Who owns the Dallas Trade Mart?

Dallas Market Center owns the Dallas Trade Mart. It opened in 1959 and expanded in 1976 and 2007. The Grand Pavilion at the center of the building has a large indoor marketplace pond. As of 2015, the Trade Mart has an area of about 1 million square feet.

The Dallas Trade Mart was the location where President John F. Kennedy was scheduled to appear at a luncheon with 2,600 guests in 1963. After President Kennedy was murdered, a British sculptor named Elizabeth Erink created a bronze sculpture called "The Eagle" that sits outside the main entrance of the Trade Mart to honor the President.