AUSTIN-The Austin-based sandwich chain posts a net gain of $2.5 million, the mark of last year's successful campaign to overcome a $2.3-million loss in 2000. This year will bring new stores to replace 37 underperformers that were closed.

AUSTIN-As Dell Computer Corp. looks for sublease tenants, it pushes ahead on a data center buy in Austin's northeast submarket. The space, GlobeSt.com is told, will be used to house the computers that drive Dell's business.

MIDLAND, TX-A limited partnership uses a 358-unit complex in Midland to secure a loan for nearly $3.5 million. NorthMarq Capital's Denver office arranged the financing package, the borrower's fifth for its Texas holdings.

ROUND ROCK, TX-Job cuts and downsizing of key corporate residents in the past year haven't pushed Round Rock off the radar screen of others seeking to expand or relocate. The Central Texas city has roped 300 jobs and filled 100,000 sf plus in recent months.

SAN ANTONIO-The grocer's announced pullout from two Texas metropolises tosses 85 stores onto the "to go" block. Some will be shuttered by week's end. The markets, says a company contact, were just too tough to crack.

ROUND ROCK, TX-Job cuts and downsizing of key corporate residents in the past year haven't pushed Round Rock off the radar screen of others seeking to expand or relocate. The Central Texas city has roped 300 jobs and filled 100,000 sf plus in recent months.

AUSTIN-Wayport, a hotel and airport Internet access provider, closes a second-round funding, attracting the likes of such investors as Invesco and Sevin Rosen Funds. The company services 450 hotels and nine airports in the US.

ROUND ROCK, TX-Dallas-based Provident Realty expects to break ground by year's end on the first leg to a 125-acre, mixed-use project. A Randall's grocery will anchor the retail component for a high-traffic intersection in Round Rock.