Crow Holdings is a privately owned real estate investment and development firm based in Dallas, Texas, US, which has been operating since 1948.
[11][12][13] Founder Trammell Crow began developing real estate at the end of World War II.
Since then, Crow Holdings has been an active investor and/or developer in industrial, multifamily, office, retail, mart, land and hotel real estate businesses in the US, Europe, and South America.
[22] Since 2014, TCR has been annually ranked in the top ten of the National Multifamily Housing Council’s NMHC’s 25 Largest Developers list.
Since 2013, it has developed about 60 properties and 23 million square-feet of industrial space for companies such as Amazon, Whole Foods, LG, and Williams Sonoma.
[33] From its founding through the 1980s, Trammell Crow Company's (TCC) primary business was the development and management of industrial, office and retail projects.
[34] In 1965, Trammell Crow and Mack Pogue founded Lincoln Property Company as a developer and manager of residential communities throughout the US.
[44] By 1984 Trammell Crow was the biggest real estate developer in the U.S., with 140 million square feet of property in 73 cities.
[45] In 1993, Trammell Crow Residential spun off its Northeastern division to create Avalon Properties Inc, a REIT based in Wilton, Connecticut.
[46][47] Also in 1993, TCR combined its Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston divisions, as well as Nashville assets to form REIT Gables Residential Trust.
[53] Around this time, several Crow Holdings alumni spun off multifamily development companies such as AvalonBay Communities and AMLI Residential.
[52] In 2008, Crow Holdings moved into its Old Parkland headquarters located in Dallas, Texas, having acquired the historic campus in 2006.
[62] In February 2024, Crow Holdings Capital closed its tenth value-add real estate fund at $3.1 billion.
[28] Bob McClain is CEO and head of the Real Estate Investment Committee for Crow Holdings Capital.
[66] Crow Holdings specializes in multifamily and industrial projects however throughout its history the company has developed and continues to own several notable properties.
[80][81] In 1998, Merry Land & Investment Co., a publicly held REIT, acquired 13 apartment communities containing over 3,900 units from TCR North Florida.
[83] In 2010 Crow Holdings formed the Mill Creek Residential Trust, LLC to develop, operate and buy apartments in major US metropolitan areas.
[84] In 2018 the Arizona State Retirement System purchased a 50% stake in Mill Creek Residential Trust.