Business Briefs

Northwestern Mutual, in partnership with gener8tor, has announced the addition of five tech startups to its Black Founder Accelerator program, including PruuvnTM, led by Founder and CEO Bryan Hobbs. PruuvnTM is an Atlanta-based credentialing and data trust company that leverages blockchain technology to develop tools to empower the gig economy. The Black Founder Accelerator program provides promising Black entrepreneurs’ startups with a $100,000 investment, a 12-week business training program and access to venture capital partners and Northwestern Mutual mentors. Other startups added to the program are Xcellent Life of Lexington, Tn., PageDip of Boulder, Co., SnapRefund and Stimulus, both based in Philadelphia, Pa. Find out more about PruuvnTM at pruuvn.com.

Selig Enterprises has completed 500

Chattahoochee

Row, the 70,000-squarefoot adaptive reuse office building at The Works on the Upper Westside The office building, designed by Square Feet Studios and constructed by Dakota Contractors, was originally a 1950s-era warehouse but has been reimagined as flexible office space. MacDermid Graphic Solutions, an Atlanta-based flexographic and printing solutions company, has already relocated to the building, occupying 45,000 square feet. Selig also signed Bread N Butter Content Studio, which will move into a 6,160-square-foot space later this year. 500 Chattahoochee Row is the second office building at The Works. Other office tenants on the property include postproduction company Uppercut; biopharmaceutical communications firm Conisus; and entertainment company iHeart Media. The Bread N Butter lease brings the total office space leased within phase one of The Works to 75%. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has ranked among the nation’s top pediatric hospitals for 2022-2023 on the U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals list. Four of Children’s Healthcare specialties were ranked in the top 10: the Cancer, Gastroenterology and GI Surgery, Nephrology, and Urology programs. Another four specialties were ranked in the top 20: the Orthopaedics, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Pulmonary and Lung Surgery, and Cardiology and Heart Surgery programs. The report ranks hospitals for excellence in outcomes, program structure and national reputation in 10 pediatric specialty areas. Go to usnews.com/childrenshospitals for details.

◄The Council for Quality Growth will honor Carol Tomé, Chief Executive Officer of United Parcel Service, with its 33rd annual Four Pillar Award. The award recognizes an outstanding individual who demonstrates the ‘Four Pillars’ of leadership – Quality, Responsibility, Vision and Integrity – and exemplifies the Council’s mission of promoting balanced and responsible growth. Tomé will be presented with the award on October 20 at the Georgia World Congress Center. “I’m honored to receive the 2022 Four Pillar Tribute and accept it on behalf of 534,000 UPS-ers, who move our world forward by delivering what matters,” said Tomé. More info at fourpillartribute.com.

Ponce City Market development firm Jamestown is renovating a former warehouse complex at 1435 Hills Place on the Upper Westside into a creative office and lab space called Allied Studios. According to Urbanize Atlanta, Jamestown has signed Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, for a 180,000 square foot space in the development. Allied Studios consists of four buildings (including one on Chattahoochee Avenue) spread across 11 acres with about 224,000 square feet total. Anduril plans to invest $60 million in a new manufacturing and research facility at Allied Studios that will create more than 180 jobs over the next three years.

Ponce City Market is now home to Souk Bō’hēmian, a Black-, women- and queer-owned retail shop offering ready-to-wear fashion, home goods and handmade accessories. Founded as an online shop in 2016 by Atlantabased best friends and business partners Morgan-Ashley Bryant and Vanessa Coore Vernon, Souk Bō’hēmian’s first brick-and-mortar location aims to introduce new and different cultures to the Atlanta community. The store is located on the second floor of the Central Food Hall. Check it out at soukbohemian.com.