Younan Is On Its Way Out Of The Dallas Market ... For Now

Younan Properties, once a sizable landlord in Dallas, just put its last holding in the city up for sale. But it is not exiting the market, CEO Zaya Younan said.

MC Communications Inc. leased 13K SF of office space in Lakeside Square at 12377 Merit Drive in Dallas from Younan Properties. Bradford Commercial Real Estate’s Melanie Hughes, Bret Cooper and Richmond Collinsworth repped the landlord. John Beach and Garrison Efird of Jackson Cooksey repped the tenant.
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Lakeside Square In Dallas

The 410K SF Lakeside Square near 75 and Forest Lane is the last office tower Younan Properties owns in Dallas. HFF will broker the sale, which was first reported by the Dallas Morning News. The company has been in the process of selling its Dallas holdings for about a decade now.

However, this does not mean Younan Properties is exiting the Dallas market entirely.

“If you look at the fundamental of Dallas, it is one of the three best performing office markets in the country today,” Younan said. “This is not a time to exit the Dallas market, this is a time to actually enter the Dallas market.”

The strength of the Dallas market has attracted a lot of international interest, and bidding for real estate assets is getting incredibly competitive, according to Younan.

The listing of Lakeside Square was a planned move to sell a stabilized asset that has exceeded the 10-year limit the Younan Properties fund has on assets like Lakeside Square. The sale will make Younan Properties more liquid and free up capital to gain new assets.

“Will we use the proceeds to buy more assets in Dallas? Absolutely,” Younan said.

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