The American Younan Company, which specializes in private equity in the luxury consumer space, has planned a minimum investment of 50 million euros for future acquisitions in Portugal.
For three years, American billionaire Zaya Younan has been discreetly buying French castles to transform them into luxury hotels.
Luxury holding company La Grande Maison Younan Collection (LGMYC) is acquiring French-based creative agency MPA Communications. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Younan Properties, Inc. refinanced three office properties in Houston, including Greenbriar Place (pictured), Bridgewood I and Bridgewood II. The suburban assets total 440,000 square feet, known as the North Belt portfolio.
Younan Properties invests and provides asset management services for Class A office properties, retail centers, golf courses and luxury resorts on behalf of private, corporate and institutional investors. Today, the company has assembled a fully scalable, international platform with a valuation of more than $1 Billion.
In 2015, the Company made its first investment in France through La Grande Maison Younan Collection, which acquires luxury resort properties. The Younan Collection owns and manages luxury hotels and resorts in France, including Château de Beauvois, Hôtel Saint-Martin, Château Le Prieuré, Alexandra Palace, Domaine de Vaugouard, and Château de la Perrière, premium cigar maker El Septimo Geneva SA ; Golf des Forges, Golf du Petit Chêne, Golf d ’Avrillé, and Golf de Vaugouard ; two vineyards in Saint-Emilion, including Château La Croix Younan, and Château Zaya, and MPA Studio de Création in Paris. It recently launched its first beach resort, Malibu Foz Hotel and Resort in Figueira da Foz, Portugal.