Berkshire Mall (Massachusetts)

Berkshire Mall was a shopping mall located in Lanesborough, Massachusetts outside Pittsfield. The mall was built in 1988 and closed in 2019. It could be reached from both Route 8 and U.S. Route 7. As of 2025, the mall's one remaining tenant is the Target anchor store.

Berkshire Mall

Location	Lanesborough, Massachusetts
Address	Old State Road & Route 8
Opening date	September 1988
Closing date	May 28, 2019
Developer	The Pyramid Companies
Owner	Town of Lanesborough
No. of stores and services	75 capacity
No. of anchor tenants	1
Total retail floor area	717,900 square feet (67,000 m2) (GLA)
No. of floors	1

History

The mall opened in September 1988. The original anchor stores at the mall were Hills (later Ames), JCPenney, Sears, Service Merchandise, and local chain Steiger's. Steiger's sold its locations to Filene's (later Macy's) in 1994.^[1] Service Merchandise closed in 1999.^[2] The building was razed and replaced with Best Buy and Linens 'n Things in 2002.^[3] Ames closed in 2001, and was replaced with a Target in January 2006. An Old Navy store was added to the mall in 2000.^[4][5][6]

In 2016, Strategic Mall Services (operating as Berkshire Mall LLC) sold the mall to Kohan Retail Property Group.^[7]

On January 6, 2016, Macy's announced their anchor store would close.^[8] On March 17, 2017, JCPenney announced their anchor store would close.^[9] On November 2, 2017, Sears announced their anchor store would close.^[10]

On May 28, 2019, the mall concourse closed, leaving only Target and Regal Cinemas open.^[11] On February 1, 2022, it was reported that Regal Cinemas had closed, leaving only Target open.^[12]

In April 2023, it was reported that the owners of the property were in negotiations with new tenants who wish to convert the former mall retail space into an indoor cannabis cultivation facility.^[13] In October 2023, it was announced that these plans had been scrapped due to a slowing cannabis market, in favor of plans for a complex of 400–600 apartments for older people.^[14][15]