Jordon Perlmutter

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]

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]

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]