Hyman has interest in Dixie plant

Allentown developer Nat Hyman wants to buy the Dixie Cup property, saying he offered owner Joseph Reibman and Wilson Park Ltd. $5.5 million without contingencies or tax breaks, and to pay the unpaid property taxes.

What’s next? Hyman said Reibman declined the offer, but Reibman said the deal is still subject to negotiations through Hyman’s lawyer.

MORNING CALL RICH ROLEN/SPECIAL TO THE The Dixie Cup manufacturing plant in Wilson was in use from 1921 until the 1980s. The 600,000-square-foot complex has been vacant since 2011.