James Lambert

James Lambert is a real estate professional with extensive experience negotiating lease transactions and advising multi-location businesses on portfolio strategy, site decisions, and lease negotiations. Over the course of his career, he has worked with national retailers and growing regional brands to evaluate location performance, structure lease agreements, and manage renewal and termination decisions across expanding portfolios.

James has held real estate leadership roles supporting companies including Starbucks, Old Navy, Advance Auto Parts, and Amazon, where he worked on store development, lease negotiations, and portfolio management across multiple markets. In these environments he was responsible for negotiating lease renewals, executing new store leases, and structuring buyouts and terminations in support of broader operational and financial goals.

Throughout his career, James has negotiated hundreds of lease renewals and completed numerous new store transactions and acquisitions across regional and national portfolios. His work has required close collaboration with operations leaders, finance teams, and development executives to ensure real estate decisions aligned with growth strategy, capital priorities, and market conditions.

A consistent focus of James’s work has been helping companies bring structure to real estate decisions. As portfolios grow, renewal volume increases and decision timelines often compress, forcing organizations to negotiate under pressure. James has helped clients organize renewal calendars, identify options earlier in the process, and approach negotiations with clearer information and stronger leverage.

In addition to direct lease negotiations, James has experience coordinating real estate activity across multiple markets and brokerage relationships. Having worked in environments where several brokerage firms operate simultaneously across a portfolio, he understands the importance of consistent assumptions, clear reporting, and disciplined decision making.