Dallas Market Center Announces Additions, Expansions, and Relocations to Marketplace

April 21, 2021  by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry   

Recently, the marketplace held an in-person spring edition of Dallas Design Week that welcomed 500 guests. Design Week included showroom grand openings and events, book signings, and trend presentations. The next Design Week takes place September 20-23, together with ArchLIGHT Summit (September 21-22), a new lighting trade event and educational platform for the architectural, specification and design communities.

Recent additions to the marketplace include:

• Todd Smith and Charlie Groppetti, the visionaries behind the farmhouse interiors look, have debuted a new showroom called Porch View Home on the second floor of the World Trade Center. The brand offers home furnishings and accessories in a relaxed, casual aesthetic.
• ProSource has opened a smart lighting demo center on the tenth floor of the World Trade Center. The space features multiple residential rooms showcasing smart home systems and devices, including lighting products and applications, for the benefit of ProSource members and vendor partners. ProSource is the leading buying group for the custom electronics integrator market and represents more than 550 specialty retailers and custom integrators.

• New in The Gallery on the first floor of the Interior Home + Design Center (IHDC): Couture Lamps, the artisan-crafted lamp and accessories brand featuring a mix of materials and natural elements that are rich in texture and depth; Shona African Sculptures showcases the skills of Zimbabwe artists who have achieved worldwide fame for fluid, organic forms; Susan Sales Fine Art  features lively, abstract works that offer vivid colors and deep glossy surfaces; Kelly Butler Home presents a curated selection of antiques; and Benjamin Moore has a color wall of paint samples as a resource for daily buyers and designers in search of swatches.
• Synergistic Furniture Designs has opened on the 5^th floor of the World Trade Center with custom industrial furnishings and décor utilizing metals, wood  and epoxy for residential and commercial needs;
• Hinges, newly arrived on the 6^th floor of the World Trade Center, offers premium furniture with attention to plantation grown, reclaimed and recycled wood.

Expansions include Savoy House in the Trade Mart, Pasha and Unique Loom in the Interior Home + Design Center (IHDC), and Park Hill and C Maddox in the World Trade Center. The 70% expansion by Savoy House creates room for a tremendous number of new collections across their stylish categories of chandeliers, ceiling and wall lights, pendants, outdoor lighting and ceiling fans. Unique Loom is almost doubling its square footage. Said a company representative: “Due to the increased demand for the presence of our one-of-a-kind rugs in Dallas, we are thrilled to reveal our expansion with DMC.”

Recently relocated are Minka Group and Hubbardton Forge in the Trade Mart, Darafeev in the Interior Home + Design Center (IHDC), and Import Collection and HiEnd Accents in the World Trade Center. The new Minka Group showroom on the fourth floor of the Trade Mart unites all brands will be located in a single location, including Minka-Lavery, Minka-Aire, Metropolitan Lighting Fixture Co., and George Kovacs. A new Trade Mart atrium location for Hubbardton Forge means ample opportunity to showcase iconic award-winning lighting designs that combine artistry and technology.

“We have seen tremendous momentum as designers keep pace with projects and as manufacturers recognize that our marketplace is a year-round hub for new business,” said Dallas Market Center president and CEO Cindy Morris. “These exhibitor partners are able to serve loyal buyers and a record number of new buyers coming into our showrooms. We appreciate their investment and their commitment to serving the design community.”