image description — Scott Keiter has grown his construction business over the past 17 years and is opening an office in Pittsfield to manage Berkshire projects.

Keiter Corp. Expanding into the Berkshires

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
12:41PM / Tuesday, September 23, 2025Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Construction management company Keiter Corp. is expanding to the Berkshires with a new Pittsfield office.

Keiter is celebrating 17 years of business. It was founded in Florence by owner Scott Keiter in the midst of the economic collapse as Keiter Builders, and over the years saw exponential growth, rebranding a decade later as Keiter Corp. with four divisions — residential construction, commercial and industrial, site work, and real estate. It moved to a 6,000-square-foot facility in West Springfield last year.

"For several years, we've had the opportunity to work with incredible clients and professionals throughout the Berkshires, and it felt like the right time to officially set roots," said founder and CEO Scott Keiter in announcing the opening. "We're proud to continue to grow in a region where we've already begun to build strong partnerships."

Keiter's done several projects for Amherst College and Smith College, and has done work as varied as student housing for the Cutchins Programs for Children & Families, law offices, kitchen renovations, laboratories and the Look Park fountain renovation.

Most of its work has been in the Northampton area but it has worked in the Berkshires with building the barn at Mass Audubon's Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary and Bousquet Sport's 34,000-square-foot-facility, as well as with Premium Waters, Berkshire Medical Center, the town of Lenox, Sts. Patrick and Raphael's Church in Williamstown, and residential clients.

"We are expanding to Pittsfield to better serve our growing number of Berkshire customers and deepen our roots in the region. We admire the Berkshires for its culture, creativity, and community," said Jill Keitner, director of administration.

"Over the years, we've had the privilege of working with incredible clients and partners throughout the Berkshires. We have established relationships with organizations such as Mass Audubon, Bousquet Sports, Premium Waters, Berkshire Medical Center, and the Town of Lenox. These relationships are meaningful because they reflect our commitment to the community and our collaborative approach to projects."

Keiter — both owner and company — have been very involved in the Northampton/Springfield community. It made significant donations to the Northampton Chamber of Commerce to boost economic activity and Scott Keiter has served on multiple boards including Smith Vocational and Agricultural High, Florence Bank, Look Memorial Park and the Cutchins Programs for Children and Families.

Keiter, the company, hopes to provide the best for its clients and work with them more than once.

"We believe in construction being more than just bricks and mortar. We want to be that contractor that's invited back to work with the same clients over and over again," said Brynn Grant, director of marketing and business development. "We're about 87 percent repeat clients. To us, that's the highest compliment — it tells us we're doing the job right."

The Pittsfield office is in the Clock Tower Business Center at 75 Church St. For more information, go to Keiter.com or call the office at 413-586-8600.

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Lanesborough OKs Open Space Plan, Short-Term Rental Forms

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
02:43PM / Friday, June 26, 2026

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday set fees for short-term rentals and adopted an Open Space and Recreation Plan.

Town Administrator Gina Dario discussed the draft for STR registration and certificate of inspection since the new bylaws were passed at the annual town meeting.

The draft shows the process to file for inspection through Permit Eyes, the town's online permitting system that includes the state building code and safety requirements. Dario said members of the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals and the building commissioner looked at other town models to come up with the best process for registration.

Inspections will be annually for non-owner occupied units and five years for owner-occupied. The inspection fee is a flat $50. The last suggestion discussed was the posting requirements for key information.

Dario said they looked at about four other communities on how they used non-sensitive information on owner contacts. Chair Deborah Maynard motioned to have the information posted both inside and out to help with law enforcement if needed.

"I'm going to make a motion that we put that relevant information not only on the inside of the short-term rental but on the outside, so if the police need to respond, ambulance needs to respond, fire especially needs to respond, all that information is there, nobody has to go searching for it," she said. "If push comes to shove, and it's a matter of minutes, that's going to make a big, a big difference in the outcome of the incident."

The board then heard a presentation from Berkshire Regional Planning Commission's community planner Andrew McKeever and Open Space and Recreation Committee Vice Chair Mark Hawthorne.

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