DYERSBURG, TN-Dot Foods Inc. is planning to build a $24-million food distribution facility here that will create more than 150 jobs once it opens next year.

LINCOLNWOOD, IL-The Purple Hotel here, built in the early 1960s by the Hyatt company, is to be demolished today in order to make room for a mixed-use project.

NEW YORK CITY-Swig Equities has retained Eastdil Secured to market its 900,000-square-foot 110 William St. office building for sale.

NEW YORK CITY-Nordstrom has paid $102.5 million for the site of its planned flagship store in midtown on West 57th Street.

NEW YORK-TOWN Residential reports it has opened its ninth Manhattan location at 33 Irving Place. The office will serve as the new home to the brokerage firm's executive team and corporate staff.

BALTIMORE-Talk in real estate circles is that Amazon.com Inc. could be the likely tenant for a planned large warehouse at the former General Motors site at 5003 Holabird Ave. in southeast Baltimore.

NEW CARROLLTON, MD-City and Prince George's County leaders are hoping that the construction of the new headquarters for the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development will finally foster new development here.

PHILADELPHIA-Although the city's tax delinquency rose to $522 million this past April, the level of annual growth is on the decline, a sign that Mayor Michael Nutter's collection efforts are finally bearing fruit.