South Jordan City has honored two local businesses with its annual Corporate Citizens of the Year award. The Gardner Group, a commercial real estate development and management company headquartered in Salt Lake City, and Arbor Commercial, also a commercial and residential real estate development and management company headquartered in South Jordan, were recipients of this year’s awards.

The awards have been presented for the past 15 years as South Jordan 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,” according to a release from the city.

The 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 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. 

"It is difficult to express the magnitude of impact these businesses have had on South Jordan," Mayor Dawn Ramsey said. "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."

Within South Jordan, the two companies 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 South). Arbor Commercial and the Gardner Group also developed Hidden Village (1200 W. 10300 South), which included developing a city park – the Samuel E. Holt Farmstead; Village at Riverwalk (800 W. 10300 South) and Oak Hills (10300 S. 1000 West). 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 West) and is currently working on the development of SoJo Center (along with Doug Young at 10900 S. Grandville Ave.).

This annual award has been presented to a number of companies since its inaugural honor in 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. λ