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Real-Estate Pioneer Crow Dead at 94

Turned single Dallas warehouse into international empire

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 16, 2009 5:41 PM CST

(Newser) – Visionary real-estate developer Trammell Crow, who pioneered strategies that helped him become one of the world’s largest landlords, has died, the Dallas Morning News reports. He was 94 and suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Crow, who helped popularize the concept of building on spec—... Read full story »

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