Yes. Manufacturing takes up more of that park than any other industry, and ERP, integrations and rebuilds of old shop systems are core work for us. We host what we build on LTFI.
Software for Chelmsford, where Route 3 crosses 495
Route 3 and I-495
Does Kief Studio work in Chelmsford? Yes.
Chelmsford's main employment center is the Cross Roads at Route 129, the business park bordered by Route 3 and I-495. A 2019 study the town commissioned counts about 5,000 jobs on its 623 acres, roughly 30% of all employment in Chelmsford, and manufacturing fills more of its floor space than any other industry. Kief Studio builds and hosts software for companies like those from Shrewsbury, and the lead offer is managed hosting on LTFI.
The same study is blunt about the buildings: 77% went up before 1990, and office space in the park was 28% vacant. Computer and electronics makers, plastics plants and machinery shops are the biggest tenants, and a shop that has been in the park for decades often runs on software of the same vintage. We rebuild that system, connect it to the tools the floor already uses, and keep it running.
Farther up Route 3, the Chelmsford Street and Drum Hill Road interchanges are the retail side of town. A store or service business there usually needs a fast site that shows up in search before it needs an ERP, and we host and run that as well.
Kief Studio, Shrewsbury, MA 01545. [email protected]
Working in Chelmsford from Shrewsbury
- The 623-acre Cross Roads at Route 129 Business Park is bordered by and reached from US Route 3 to the east and I-495 to the north. Its approximately 5,000 jobs account for about 30% of total employment in Chelmsford. Source: Chelmsford Cross Roads at Route 129: Repositioning a Suburban Office Park for a New Era, May 2019 (Town of Chelmsford with MassDevelopment)
- Manufacturing occupies the most floor area in the park, 44% of occupied space, led by computer and electronic product, plastics and machinery manufacturing. 77% of its commercial buildings were built before 1990, and office vacancy stood at 28%. Source: Chelmsford Cross Roads at Route 129: Repositioning a Suburban Office Park for a New Era, May 2019 (Town of Chelmsford with MassDevelopment)
- The study names four target industry clusters for the park: advanced manufacturing, information technology, professional and technical services, and life sciences. Source: Chelmsford Cross Roads at Route 129: Repositioning a Suburban Office Park for a New Era, May 2019 (Town of Chelmsford with MassDevelopment)
- The town describes its Route 3 interchanges at Chelmsford Street (Route 110) and Drum Hill Road as regional retail and service areas for Greater Lowell and its largest commercially zoned and developed areas. Source: Town of Chelmsford, Request for Proposal: Real Estate Market Analysis, July 2020
- Chelmsford is one of the Northern Middlesex Council of Governments communities, with 35,488 residents in the 2020 Census. Source: Northern Middlesex Council of Governments, Our Communities
- Kief Studio is in Shrewsbury, MA 01545. We do not have an office in Chelmsford.
Who this is for
Manufacturers and technology firms in the Route 129 park, and the retailers and service businesses at Chelmsford's Route 3 interchanges, that need systems rebuilt and run by one team.
What we do for businesses in Chelmsford
ERP and operations systems
One system for the work that lives in six spreadsheets.
Legacy modernization
Replace the system everyone is afraid to touch, and keep the data.
API integration
The tools you already pay for, talking to each other.
Managed hosting on LTFI
We host what we build on dedicated infrastructure and keep it running.
Website operations
We host, write, publish, and watch the site. You run the company.
Chelmsford questions, short answers
Do you work with manufacturers in the Route 129 business park?
Is Kief Studio in Chelmsford?
No. The studio is in Shrewsbury, MA 01545. We work with Chelmsford companies from there.How do we start?
Write to [email protected] or use the contact form. The first conversation is free. No commitment.