NEWS RELEASES

WTSI launches a new business process that streamlines the retail supply chain worldwide

North Charleston, SC September 17, 2007 -- World Trade Showcase Inc. (WTSI), an affiliated company of Trade Center Development Corp (TCDC) announced the launch of WTC-MarketGate™. WTC-MarketGate™ Application Suite is a new business process that streamlines the retail supply chain worldwide. Based on the software that runs ECRM’s Efficient Program Planning Sessions (EPPS), Application Suite™ enables companies to apply the tools that make EPPS events so effective to their everyday business operations and use a single website for their product and material sourcing, ad research, and communication needs.

For more information and a free trial go to www.wtc.marketgate.com or contact Fred Frankel at e-mail or 843 849 0899.

About ECRM or Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing®
Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM)® is a business process that streamlines the sales and marketing supply chain. Comprised of category, season or theme-specific Efficient Program Planning Sessions (EPPS)®, a powerful B2B website, and eFusion distributed application software, ECRM® is helping CPG retailers and manufacturers improve sales, reduce expense, and go to market faster and more efficiently.

  • ECRM has held over 250 EPPS/ESR’s on 4 continents, including 70 in 2006.
  • Over 1000 retailers and 2200 suppliers participated in ECRM Events in 2006. Registrations for 2007 are running 20% ahead of last year.
  • Several leading Retailers and Suppliers have ingrained ECRM process and technology into their business process.
  • ECRM is providing custom solutions for leading CPG retailers such as AHOLD, Boots, Carrefour, CVS, SUPERVALU, Walgreens and Wal-Mart

About TCDC
Trade Center Development Corp (TCDC) is a company that is implementing a value-added investment strategy specifically designed to fund and own title to selected World Trade Center (WTC) buildings and affiliated facilities. TCDC is the developer of the South Carolina World Trade Center building.

Related companies to TCDC provide for a full range of World Trade Center services making this a new type of WTC real estate: offices, showcases, exhibit program, import/export marketing, sales and distribution facilities. 3G is the designation for the latest generation Trade Centers. 3G Corp is a subsidiary of TCDC and in many instances will act as the developer of the appropriate projects. There are several related companies that will also be moving there offices to North Charleston.

It is the intent of Trade Center Development Corp (TCDC) to operate as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), at as early a date as is practical, in order to pass 90% of its income through to its shareholders.


TCDC announces location of new office in N. Charleston, SC

North Charleston, SC September 4, 2007 -- Trade Center Development Corp (TCDC) a real estate development company founded in Ft. Lauderdale FL announced recently that it will move its headquarters to North Charleston. Today TCDC announced it has a new office at Montague Oaks located at 3520 West Montague Ave, Suite 204, N. Charleston, SC 29418. Fred Frankel, Chairman and CEO of TCDC said, “This 7500 sq ft. will serve as TCDC’s marketing office along with 5,000 sq. ft. of the space will be the World Trade Showcase Inc. This is an ideal site because it is adjacent to the site for the South Carolina World Trade Center building. It gives us a quick start on our growth plan.”


TCDC announces headquarters move to N. Charleston, SC.

North Charleston, SC August 26, 2007 -- Trade Center Development Corp (TCDC) a real estate development company founded in Ft. Lauderdale FL announced today that it will move its headquarters to North Charleston. Fred Frankel, Chairman and CEO of TCDC said, “We are very bullish on South Carolina and its business climate. It is an ideal site for the South Carolina World Trade Center building.”

TCDC and WTCIG Create Excitement at MIPIM Asia

HONG KONG, October 10, 2006 -- Participating in conjunction with the World Trade Centers Association at MIPIM Asia, delegates from Trade Center Development Corp and WTC International Group received overwhelming response and interest from real estate investors and government officials from around the world.

MIPIM Asia is called “The world’s property market in Asia Pacific” and we found it to be just that. As a spin-off of MIPIM, the world’s premier real estate summit, the Hong Kong event attracts the most prestigious property market decision makers to Asia. International and local investors, corporate end-users, retailers and hotel groups meet under the same roof as developers, government authorities and brokers to forge the future of real estate in Asia Pacific.

With over 1,800 of these professionals being exposed to the TCDC’s innovative World Trade Showcase Center concept, our delegates came home with suitcases full of materials from very excited potential investors and joint venture partners. TCDC Chairman Fred Frankel, said “The amazing thing was, the attendees came from across the globe and their interests covered the gamut of our World Trade Center projects -- from Kunshan and Tianjin, China to Oakland, California and Orlando, Florida.”

Even WTC International Group President Charles Lin was impressed with “the caliber of clientele attending and the strong support of the governments represented. All were excited about global companies like ours developing projects in Asia.” Director Henrietta Frankel added, “We found the Asian people to be incredibly progressive and extremely welcoming to the futuristic appeal of our projects.”


Firm Submits Bid For Trade Center
Excerpt from: Starbulletin.com
http://starbulletin.com/2006/05/05/business/bizbriefs.html

Trade Center Development Corp. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has submitted an offer to develop a $60 million international trade market in Honolulu in response to a request for proposals issued by the state.

The company envisions building a marketplace where countries will be able to showcase goods under the umbrella of a free trade zone.

If Selected, the company will partner on the project with Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. and development firm KUD International on the project. KUD and Hawaiian Dredging are both subsidiaries of Kajima USA Inc.


Larger WTC building design in line with state's pro-growth perspective
Excerpt from: SC World Trader
http://www.scwtcezine.com/july_scwtc_building.html

The need to adapt to the number of off-shore companies using the Port of Charleston as a point of entry has been the drive behind increasing the size and scope of South Carolina’s first World Trade Center building, more than tripling the original size.

“Charleston is a major port and is known globally as a world-class facility,” said Fred Frankel, president of Trade Center Development Corp., a Florida-based company that develops selected World Trade Center buildings, and other global trade-related facilities. “We need a building with the same world-class look and feel.”
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