Jamie Moorhead has lived in Lake Forest for two years and is a solo practitioner in the field of commercial real estate law. He and his wife, Mary Gould, have two children, a boy, Woods, 7 and a daughter, Mary Bremer, 5. He enjoys running, skiing and cycling.
Q: What do you enjoy about your work?
A: I primarily represent tenants and landlords in lease negotiations, and I really enjoy working alongside them and helping their businesses grow.
Q: How did you get interested in this line of work?
A: I always had an interest in land and that proved to be a natural connection to real estate.
Q: How has the business changed, especially given the real estate crash approximately 10 years ago???
A: The recession lasted for about five years, but then it has come back. The newest issue out there, particularly among real estate tenants, is Amazon. A lot of attention in 2018 will be focused on retailers being strategic in their store operations.
Q: Do you think there will be still be shopping malls in 10 years???
A: The marketplace has been around for more than 5,000 years, from the Greek cities and before. People are always going to have a desire to get out and be around other people. The idea of the enclosed shopping mall will probably disappear, but people will always have a need for a marketplace. Retail will have to evolve to address (their) changing shopping patterns.
Q: Where would you like to ski one day that you never have?
A: I would love to go to Jackson Hole, Wyo., because my wife used to live there and has always told me how great it is.
Q: Where would you like to do some bicycling?
A: I would love to be on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on the last day of the Tour de France, and then I would like to cycle in the Swiss Alps.
Daniel I. Dorfman is a freelancer for Pioneer Press.
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