are currently 50 associates on staff and with the holiday season approaching, the store is looking for seasonal employees.

Bujanow has been with the company for over a decade and has worked in five different stores.

The building is new construction next to Marshall's. Employees were able to come in at the end of September, taking about a month to prepare the sales floor for opening.

Kohl's carries a number of brands including Nike, Under Armor, Adidas, Champion, and in-store-exclusive brands such as Sonoma Goods for Life, LC by Lauren Conrad, and Simply Vera by Vera Wang.

It also offers electronics, Amazon products through a partnership, and Fitbit health and fitness monitors.

All products are also available online and shoppers can opt for in-store pickup to avoid shipping fees. If the item is in the store's inventory it can be picked up within two hours.

"I'm super excited and waiting years for this," said one customer who did not wish to give her name. She described the store as having "mini versions" of Kohl's housewares departments.

But she thinks company "dropped the ball" by failing to include a jewelry counter or Sephora counter. There's another cosmetics outlet in the area that "could use a little competition," she said.

She hopes that Kohl's will listen to customers and consider adding those missing departments.

Along with excited customers, company leadership came to the store to mark its opening day.

"I am absolutely thrilled that we're here in the Berkshires," Boston-Albany District Manager Sarena Bearce said.

"Our store is beautiful. we're very, very excited to be here and we cannot wait to be a bigger part of the community."

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Lanesborough Hopes for Continued Talks on Mall Sale

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
06:41PM / Wednesday, November 11, 2026

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The Select Board is optimistic that talks for the Berkshire Mall sale will continue.

Chair Deborah Maynard and Vice Chair Juli Baker were to meet with mall owner JMJ Holdings, the Baker Hill Road District, and proposed buyer Cypress Equities on Tuesday to discuss next steps. As of Wednesday, iBerkshires had received a "we are optimistic" from Maynard on the talks. The Berkshire Eagle reported a response from a Cypress representative saying talks will continue.

Baker had updated the Select Board on Monday about the status of the sale and the efforts being undertaken by the renamed Baker Hill Business District.

Cypress Equities pulled out of a purchase-and sale-agreement with mall owner JMJ last week for the following reasons.

Not enough water service/pressure to the property to support redevelopment without constructing costly water tanks.
The current septic system and former treatment facility is not acceptable for a project of the scale and magnitude proposed.
There is existing asbestos and bad soil from the treatment system that needs to be remediated off site.
And the current structure and tax assessment of the Baker Hill Road District.

Baker has been working with what is now being called the Baker Hill Business District and said she and the district members are happy that Cypress has decided to leave the door open to more discussions and that they have been working hard to try and address the company's needs.

Last month, the town had asked state Sen. Paul Mark and state Rep. John Barrett III to support the state Department of Transportation taking over the Connector Road, funding for a mall connection to Pittsfield's wastewater treatment plant and a connection to the town's water main.

Baker said an amendment has been drafted to cap the district's taxes to not grow more than 2.5 percent a year. She noted that, historically, taxes have not grown by more than one percent per year, so it won't be difficult to meet that cap.

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