DALLAS-Grubb & Ellis multifamily brokers in Dallas-Ft. Worth are seeing investors' scouts come from near and far in a market filled with good possibilities. A rash of properties has come to market in the past 90 days, says the quarterly report.

AUSTIN-The Littlefield Corp., considered the nation's largest bingo hall owner, has taken title to a 40,614 shopping center in north Abilene, which houses one of the company's highest revenue-gainers. A second bingo hall could follow.

ROUND ROCK, TX-Burke Real Estate Group's first Austin-area project is mortared in an accelerated building schedule until all 163,000 sf is done. The broker says it's a way of showing that Burke's plans will become reality.

DALLAS-With the acreage in hand, Panattoni Development is planning to break ground in August or September on its largest solo project in the metroplex. The developer is planning a 700,000-sf first phase for the launch of the Mountain Creek Business Park.

FT. WORTH-USI Administrators has beefed up its lease at Overton Centre I, signing for an extra 13,000 sf for its national headquarters. The 56,034-sf tenant is undertaking an estimated $500,000 build-out and retrofit of the new and old space.

DALLAS-Some metropolitan areas are experiencing hefty landlord giveaways, but the courting practice hasn't invaded Texas as yet, say real estate execs in Dallas-Ft. Worth and Austin. They say there definitely won't be a return to free rent days as in 1987-88.

AUSTIN-Transwestern Commercial Services' Austin office says upward of 224,289 sf of sublease office space has been taken in the past two weeks. Sublease space watchers differ on the bottom line, but it's a safe bet it's shrinking.

AUSTIN-USOL Holdings is on the move again, buying select assets from a Sprint subsidiary in Houston and securing a Gables contract in Arlington. The Houston contract solidifies existing partnerships and adds some new players.