DALLAS-The well-liked J. Reagan Dixon says he's the next cost-cutting move at Cawley Wilcox. He effectively has laid himself off after convincing his colleagues that it's the responsible thing to do. Today is his last day on the job.

CAMBRIDGE, MA-Clark, Hunt & Embry, a general practice law firm that is looking to expand, signs an 11,180-sf lease at 55 Cambridge Pkwy. The 276,000-sf building, located on the Charles River, will be nearly leased up once a number of pending contracts are finalized.

ATLANTA-David A. Roberts, president/CEO of the $3.5 billion Collateral Mortgage Capital LLC is one of 30 mortgage banking professionals awarded the highest designation offered by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America.

NORTHBOROUGH, MA-41 Lyman St. secures $3.3 million in financing. The single-tenant office building is leased by APX Central Inc., a subsidiary of Western Parcel Express Inc. It was the quality of the tenant that encouraged a local bank to go through with the deal.