Two here are ‘best’ employers
TWO LOCAL EMPLOYERS — St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Baker Donelson law firm — are included in Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” rankings.
Released Thursday, the rankings had St. Jude at No. 39 in the nation, a move up from its No. 80 status in the last survey.
Baker Donelson is No. 54; it had been No. 50.
The two employers are the only ones that made the list in Tennessee. Mississippi had one employer on the list: American Fidelity Assurance, of Jackson. Arkansas did not have any.
Explaining what makes the organizations so great to work for, the article states of St. Jude: “No family, regardless of income, pays anything out of pocket for care at this prestigious Southern nonprofit. Employees take pride in that — and enjoy a wide range of perks including a company garden and subsidized tuition.”
The research hospital employs 3,580, according to Fortune.
Of Baker Donelson, the article states: “Employees rave about the caring atmosphere at this Southern law firm. One hourly clerk wrote that if the entire Baker Donelson staff were on the Titanic, managers would have dived in to save the staff.”
The law firm says it employs 1,142.
Pleasant View sold
The 252-unit Pleasant View Apartments at 3158 Steele in Frayser — formerly called Overlook Apartments — have been sold for $1.68 million.
Steve Woodyard of Woodyard Realty Corp. represented both the buyer, WI Memphis LLC, and the seller, Maclellan Foundation.
“The new owner has an excellent track record of successful local apartment communities and is looking forward to bringing back the pride of ownership in that community and empowering its residents,” Woodyard said.
His firm has helped WI Memphis LLC acquire more than 750 units in the Memphis area.
CBS features local firm
The next episode of the CBS reality series “Undercover Boss” will feature a segment on The Grounds Guys, a company specializing in commercial and estate residential landscape management services that has a franchise in Germantown.
The show, which airs at 7 p.m. on Sunday on WREG-TV Channel 3, features Dina Dwyer-owens, chairwoman of The Dwyer Group, going undercover to mingle with employees. The Grounds Guys is one of several Dwyer Group companies featured.
Done deals
Associated Pharmacies Inc. has purchased a 60,000-squarefoot warehouse at 5375 Mineral Wells for $1.2 million. Hank Martin and Elliot Embry of NAI Saig Company represented the seller, Renasant Bank. Patrick Burke of CB Richard Ellis Memphis represented the buyer.
The Sherwin-williams Company has signed a sevenyear lease, with two, five-year extended term options, for 3,840 square feet of retail space at 9931 U.S. 64 in Arlington. The landlord is American Properties Company. Jeff Waddell of the Crye-leike Arlington office was the leasing agent.