David A. Nettles, vice president and corporate broker for RBI'sTexas office, says the firm also will work the Dallas, Austin, SanAntonio and the Rio Grand Valley markets from its branch office at5100 Westheimer Rd. in the Galleria submarket. RBI's will handleproperty management, retail center acquisitions and dispositionsand land deals.

"We'd like to focus on land tracts we can sell to developers,"Nettles tells GlobeSt.com. "We're really trying to be a land playerto take the experience we have in retail development and managementand parlay that into development as well."

Nettles says he currently has a staff of eight in variouslocations throughout the state, but he'd like to have 12 in placewithin the next several months. As Nettles gets the Texasoperations under way, the Scottsdale, AZ-based company already hasdeals pending in the state, which are anticipated to close duringthe first quarter. RBI already has holdings in Seabrook, Houstonand nearby Pearland.