Dallas Market Center founder dies

DALLAS Dallas Market Center announced that its founder, Trammell Crow, died last week 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 assorted ventures. Crow began his wholesale trade development business in 1955 with the more than 70,000-square-foot Dallas Decorative Center.

Crow first expanded his vision globally in 1975, co-developing the Brussels International Trade Mart in Brussels, Belgium. This trade mart, the first center of its kind in Europe, immediately 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.