DALLAS-Chicago Title's Southwest Commercial Operations office has hung a “welcome back” sign for Bob Bradshaw, a real estate icon whose resume spans four decades of Dallas-Fort Worth deals.

The 71-year-old Bradshaw, returning after a 3 1/2-year hiatus, joins the Chicago Title ranks as vice president of business development. Bradshaw, as the veterans around town know, led the development efforts for the then-5,000-acre Great Southwest and Las Colinas, an initial 12,000-acre, master-planned development.

Bradshaw says he's recovered from an August 2002 life-saving heart operation: looking and feeling better than ever and ready to work. Simply put, retirement wasn't in his plans, he told his family, friends and former employer, another Dallas title company where he spent the last 3 1/2 years. “This (Chicago Title) is where I want to finish my career,” he tells GlobeSt.com.