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LAST week, the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco sued a throng of Wall Street companies that sold the agency $5.4 billion in residential mortgage-backed securities during the height of the mortgage melee. The suit, filed March 15 in state court in California, seeks the return of the $5.4 billion as well as broader financial damages.

A request to change a planned condominium complex at 62nd and State streets into senior apartments has tapped into an issue much larger than this one building: How much senior housing is needed in Wauwatosa?

The cinema and the downtown used to be as synonymous with each other as popcorn and movies. The downtown was the destination point of the city, and the movie theatre was the very heart of the downtown.

Healthcare Trust of America Inc. is on an acquisition roll. The Scottsdale, AZ-based REIT paid $10.775 million or about $203 per square foot for the 53,169-square-foot King Street Medical Office Building in Jacksonville, FL.

Advocates of DART’s aggressive rail expansion argue the theory that development will cluster along rail lines because people want to live nearby, park their cars and commute by train.

The deal is expected to close in the second quarter, according to a news release.

In a move unlikely to be matched for years to come, three of the most visible enterprises in the community spent upward of $150 million last year to expand and upgrade each of their facilities.

Instead of building its new billion-dollar enterprise data center, NASA has decided to make major changes to its data center strategy, according to an agency announcement.

A proposed veterans complex promises to bring state-of-the-art medicine and other benefits to veterans.

The economy may continue to sputter, but Craig International and Mad Mag Development have announced plans for a new seniors community in McKinney.