DALLAS-With a month into a new assignment, the Taylor & Mathis team has 30,000 sf of prospects simmering for St. Paul Place and 25,000 sf working for Harwood Center. The first deal, a small step in a big plan, could come in two weeks.

GARLAND, TX-The first 750,000 sf of a one-million-sf development jumps off the drawing board after nearly eight years. The 94-acre Firewheel Town Center launches with retail pre-leasing above 75% and an office team ready to hit the streets next week.

FORT WORTH-Blue Ridge Paper Products will shutter its only location west of the Mississippi River by midyear. Coming a year after a New Jersey shutdown, the move eliminates 120 jobs and darkens 138,000 sf at 1901 Windsor Place.

DALLAS-The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's North Texas chapter makes a five-year commitment to Gateway Tower, signing a market-rate, stair-stepped lease for an 8,054-sf office. The relocation takes place a month before the lease is up at its longtime address.

DALLAS-A startup building materials supplier will move in March 1 to 15,056 sf at 1182 Quaker St. beside a 12-year tenant, Metropolitan Facility Services, which just re-upped 44,420 sf in the 115,000-sf structure.

DALLAS-Westwood Financial Corp.'s top bid with cash on the line and promise for a quick close outdistances the competition for the 265,168-sf Old Town Shopping Center. Westwood, taking two deeds in two months, is done shopping Dallas for awhile.

DALLAS-Paragon Roofing Co. is packing up for a move inside the Dallas line after snagging an 11,700-sf freestanding building with ample yard space. In Lewisville, the tenant finds, signs and takes keys to an 11,327-sf duplex near Interstate 35.

DALLAS-MeriStar gets a check "fairly close" to 80% of the $10-million ask for the Sheraton Brookhollow. The Dallas buyer, looking for a couple years, brings a skilled hospitality team, gets a new Sheraton license and is planning $2 million in upgrades.