Industrial broker Vande Zande rejoins Boerke after working for Centerpoint

Industrial real estate vet Chad Vande Zande is returning to The Boerke Co. in Milwaukee as a partner after previously leaving the firm more than eight years ago to join Centerpoint Properties Trust.

Vande Zande worked with Milwaukee-based Boerke Co. for 15 years, starting in 1992, eventually becoming a partner with a focus on industrial real estate. He left the firm to join Centerpoint, a large industrial real estate investor and manager based in Illinois. He is returning to the Milwaukee firm full…

First look: Dramatic plans for 980 housing units in S.F.'s 'wilderness'

Sue Ellen Smith remembers two decades ago, when she called San Francisco officials to pick up trashed dumped in her India Basin neighborhood, she would get a curious answer: “Oh, you’re not in the city.”

Although lndia Basin’s rugged fields and coastline lie within San Francisco, even many city workers were unfamiliar with it. Today, the southeastern portion of Hunters Point neighborhood, is getting heaps of attention. The scope of one of the city’s most ambitious development projects…

Bankruptcy judge casts doubt on Standard General's RadioShack deal

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Brendan Shannon reportedly said in court on Monday that even if he eventually approves RadioShack’s choice of Standard General’s bid in the retailer’s bankruptcy auction, the deal may not close because of continuing conflict between the Fort Worth, Texas-based retailer’s creditors.

Last week, RadioShack told the court the Standard General’s bid was the best. That bid would be for more than 1,700 RadioShack stores, including nearly two dozen in Hawaii, that would be…

Riviera Golf Club headed back to Dublin P&Z as housing plan makes progress toward approval

Charlie Ruma faced a less-hostile crowd last week for his plans to develop 185 lots on the Riviera Golf Club in Dublin.

But the developer still got plenty of advice on how to make the scaled-down plan for turning the golf course into high-end housing even better.

The Dublin Planning & Zoning Commission’s Thursday evening meeting went for four hours, with perhaps 20 minutes devoted to non-Riviera items, according to a video of the session on the city’s website.

Ruma gave those attending a history…

CPS Energy makes land donation to expand San Antonio Museum of Art

The San Antonio Museum of Art will soon be able to expand following a donation of land by the city’s municipally owned utility company CPS Energy.

CPS Energy’s board of directors made the announcement at their monthly meeting on Monday afternoon.

Board of Directors Chairwoman Nora Chavez said CPS Energy would be donating half of the property at its operations center on Jones Avenue to the museum.

Chavez said the operations center is moving but its current location is next to the museum.

“We can…