PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBIN SUBAR
Owner and president of Bloomfield Development Company, LLC, Jim Schueller, actively invests and develops real estate from Lincoln Park to Highland Park and has been doing so for more than 15 years. These days he travels between his gold coast and north shore projects, and his Wilmette family home. He took a break from developing to share his city and shore favorites with Sheridan Road.
What’s on the horizon? Expanding my business out of state, vacationing in the Bahamas, and spending as much time as possible with family
Mantra? Life is too short to complain about trivial things
Best grooming tip? Haircuts at Siren Salon in Lakeview
Guilty pleasure? Round of golf on a Friday afternoon
Favorite foods? Steak at Mastro’s, Graeter’s ice cream, organic strawberries from the Wilmette French Market
Music you love? Anything by The Beatles, Metallica, or Tchaikovsky
Best advice ever given to you? Attitude is everything
Best advice you’ve given? Appreciate everything
Earliest memory? Being stung by a bee at three years old
When you wake up, you? Wish I could sleep in. I’m a night owl
Before bed, you? Respond to emails, work out, and watch Netflix
What’s on your bookshelf ? Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham
You can’t live without? Notre Dame Football
Love to escape to? Four Seasons Chicago for a winter staycation
Advice you would give to your younger self ? Be more confident
ON THE SHORE
Your style is? Vineyard Vines
Can’t leave the house without? Sambazon Organic Amazon Energy Drink
Transportation? Range Rover Velar
Driving music? First three Smashing Pumpkins albums
Place to eat? Mino’s in Winnetka … the best gluten-free pasta hands down
Shop? Highland Park’s Studio 41
Best thing about the Shore? Schools
Worst thing about the Shore? The morning commute on the Edens
The perfect day is? Coaching my kids’ sports teams, golf, and family dinner in downtown Wilmette
IN THE CITY
Your style is? David Donahue button-down shirt, sport coat, and jeans
Can’t leave the house without? Coffee from Heritage
Transportation? Range Rover Velar
Driving music? Podcasts, such as The Joe Rogan Experience or StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Place to eat? Coq d’Or in The Drake
Shop? RH—love their casual luxury design and lunch at 3 Arts Club Café
Best thing about the City? The architecture, of course— I’m a builder
Worst thing about the City? Red-light cameras
The perfect day is? Trying new restaurants and catching a show at The Second City or Steppenwolf with my wife
1241 N. State Parkway kitchen
1241 N. State Parkway living room
