His property development career originally began in 1984, when Gary purchased and refurbished his first property, Kane Gardens. Six apartments in a Victorian house purchased with funds raised from running his own door-to-door potato round, along with additional funding.
Having faced challenges along the way and endured the 1991 market crash, Gary went on to successfully develop over 800 properties including land, factories, industrial mills, houses and luxury apartments.
In 2007 Gary then sold his property portfolio for 85 million.