Dallas Market Center founder dies
Real estate pioneer Trammell Crow was 94
-- Home Accents Today, 1/20/2009 9:55:00 AM
Dallas Market Center founder, Trammell Crow, died Jan. 14, 2009, at his family farm near Tyler, Texas. Crow founded Dallas Market Center in 1957 as the centerpiece of large-scale development projects including wholesale market centers and tradeshows around the world.
In 1948, Crow formed Trammell Crow Company, a real estate development and investment firm responsible for nationwide projects in commercial, residential, hospitality, retail and other ventures. Crow began his wholesale trade development business in 1955 with the 70,000-sq.-ft. Dallas Decorative Center. From that building, Crow developed a multi-marketplace campus and created a seven million-sq.-ft. wholesale market including: The Home Furnishings Mart, founded in 1957 and now known as the International Floral & Gift Center; The Trade Mart, opened in 1958 and currently the marketplace for lighting; Market Hall, opened in 1960 as the world’s largest privately owned exhibition hall; The International Apparel Mart, opened in 1964; The World Trade Center, dedicated in 1974 and currently three million square feet showcasing gift, home décor and Fashion Center Dallas; and The Menswear Mart, which debuted in 1982.
Today’s Dallas Market Center campus of five million square feet includes the Trade Mart, World
Trade Center, International Floral & Gift Center and Market Hall.
Crow first expanded his vision globally in 1975, co-developing the Brussels International Trade Mart in Belgium. This Trade Mart, the first center of its kind in Europe, attracted buyers from around the world and remains under Crow ownership. Crow’s Market Center Management Company continued its international growth in 2002 by becoming the management partner for ShanghaiMart, Asia’s first and China’s largest market center.
“From a small barren field in Dallas, Mr. Crow’s unique vision for global trade created the world’s largest wholesale trade center,” said Bill Winsor, president and CEO, Dallas Market Center. “His unwavering passion for business was the catalyst for helping countless entrepreneurs in manufacturing, wholesale and retail. He inspired others to do more than they thought possible, and his legacy of leadership remains a fixture of our business.”
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