Perlmutter, Jordon
Biography
Jordon Perlmutter was born in 1931 to immigrant parents and died in Denver on December 7, 2015. He was a Denver builder, real estate developer, and property manager. In 1951, he founded Perl-Mack Enterprises with his cousin Sam Primack. Perl Mack introduced the concept of planned communities in Denver in Northglenn, Southglenn and Montbello. In the 1983 Perl-Mack was dissolved and Jordon and his eldest son Jay founded Perlmutter and Company. Jordon Perlmutter was a trustee of the University of Denver for 15 years. He married Essie Lou Goldberg in 1953. Both Jordon and Essie grew up on Denver's west side and both served on many boards of directors.
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
Box 11, 1962-1994
Contains material on Southglenn, Southwest Plaza, Southeast Plaza, the Meadows, Bowles Crossing and Southwest Autopark. Includes brochures, newspaper articles, information on the planning commission, articles, photographs of Southglenn Plaza opening, correspondence and a cassette tape of Planning Commission hearing on March 14, 1988.
Box 12, 1964-1984
Box contains two scrapbooks with clippings, advertisements, and correspondence. One scrapbook is from 1964-1968 and the other is from 1982-1984.
Box 12, 1995
Box 13, 1991-2005
Box contains a scrapbook on Shalom Park and the Grand Opening (1991-1995) and two articles about Jordon Perlmutter and Beth Israel at Shalom Park (1996, 2005.)
Box 13: Scrapbooks, 1985-1988
Box contains four files with scrapbook materials, primarily advertisements: 1. Jordan Perlmutter and Company, Murray Commercial (1985-1988). 2. JP Corporate (1986-1988). 3. JP, Bowles Crossing (1987-1988). 4. Murray Commercial (1988-1989).
Box 14: Scrapbooks, 1984-1989
The box contains three scrapbooks with advertisements, dinner events and clippings: 1. Commercial Ads, 1984-1989. 2. Corporate, 1984-1987. 3. Commercial, 1986-1989.
Box 15: Scrapbook, Clippings, Poster, 1948-1984
Box contains two scrapbooks and loose pages with photographs, event materials, clippings, and business articles. There is also a folder with two posters, one of an enlargement of a page from West's "Rodeo" Athlete of the week article and a poster of the John F. Kennedy Peace Forest in Israel.
Box 16
Contains photographs of construction sites, photograph of William Morrison and Jonathan Perlmutter at the Bonanza groundbreaking; Abe Pulmutter receiving an award; Jordon and Abe Perlmutter, Jordon and Abe Perlmutter cutting a ribbon at Northglenn mall opening; and Jordon and Jay Perlmutter in front of Grant Ranch planning map.
Box 17
Box contains photographs, proofs, and slides of construction sites and photographs of events.
Box 18, after 1983-
Box contains sign for Jordon Perlmutter and Company, the back and letters for the sign.