Our Portfolio
Younan Properties, Inc. (YPI), headquartered in Los Angeles, is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed commercial property management company that specializes in acquiring, repositioning and managing office buildings within the top 10 markets of the U.S. With $6 Billion worth of transactions, these commercial buildings represent the highest quality available. Its focus on these markets reflects YPI’s strategy of investing in high-growth markets with strong and diversified economies that it believes will drive long-term demand for office properties.
As one of the largest and most experienced private commercial property management companies in the U.S., YPI employs a hands-on operational strategy that revolves around maximizing operating efficiencies. Its operational excellence has allowed it to decrease tenant occupancy costs and increase property cash flow.
YPI has assembled an institutional-quality portfolio of office properties in Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Denver, and Phoenix, and it believes that the submarkets in which it owns properties are among the most desirable in the markets in which it operates. Within these submarkets, YPI has acquired high quality mid- and high-rise properties in desirable locations with a diverse tenant mix.
The senior management team at YPI has an extensive track record of leasing office properties that were acquired with significant vacancy. The favorable cost basis of YPI’s assets allows it to lease its space at competitive rents and mitigates the potential for significant impairments in its portfolio.
La Grande Maison Younan Collection (LGMYC) was founded in 2015 by Zaya S. Younan, Chairman & CEO of Younan Company, with its first international acquisition of Château du Petit Chêne, a French National Monument. It represents a collection of four- and five-star luxury properties in key tourist destinations in Europe. These fully renovated Châteaux and Resorts under the Younan Collection name exemplify the history, luxury, and tradition of Europe.
For the past five years, Mr. Younan has been discreetly buying French Castles and transforming them into Luxury Hotels. Because of his remarkable work, commitment, and investments in promoting employment and tourism in France, Mr. Younan received the French Gold Medal for Tourism in 2019. Aside from the beautiful castles, the Younan Collection includes four golf courses strategically located in the Loire Valley region, two vineyards in the Famous Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux region, and MPA Design Agency in Paris. The company also purchased El Septimo Premium Cigars headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
These independent hotels offer the highest level of guest satisfaction by elevating travel experiences with attentive and personal service. Younan Collection hotels offer a combination of luxury and heritage. Its determination to create luxurious experiences for all guests at all the hotels is what drives the Younan Collection. Moments that will last a lifetime are delivered by the outstanding expertise of its staff. The Younan Collection can take care of any occasion, whether it be a wedding, family vacation, or a business trip. Its seven luxurious hotels are each as remarkable as its guests. The hotels all have their own distinctive traits and histories that provide guests unique experiences in each location.
Designed by renowned architects, the golf courses of La Grande Maison Younan Collection attract both amateur and experienced golfers. Perfectly integrated into the natural setting of the Younan Collection historic estates, these courses offer state-of-the-art equipment and provide guests with a peaceful relaxation. They are all 18 – to 27 – hole courses, all have driving ranges and offering pitch and putt greens.
Exceeding a total of 500 acres to provide a long-range of courses, amateurs and experienced players alike will enjoy any of the Younan Collection golf courses. All the golf courses are well-maintained and take advantage of the terroir and are within two hours from each other making them accessible in one day, if one desired to play several courses in a single day.
The properties are looked after meticulously from the conditioning of the golf course to golf shop operations to the food and beverage services. The Younan Collection has a reputation for high-end luxury and strives for perfection, which allows it to build such a vast portfolio.
“Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.”
― Ernest Hemingway
Younan Collection has completely transformed both the vineyards and the identity of Chateau la Croix Younan and Château Zaya. Eager to discover and share all its luxuries, the Younan Collection welcomes you to experience them together.
Wine enthusiasts, tasters, connoisseurs, and collectors will experience thousands of years of history through unforgettable visits to the Younan Collection vineyards. The 40 plus acres of vineyards are cared for by combining traditional methods with the latest technologies.
The vineyards are located in Saint Émilion, in the famous Bordeaux region of France. The quality of the wines reflects the terroir, growing conditions, and skill of the winemakers.
Zaya S. Younan stated “It has always been one of my dreams to own a vineyard in Saint-Émilion. I have great ambitions for Château La Croix Younan. We have made significant improvements to our vineyard and production facilities to produce an exceptional wine that embodies our brand. We believe the 2018 vintage will reflect our commitment to excellence.”
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and MPA Studio de Création’s mission is to showcase the beauty in the luxury consumer products space. Headquartered in Paris, MPA Studio de Création has a distinguished track record in luxury branding, excelling in creative vision, high-level 3D animation design, in-store scenography for launches, interactive guidelines, retailtainment, and superior client experience. MPA strongly believes that the environment where a brand comes alive must be as exciting as what it contains. It tells the story of a brand while also creating aesthetic and inspiration in high-end retail stores. With the recent acquisition by La Grande Maison Younan Collection in 2018, the company is enhancing its team with new talent, and broadening its areas of expertise in architecture, design, packaging, motion design, and print.
As a global creative studio with a rich heritage, MPA designs and produces 360/tools and point-of-sale materials that enhance a brand’s identity and showcases its creations. MPA is made up of a team of innovators who work collaboratively and are driven by their clients and advanced technology. For more than three decades, it has partnered with clients to highlight products in all retail environments. MPA works with luxury brands in watchmaking, jewelry, fashion, leather goods, eyewear, fragrances, cosmetics, and spirits.
It works with top luxury clients including LVMH, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Tiffany, Chaumet, Vacheron Constantin, Gucci, Burberry, Givenchy, Chloé, Guerlain, Thierry Mugler, Miu Miu, Kenzo, Bottega Veneta, Christian Louboutin, and Ruinart. The agency’s creative savoir-faire has been showcased in the most dazzling international point-of-sale locations including Harrods, Saks Fifth Avenue, Harvey Nichols, The Dubai Mall, Bloomingdale’s, Galeries Lafayette (Paris), Breuninger (Berlin), and Rinascente (Milan).
El Septimo, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, is a premium cigar and tobacco company. Its intention is to push aside the customs and low standards that hold back quality in many of the world’s leading brands and create a new paradigm in cigars. The four pillars of premium cigars – strength, flavor, aroma, and combustion – are optimized by El Septimo to achieve a unique tasting experience. With its new partnership with La Grande Maison Younan Collection, El Septimo is growing its brand worldwide. This acquisition has allowed the brand to redefine its objectives, strategies, and production process, thus achieving its mission of creating the best cigars in the world.
To create a new standard of cigars, everything must be different. The team of rollers hand-select the finest tobacco leaves in the world and set them down to age for a minimum of five to fifteen years. This allows the oils and flavors to develop leaving behind an unusually rich and creamy smoke. Then with unique blending expertise, the leaves are rolled into cigars. El Septimo cigars are made entirely by hand and use 100% long-filler tobacco, meaning the leaves on the inside of the cigars run its entire length. The result is an easy draw that creates a great density of smoke with a pleasing, but not overpowering aroma. Wrappers are grown in high-altitude and are aged in a proprietary process that gives cigars a silky texture with a rich, deep shade. The tobacco and final product are stored in a natural environment that provides optimum temperature and humidity. El Septimo respects tradition while giving color to the very particular world of cigars.
El Septimo appeals to an exclusive niche of genuine cigar aficionados and those who seek true quality and enjoyment from their cigars. The passion and expertise of extraordinary men and women are the cornerstones of this brand that combines, for each module, creativity, tradition, and sensuality. Made from vintage tobaccos and designed by great masters of assembly, each cigar will allow you to explore your seventh sense through an exclusive experience.
