Robert L. Stark (born 1951) is an American real estate developer and founder and chief executive officer of Stark Enterprises.

Biography

Born to a

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familyArutz Sheva: "Real Estate Developer Robert Stark Joins Yehudah Katz on New CD - Developer Bob Stark is back in Israel not just for real estate, but also to promote his new album with Yehudah Katz of Reva L'Sheva fame" By Ben Bresky
March 17, 2011 in

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, Stark is a graduate of

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(1969), the

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(B.A. 1975), and

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(J.D. 1978).Stark Enterprises: About US - Robert Stark
retrieved August 22, 2015 He is a member of the Ohio Bar.Cleveland State University School of Urban Affairs: "ROBERT L. STARK - President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert L. Stark Enterprises"
retrieved August 22, 2015 He started developing real estate in 1974. In 1990, he developed the Promenade of Westlake, one of the first strip malls that featured upscale tenants, expensive finishes, and a $1 million landscaped center.
2003 In 2004, he developed the $450 million Crocker Park in

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which mixes residential apartments with retail stores, restaurants and parks. Crocker Park was modeled on

Mizner Park Mizner Park is a high-end shopping, residential, and entertainment district located in the affluent downtown neighborhood of Boca Raton, FL. The district consists of a collection of high-end shops and restaurants with luxury apartments built in a ...

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. He also redeveloped the Strip in

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(which relocated the center of real estate activity from the downtown to the suburbs) and Eton Chagrin Boulevard (formerly Eton on Chagrin) in

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. In 2010, Stark approached singer-songwriter Yehudah Katz to reinterpret and record some poetry he had written. This resulted in an album called ''Biladecha Lo Avo'' ("I'm Not Going Without You"). Produced by Gilad Vital of Shotei Hanevuah, the album received positive reviews and airplay in Israel and was played on

El Al El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (, he, אל על נתיבי אויר לישראל בע״מ), trading as El Al (Hebrew: , "Upwards", "To the Skies" or "Skywards", stylized as ELAL; ar, إل-عال), is the flag carrier of Israel. Since its inaugural ...

flights. In November 2014, Stark proposed to build a $300 million, 54-story 650-foot office, entertainment, residential, retail, and hotel complex that will be located in downtown

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District named

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. He purchased the land in September 2014 for $26 million. The project won unanimous approval from the Cleveland Planning Commission in November 2014. The tower would be the 4th tallest building in the city. Stark also invests real estate and donates to charities in Israel. He headed an investor group that invested over $3 billion in a new university town in

Safed Safed (known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardi Hebrew, Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation, Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), i ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

that included a medical school affiliated with

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...

.Jewish Telegraph Agency: "American real estate mogul will build a university town near Safed, including a medical school"
December 17, 2007 In October 2011, Israel's fifth medical school opened in Safed, housed in a renovated historic building in the center of town that was once a branch of

Hadassah Hospital Hadassah Medical Center ( he, הָמֶרְכָּז הָרְפוּאִי הֲדַסָּה) is an Israeli medical organization established in 1934 that operates two university hospitals in Jerusalem – one in Ein Karem and one in Mount Scopus –, ...

.Haaretz: "New medical school opened in Safed" by Lior Dattel
October 30, 2011

Personal life

Stark is married and has four children. He practices

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. He is a past president of Fuchs Mizrachi School, the founder of the Safed Foundation, and a vice president of Young Israel of Cleveland. he has 13 grandchildren

References

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