DALLAS — HFF has secured financing for three buildings totaling 3.3 million square feet in the Dallas Market Center. HFF worked on behalf of Crow Holdings to secure the loan for the World Trade Center and Dallas Trade Mart through Goldman Sachs Mortgage Co., and the financing for the International Trade Plaza through Commercial Bank. Composed of the World Trade Center, Dallas Trade Mart, International Trade Plaza and Market Hall, the 110-acre Dallas Market Center (DMC) is the largest wholesale market center in the world, totaling more than 5.5 million square feet. More than 1,200 tenants in categories including women’s, men’s and children’s fashion and accessories, jewelry, lighting, rugs, home accents and toys rent space in the DMC buildings. The buildings are located at 2000, 2050 and 2100 Stemmons Freeway (Interstate 35) in northwestern Dallas close to Dallas-Love Field airport. Market Hall is not included in the financing. Jody Thornton, Andy Scott, Jim Curtin and Gay Thomas led the HFF debt placement team representing the borrower.
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