Firm hands out $10 million in holiday bonuses
Founder of US real estate firm says amount of money that each gets is based on tenure
Baltimore: A commercial real estate developer is handing out a total of $10 million (Dh36 million) in bonuses to its 198 employees.
WTOP reported Monday that Baltimore-based St. John Properties announced the bonuses at the company's holiday party.
Edward St. John, the founder and chairman of the company, said the amount of money that each employee gets is based on tenure. The average bonus was $50,000, but some employees will get upward of $250,000.
The company has employees throughout Maryland and northern Virginia. The bonuses celebrate the company's achievement of developing 20 million square feet of office space, retail and warehouses. That real estate is spread out over eight states.
Edward St. John said that he is "thankful for every one of our employees for their hard work and dedication. I couldn't think of a better way to show it.''
The company was founded in 1971. It has retail and warehouse space in Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wisconsin.