Gary Clarke is an experienced real estate attorney who concentrates his practice in commercial real estate development and transactions, with an emphasis on site acquisition and disposition, land use approvals and permitting, construction and leasing matters. Gary has provided real estate transactional counsel to clients in the higher education, health care, multi-family residential, office, retail, hospitality and restaurant industries around the country and has assisted clients with major mixed-use developments and other large construction projects. His experience with commercial real estate transactions consists of acquisitions, dispositions and leases for uses including student housing, hotels, shopping centers, health care centers and office buildings. He also advises clients on zoning and land use matters and has obtained zoning and land use approvals for a wide variety of clients and project types, including casinos, stadiums, mixed-use residential developments, office buildings, schools and restaurants.

Prior to joining Polsinelli, Gary served as in-house real estate counsel for a high-growth startup and a national retail landlord. First, he joined a venture-backed retail business where he led the rapid growth of the business's national real estate portfolio. Second, he joined a private equity-backed national retail landlord where he negotiated leases, condominium declarations, commercial contracts, land use and title issues and managed legal operations.

Gary is a former U.S. Navy surface warfare officer and has participated in numerous U.S. Navy, joint service and multi-national operations over two wartime deployments.