Younan says the company is finishing 2006 in robust health after experiencing "an extraordinary year of growth and accomplishment." He attributes the company's success to the Dallas office market which had "strong positive absorption and better performance than expected."

In a prepared statement, Younan says the company has brought its investors an average leveraged internal rate of return of 65% on properties sold to date. Younan's Dallas area holdings include 12 class A office high-rise buildings. The firm's Texas portfolio totals 4.7 million sf.

Sixty days after acquiring Two Energy Square at 4849 Greenville Ave. at the Central Expressway, Younan's team brought the 16-story building's occupancy to 85% from 81% with the signing of a 43,129-sf lease to Emergency Medicine Billing & Coding Co.