The Utah Chapter of CCIM announced that Clark Ivory has been named the 2022 Excellence Awards Hall of Fame recipient. Held annually, and celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year, the Excellence Awards honors professionals within Utah’s commercial real estate industry who exemplify the highest degree of business excellence. The event recognizes individuals spanning more than 15 specialties within the industry, the pinnacle award being the Hall of Fame, which highlights an institution or individual that has had a dramatic and valuable impact on the Utah commercial real estate market. The full list of award recipients will be announced at an event held at the Grand America Hotel on Saturday, May 14, 2022. This year’s event theme is Ascending to New Heights.

This year's Hall of Fame recipient, Clark Ivory, is the CEO of Ivory Homes—Utah’s number one residential builder for the past 34 years. Since 1988, Ivory Homes has led the Utah market and was recently recognized as the 2021 National Homebuilder of the Year by ProBuilder media. Clark Ivory is engaged in several initiatives to help build our community and industry; under his leadership Ivory Homes has diversified the company's product offering, completing more than 26,000 single-family homes, townhomes, and apartments.

Clark and his wife Christine have also committed to helping the next generation of industry professionals through their support of the Ivory-Boyer Real Estate Center at the University of Utah; various construction and trade programs throughout the state; and sponsoring Hack-A-House, a 24-hour entrepreneurial hack-a-thon focused on housing affordability. Most recently, Clark and Christine established the Ivory Innovations Operating Foundation, which will take best practices from across the country to build innovative, affordable housing in Utah.

“As our community has faced increasing pressure from rising housing costs, Clark and his wife Christine have put his company, foundation, and civic resources to work to bring innovation and greater affordability to Utah,” commented Wes Christensen, CCIM Utah Excellence Awards Chair. “These efforts include reserving over 500 homes for Utah's critical workforce, helping establish the Utah Housing Preservation Fund to preserve our community's most affordable housing, and establishing the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability; a national prize that sheds light on the most innovative ideas for housing affordability. Tremendous accomplishments that are filling a crucial need in today’s housing market, and accomplishments which led us to selecting Clark as this year’s Hall of Fame recipient.”

For more information about the Excellence Awards, visit: https://www.utahccimchapter.com/excellence-awards