Jordon Perlmutter

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Jordon Perlmutter
Born1931
Died2015 (age 84)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationReal estate developer
SpouseEssie Lou Goldberg
ChildrenLisa Perlmutter, Jay Perlmutter, Vicki Perlmutter, Jonathan Perlmutter

Jordon Perlmutter (1931-2015) was an American real estate developer. [1] [2] [3]

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Biography

Perlmutter was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in 1931, the son of Abe and Dora Perlmutter. [3] His father was a general contractor [1] and he was and was raised on the west side of Denver [1] where he graduated from West High School. [3] He attended the University of Denver on an athletic scholarship but was forced to cut his studies short to serve in the U.S. Coast Guard during the Korean War. [1] After his service, Perlmutter and his cousin, Samuel Primack, constructed a single family home in Denver in 1952 on a lot that his father had given him [1] [4] and together founded Perl-Mack Enterprises. [1] His brother-in-law, Bill Morrison, would later join the firm. [3] Perl-Mack introduced the concept of planned communities to Denver with the 1959 construction of the 6,000 home Northglenn development, and later Montbello (1965) and Southglenn (now part of Centennial, Colorado). [1] [2] Perl-Mack Enterprises built over 22,000 single and multi-family homes throughout the Denver metropolitan area [1] [3] as well Northglenn Mall, Southglenn Mall, and Southwest Plaza. [1] [3] In 1983, Perl-Mack was dissolved and he went into business with his sons, Jay, and founded Jordon Perlmutter & Co. [1] Later his son-in-law, Shell D. Cook, and son Jonathan would join the company. [1]

Philanthropy and boardships

In 2009, Perlmutter was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame for his contributions to the Colorado real estate community. [1] [2] He served as a trustee at the University of Denver from 1991 to 2006. [1] [2] He served on the board of directors on Shalom Cares, a Jewish not-for-profit nursing home and retirement community in Aurora that he had helped to build in 1992. [1] [2] Perlmutter has served on the boards of directors of the Rose Medical Center and the Anti-Defamation League Executive Committee. [3]

Personal life

In 1953, Perlmutter married Essie Lou Goldberg; [3] they had four children: Jay Perlmutter; Jonathan Perlmutter; Lisa Perlmutter Cook; and Vicki Perlmutter Dansky. [1] [5] Services were held at the Hebrew Educational Alliance; he was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery. [1] His nephew is U.S. congressman Ed Perlmutter. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Denver Post: "Pioneering Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at age 84" October 17, 2011
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Denver Business Journal: "Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at 84 (Video)" by Molly Armbrister December 7, 2015
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Colorado Business Hall of Fame: "Jordon Perlmutter" retrieved May 6, 2017
  4. Denver Post: "Builder Primack left footprint in Denver area" By Virginia Culver February 8, 2010
  5. Denver Digital Library: "Essie Perlmutter, center, at her home in Denver on August 31, 2006, surrounded by her daughters, Lisa Cook Perlmutter, far left, and Vicki Perlmutter Dansky, left, and her daughters-in-law on the right, Lisa Klein Perlmutter, next to her, and at the far right is Lisa Wolf Perlmutter" retrieved May 7, 2017
  6. Westminster Window: "Longtime businessman Jordan Perlmutter helped develop Northglenn area" by Corrie Sahling December 14, 2015