Younan Properties

Younan Properties, Inc. is a North American commercial real estate investment company founded in 2002 by the Assyrian American entrepreneur Zaya S. Younan. As of 2010, Younan Properties, Inc. owned and managed nearly 10,000,000 square feet (930,000 m²) of Class A office buildings.

Younan Properties owns, manages and develops 35 office properties throughout the United States. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and Chicago. Some of the most remarkable buildings include the Patriot Tower in Dallas that was originally named One Dallas Centre. In 2007, after purchasing it, Younan Properties renamed the building to Patriot Tower to honor American troops.

Younan Properties also owns two of the tallest buildings in Dallas: Thanksgiving Tower is the 8th tallest building and the KPMG Centre is the 22nd tallest building in Dallas.

The following buildings also belong to Younan Properties: Younan North LaSalle in downtown Chicago, Younan Square in downtown Houston, Two Westlake Park in Houston's Energy Corridor, One North Arlington in Chicago's Northwest submarket, Younan West Loop in the vibrant Houston Galleria submarket, The Meridian and Lakeside Square in the LBJ Freeway submarket in Dallas, Energy Square III on the Central Expressway in Dallas, and Meridian Bank Tower, in downtown Phoenix.

On April 14. 2010 Younan Properties, Inc., a full-service real estate company, announced its intention to go public through an initial public offering of up to $575 million of common stock.