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Does the comma before manufactures make Option A wrong?
Does the comma make the statement say that A towering manufactures??
Is my reasoning correct

I picked A as well and I was wrong. The explanation is that Factory Compound is the Subject, not "towering"- towering is an adjective.
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In the southern outskirts of Dar es Salaam, a towering, two-million-square-meter factory compound jointly owned by several top European fashion labels, manufactures shoes and handbags for retailers around the world.

(A) In the southern outskirts of Dar es Salaam, a towering, two-million-square-meter factory compound jointly owned by several top European fashion labels, manufactures
(B) Jointly owned by several top European fashion labels is a towering-two-million-square-meter factory compound in the southern outskirts of Dar es Salaam, which manufactures
(C) In the southern outskirts of Dar es Salaam, a towering, two-million-square-meter factory compound jointly owned by several top European fashion labels manufacture
(D) In the southern outskirts of Dar es Salaam, a towering, two-million-square-meter factory compound jointly owned by several top European fashion labels manufactures
(E) Jointly owned by several top European fashion labels, a towering-two-million-square-meter factory compound in the southern outskirts of Dar es Salaam, manufacture

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