Some 20 years ago, Bob Stark, the founder and chairman of Cleveland- based Stark Enterprises had a bold idea. Major corporations have moved their headquarters to Cleveland's western suburbs, but they couldn't move the city. Bob had the idea to fill the downtown social and shopping void with the visionary mixed-use development of Crocker Park, where residents live in apartments atop tenants the likes of Apple, L.L. Bean, Coach, The Cheesecake Factory, H&M, Macy’s Lululemon, Nordstrom Rack, Vera Bradley, Arhaus, and more than 30 restaurants.

Chain Store Age spoke with Bob and his son Ezra , the current CEO of Stark Enterprises, of how Westlake, Ohio's Crocker Park came to be.

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