Stark grew up in a real estate family and did his first real estate deal – developing a small row of shops in Mayfield Heights, Ohio – while he was in law school in 1978. Over the last 35 years, Stark has created one of the largest, most respected real estate development companies in Northeast Ohio. Stark is the creative force and the primary driver behind all of the Company’s projects –from strip centers, to power centers to vertically integrated mixed-use developments. He was the visionary on two of the Company’s highest profile, nationally-recognized, award winning developments: Crocker Park and Eton Chagrin Boulevard. Case Western Reserve University School of Law, JD, 1978 University of Rochester, BA. English Literature 1973 Hawken School, 1969