David Boerke
Principal
Investment Team
T +1 (414) 347-1000
M +1 (414) 203-3018
F +1 (414) 347-1606
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Mr. Boerke has extensive experience in major Sale, Lease and Build-to-Suit transactions completed over
the past 35 years. He is known particularly for his background in corporate relocations and marketing
investment properties.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Mr. Boerke has spent his entire career as an active member of The Milwaukee real estate community.
Starting in 1975, he joined his family industrial real estate firm E. M. Boerke, Inc., becoming president in
1978. In 1982, he reorganized the firm now known as The Boerke Company, Inc., to focus on full service
commercial brokerage including office, retail, investment and industrial properties. In 1992, Mr. Boerke
sold a substantial interest in the firm to several key associates and also established Boerke Advocates,
Inc. as a separate operating division, which focuses primarily on corporate services, such as Site
Assembly and Tenant/Buyer representation. In early 1997 The Boerke Company, Inc. became affiliated
with Grubb & Ellis – giving it a national presence. By 2006, the company had grown to over 20 advisors,
and it aligned itself with Cushman & Wakefield to give the firm a global presence and collaborative
capabilities unique to the Milwaukee market.
AWARDS & PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS
– Executive Committee and Board Member Bank Mutual Corporation
– Founder and Board Member at Children’s Hospital and Health System Finance Committee
– Former Chairman and Board Member of the Child Abuse Prevention Fund
– Founder and Board Member of the Children’s Health Education Center.
– Former Chairman and Board Member Lutheran Social Services Foundation
– Serves on the Board of Directors for a number of Milwaukee-based manufacturing companies
EDUCATION
B.B.A. in Real Estate and Finance, a nationally renowned program chaired by the late Dr. James
Graaskamp, from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.