NBT Bank Eyeing North Street Location

By Andy McKeeveriBerkshires Staff
09:10AM / Tuesday, November 12, 2013Print Story | Email Story

The former Berkshire Loan and Trust Company building, across from the Beacon Cinema, could soon be home to a NBT Bank branch.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — NBT Bank is eyeing a North Street building for its second branch in the city.

NBT has filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the currency to open a location at 54 North St., known as the Berkshire Loan and Trust building.

A spokeswoman for the company confirmed that the bank is seeking a branch on that location but did not elaborate on the plans.

"We've started the process. At this point we're moving ahead with the planning process," Florance Doller said. "We're expecting to hear something from them by the end of the year."

The property is owned by Allegrone Real Estate and the bank would be leasing space from them. Internally, Doller said the company is planning the details of the branch and its operations while they wait for the approval from the OCC.

NBT first came to the county with the purchase of four former Legacy Banks in 2011 as part of a divestment of Berkshire Hills Bancorp in the merger with Berkshire Bank. In 2012, NBT opened the former Legacy branch in Lenox.

The North Street location will be the sixth in Berkshire County and second in Pittsfield. There are branches currently open in North Adams, Pittsfield, Lee, Lenox and Great Barrington.

Doller said the details of the operations will be revealed once the planning and approval process is completed.

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Pittsfield Cannabis Cultivator Plans Dispensary

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
12:57PM / Friday, December 26, 2025

PITTSFIELD. Mass. — A cannabis cultivator and manufacturer has opted to sell its products on site in Downing Parkway.

The Zoning Board of Appeals this month approved a special permit for J-B.A.M. Inc. to operate a dispensary out of its existing grow facility. There will only be changes to the interior of 71 Downing Parkway, as there will be less than 500 square feet of retail space in the 20,000-square-foot building.

"My only concern would be the impact, and really would be traffic, which I don't think is excessive, the odor, if there was one, but that doesn't seem to be an issue, and I think it's a good location for a marijuana facility," board member Thomas Goggins said.

The company's indoor cultivation site plan was approved in 2019, an amendment to add manufacturing and processing in 2021, and on the prior day, a new site plan to add a retail dispensary was approved by the Community Development Board.

J-B.A.M. cannabis products are available in local dispensaries.

The interior of the facility will be divided to accommodate an enclosed check-in area, front entrance, retail lobby, secure storage room, offices, and two bathrooms. There are 27 parking spaces for the facility, which is sufficient for the use.

No medical or recreational cannabis uses are permitted within 500 feet of a school or daycare, a setback that is met, and the space is within an industrial park at the end of a cul-de-sac.

"The applicant desires the restructuring of the business to be more competitive in the industry with the ability to grow and sell their own cannabis products so they have more financial stability," Chair Albert Ingegni III, read from the application.

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