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Biography

Perlmutter was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in 1931, the son of Abe and Dora Perlmutter.⁴ His father was a general contractor⁵ and he was and was raised on the west side of Denver⁶ where he graduated from West High School.⁷ 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.⁸ 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 him⁹¹⁰ and together founded Perl-Mack Enterprises.¹¹ His brother-in-law, Bill Morrison, would later join the firm.¹² 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).¹³¹⁴ Perl-Mack Enterprises built over 22,000 single and multi-family homes throughout the Denver metropolitan area¹⁵¹⁶ as well Northglenn Mall, Southglenn Mall, and Southwest Plaza.¹⁷¹⁸ In 1983, Perl-Mack was dissolved and he went into business with his sons, Jay, and founded Jordon Perlmutter & Co.¹⁹ Later his son-in-law, Shell D. Cook, and son Jonathan would join the company.²⁰

Philanthropy and boardships

In 2009, Perlmutter was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame for his contributions to the Colorado real estate community.²¹²² He served as a trustee at the University of Denver from 1991 to 2006.²³²⁴ 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 1992.²⁵²⁶ Perlmutter has served on the boards of directors of the Rose Medical Center and the Anti-Defamation League Executive Committee.²⁷

Personal life

In 1953, Perlmutter married Essie Lou Goldberg;²⁸ they had four children: Jay Perlmutter; Jonathan Perlmutter; Lisa Perlmutter Cook; and Vicki Perlmutter Dansky.²⁹³⁰ Services were held at the Hebrew Educational Alliance; he is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery.³¹ His nephew is U.S. congressman Ed Perlmutter.³²

References

1. Denver Post: "Pioneering Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at age 84" October 17, 2011 http://www.denverpost.com/2015/12/07/pioneering-denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-age-84/ ↩

2. Denver Business Journal: "Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at 84 (Video)" by Molly Armbrister December 7, 2015 http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/real_deals/2015/12/denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-84.html ↩

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6. Denver Post: "Pioneering Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at age 84" October 17, 2011 http://www.denverpost.com/2015/12/07/pioneering-denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-age-84/ ↩

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9. Denver Post: "Pioneering Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at age 84" October 17, 2011 http://www.denverpost.com/2015/12/07/pioneering-denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-age-84/ ↩

10. Denver Post: "Builder Primack left footprint in Denver area" By Virginia Culver February 8, 2010 http://www.denverpost.com/2010/02/08/builder-primack-left-footprint-in-denver-area/ ↩

11. Denver Post: "Pioneering Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at age 84" October 17, 2011 http://www.denverpost.com/2015/12/07/pioneering-denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-age-84/ ↩

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20. Denver Post: "Pioneering Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at age 84" October 17, 2011 http://www.denverpost.com/2015/12/07/pioneering-denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-age-84/ ↩

21. Denver Post: "Pioneering Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at age 84" October 17, 2011 http://www.denverpost.com/2015/12/07/pioneering-denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-age-84/ ↩

22. Denver Business Journal: "Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at 84 (Video)" by Molly Armbrister December 7, 2015 http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/real_deals/2015/12/denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-84.html ↩

23. Denver Post: "Pioneering Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at age 84" October 17, 2011 http://www.denverpost.com/2015/12/07/pioneering-denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-age-84/ ↩

24. Denver Business Journal: "Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at 84 (Video)" by Molly Armbrister December 7, 2015 http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/real_deals/2015/12/denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-84.html ↩

25. Denver Post: "Pioneering Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at age 84" October 17, 2011 http://www.denverpost.com/2015/12/07/pioneering-denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-age-84/ ↩

26. Denver Business Journal: "Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at 84 (Video)" by Molly Armbrister December 7, 2015 http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/real_deals/2015/12/denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-84.html ↩

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29. Denver Post: "Pioneering Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at age 84" October 17, 2011 http://www.denverpost.com/2015/12/07/pioneering-denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-age-84/ ↩

30. 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 http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16079coll32/id/111080 ↩

31. Denver Post: "Pioneering Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at age 84" October 17, 2011 http://www.denverpost.com/2015/12/07/pioneering-denver-developer-jordon-perlmutter-dies-at-age-84/ ↩

32. Westminster Window: "Longtime businessman Jordan Perlmutter helped develop Northglenn area" by Corrie Sahling December 14, 2015 http://westminsterwindow.com/stories/Jordan-Perlmutter-remembered-for-living-life-to-fullest,203703 ↩