“The city of Pittsfield is getting ready to welcome Boston-based home furnishings retailer Wayfair to its neighborhood in the Clock Tower Business Plaza. Local leaders say this will help drive economic growth in the area.
Wayfair is set to open its new call center on Thursday, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, welcoming about 300 new jobs to the area.
City of Pittsfield Business Development Manager Mike Coakley says about a year ago the city got word Wayfair was looking for about 50,000 square feet for a call center, so the city put in a proposal.
“They narrowed it down to two choices — the Clock Tower or a new building over the William Stanley Business Park, and they decided to come to the Clock Tower building here,” Coakley said. “The state put together a nice program to bring 3,300 jobs to the state of Massachusetts, 3,000 to Boston, and 300 to Pittsfield. And 300 jobs coming to Pittsfield is a huge deal for our city.”
While many communities in the Berkshires are suffering from stagnant job growth, but great growth in tourism, 1Berkshire President and CEO Jonathan Butler says the addition of Wayfair helps diverse the area’s economy in a big way.”
What’s Next for the City of Pittsfield? Wayfair was published October 9, 2019 on Spectrum News.
