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Since 1957 · Dallas, Texas

Dallas Design District

A 1950s warehouse pocket along the Trinity River that grew, via Trammell Crow’s Dallas Market Center, into North America’s largest interior design trade hub — and, more recently, into one of Dallas’s most concentrated contemporary art gallery clusters and dining destinations. We’re building our on-the-ground coverage now.

This page is new. There’s no reporting from the Dallas Design District here yet — the directory below is accurate as of research, but the first pieces of coverage are still being prepared. Check back soon, or sign up below to be told when they land.

The District

Dallas Design District, at a glance

LocationNorth of Downtown Dallas, along the Trinity River, TX 75207
EstablishedDallas Market Center founded 1957 by Trammell Crow
Scale5M+ sq ft of trade-mart space across four buildings; 12+ markets a year
Gallery ClusterConcentrated around Dragon, Slocum & Levee Streets

From the District

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What’s in the district

A first pass at the venues in the Dallas Design District. This will grow into a full searchable directory once on-the-ground reporting begins.

Trade & Showrooms

Dallas Market CenterFounded 1957 by Trammell Crow; 5M+ sq ft across four buildings; hosts 12+ trade markets a year.
David Sutherland ShowroomLong-standing high-end to-the-trade furniture showroom.
Dallas Decorative Center & Dallas Design CenterMulti-tenant showroom buildings within the district.

Galleries

Conduit GalleryEst. 1984; in the district since 2002, relocated within it January 2026.
Cris Worley Fine ArtsContemporary art gallery, opened 2010.
Erin Cluley Gallery & Kirk Hopper Fine ArtContemporary galleries, opened 2014 and 2011 respectively.
Barry Whistler GalleryFounded mid-1980s in Deep Ellum; moved to the district in 2016.
Joel Cooner GalleryAsian, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian and tribal art; 40+ years on Dragon Street.
Dallas ContemporaryNonprofit contemporary art exhibition space.

Dining & Stay

Carbone DallasMario Carbone’s Italian restaurant, a New York import.
Town HearthNick Badovinus steakhouse.
The Charles & El Carlos EleganteDuro Hospitality’s Italian and upscale Mexican concepts.
Virgin Hotels DallasHotel located within the district.

Worth knowing: the district has no single owner — real estate is fragmented across several investors (including HN Capital Partners and Dallas Market Center itself), and its own marketing body describes its growth as organic rather than the work of one developer. We’ll keep our reporting precise about who runs what as coverage develops.

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