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TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY
2001 ROSS AVENUE
SUITE 3400
DALLAS, TEXAS 75201
October 9, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-59387)
of Trammell Crow Company
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933,
Trammell Crow Company (the "Company") respectfully requests the Securities
and Exchange Commission's (the "Commission") consent to the withdrawal of the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Commission File No. 333-59387
(the "Registration Statement"), and further requests that the Commission
enter an order granting such withdrawal. No offers or sales of shares of
common stock of the Company have been made pursuant to the Registration
Statement. The Company no longer intends to pursue the public offering
contemplated by the Registration Statement due to market conditions.
Upon the grant of the Commission's consent hereto, please return a dated
copy of the order granting such withdrawal to the undersigned, which order
shall state "Withdrawn upon the request of the registrant, the Commission
consenting thereto" and be placed in the file for the Registration Statement.
Please direct all inquires to Mr. J. Christopher Kirk of Vinson & Elkins
L.L.P., counsel to the Company, at (214) 220-7897.
Sincerely,
TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY
By: /s/ Derek R. McClain
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Derek R. McClain
Executive Vice President
cc: George L. Lippe (Trammell Crow Company)
Jeffrey E. Eldredge (Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.)
J. Christopher Kirk (Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.)
