South Jordan Names Gardner Group and Arbor Commercial Corporate Citizens of the Year

SOUTH JORDAN, UT—South Jordan City is pleased to present Gardner Group and Arbor Commercial with the 2024 South Jordan Corporate Citizen Award.

South Jordan City presents the Corporate Citizen Award annually to a business that has been an active partner within the community. The City recognizes the importance of its relationship with the business community and appreciates the contribution made by companies that took a chance and pioneered their business venture within the City.

Gardner Group is a full-service commercial real estate development and management company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, with offices in Boise, ID, and Henderson, NV. Gardner Group has developed over 30 million square feet of commercial properties spanning retail centers, multi-family residential, office, industrial, medical campuses, and senior living.

Arbor Commercial, also a full-service commercial and residential real estate development and management company, is headquartered in South Jordan, Utah, and has developed more than 23 million square feet of office, industrial, and retail space, as well as almost 3,000 residential lots and homes. Arbor has worked with major tenants, including Kennecott Copper Corporation, Packard Bell, Smith's Food, Petco, Applebee's, Albertsons, Dollar Tree, Carl's Jr, Walgreens, and Lowe's. Arbor is also proud to strongly support local privately owned businesses.

"It is difficult to express the magnitude of impact these businesses have had on South Jordan," said Dawn Ramsey, Mayor of South Jordan. "Both Arbor Commercial and Gardner Group have invested a lot of time and money into our City, contributions that make our city more desirable to live in and stronger economically, and for that, we are immensely grateful."

In South Jordan, Arbor Commercial and Gardner Group have developed (along with The Boyer Company) South Jordan's Towne Center (10600 S. Redwood Road), South Jordan Marketplace (10400 S. Redwood Road), and the District (3800 W. 11400 S.). Arbor Commercial and the Gardner Group also developed Hidden Village (1200 W. 10300 S.), which included developing a City Park – the Samuel E. Holt Farmstead; Village at Riverwalk (800 W. 10300 S.), and Oak Hills (10300 S. 1000 W.). The Gardner Group also developed Vida at Daybreak (11321 S Grandville Ave.).  Arbor Commercial also developed The Arbors (10600 S. Beckstead Lane.), and Groves (11600 S. 1300 W.) and is in the development of SoJo Center (along with Doug Young at 10900 S. Grandville Ave.)

The City of South Jordan has presented the South Jordan Corporate Citizens Award to a select group of companies since 2010. Past recipients include: 2010 recipient, Fred Lampropolous, Merit Medical; 2011 recipient, Dr. Dan Fischer, Ultradent; 2012 recipient, Don Whyte, Rio Tinto; 2013 recipient, Sam's Club, South Jordan; 2014 recipient, The Boyer Company; 2015 recipient, Jerry Seiner, and the Jerry Seiner Auto Group; 2016 recipient, Harmons Neighborhood Grocer; 2017 recipient, Bryan Synan, and Gordmans; 2018 recipient, Becky Pickle, and Chick-fil-A; 2019 recipient RiverPark Development Group; 2020 recipient University of Utah South Jordan Health Center; 2021 recipient Roseman University, 2022 recipient Ivory Homes, and 2023 recipient Doug Young.

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South Jordan is proud to be WalletHub’s 2nd Best City for Access to Resources and the 22nd Best Place Overall in America for 2018. We are honored to be chosen by USA Today as one of the Top 50 Best Cities in America to Live In in 2017, with the highest ranking of any city in the state, and to have South Jordan’s Daybreak Community named the Best Place in America to Retire, by Where to Retire Magazine.