Euro Capital Properties

What Euro Capital Properties does

Euro Capital Properties (ECP) is a privately held, family-owned hotel real estate development and management firm headquartered at Carnegie Hall Towers in New York City, with operations spanning the United States and France. Founded in 2010 by Jacques Cohen and his wife Rakel Cohen, the company acquires, renovates, and operates trophy luxury hospitality assets in gateway markets, with a current portfolio of four operating hotels: The Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. (acquired in 2010 and reopened in 2015 after a $125 million renovation), the 507-room Hôtel du Collectionneur in Paris's Golden Triangle, Les Jardins du Marais (265 rooms) in Paris's Marais district, and Le Patio Saint Antoine in central Paris. The company previously developed and sold The Hamilton Crowne Plaza in Washington D.C. in 1997.

ECP's core business model is direct ownership and operation of luxury hotel properties, monetizing through room revenue, food and beverage, spa, events, and ancillary hospitality services. Distribution is via direct booking channels, online travel agencies, and luxury travel partners. The company is also actively developing a mixed-use multifamily project of approximately 500 units at 15-25 K Street NE in NoMa, Washington D.C., on a 52,000 SF site with D5 zoning permitting up to 750,000 FAR SF — a vertical extension from hotel operations into residential/mixed-use real estate. The business is family-controlled with no disclosed institutional investors or external funding rounds; leadership is concentrated in Jacques Cohen (Founder) and Rakel Cohen (Executive Vice President), with no apparent AI/technology stack, no public reporting, and no disclosed financials. ECP's competitive positioning rests on trophy-asset ownership, design-forward repositioning (collaborations with Ron Arad, Jacques Garcia, Alexandre Danan), and capital-intensive execution of heritage property renovations.

Name

Euro Capital Properties

Legal name

Euro Capital Properties, LLC

Website

https://eurocapprop.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Euro Capital Properties is a family-owned hotel real estate developer and operator that owns and manages four luxury hotels in Washington D.C. and Paris, serving discerning leisure and business travelers through direct hospitality operations and design-forward property repositioning.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Luxury Hotel Real Estate Development & Management

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (721110)

SIC

Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532), Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban Luxury Hotels (City Luxury) (THAGACAE)

Keywords

• Luxury hotel management
• Hotel real estate development
• Mixed-use property development
• Hospitality real estate
• Boutique hotel operations

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Euro Capital Properties is a hotel real estate development and management firm that acquires, re-zones, renovates, and operates luxury hotel and mixed-use properties. Its core offerings are ownership and management of iconic hotels including The Watergate Hotel (Washington DC), Hôtel du Collectionneur, Les Jardins du Marais, and Le Patio Saint Antoine (Paris), plus mixed-use development projects such as 15-25 K Street NE in Washington DC.

Product overview

Euro Capital Properties operates a portfolio of hotel and mixed-use real estate properties across the U.S. and Europe. The company's core offerings include The Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C., several luxury hotels in Paris (Hôtel du Collectionneur, Les Jardins du Marais, and Le Patio Saint Antoine), and development projects such as 15-25 K Street NE in D.C. The Hamilton Crowne Plaza was previously developed and sold. The company focuses on innovative, sustainable, location-specific mixed-use developments.

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Products and services

• The Watergate Hotel Luxury hotel on the banks of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., near Georgetown, originally designed by Italian architect Luigi Moretti in 1961. After a $125 million renovation it reopened as an original luxury experience for discerning leisure and business travelers, operated by Euro Capital Properties.
• Hôtel du Collectionneur Five-star, 507-room hotel in Paris's Golden Triangle developed by the Cohen Family, featuring Art Deco décor reminiscent of 1930s transatlantic cruise liners designed by Jacques Garcia and Alexandre Danan, with a spa and Andalusian-style patio garden.
• Les Jardins du Marais Luxury boutique hotel in Paris's Marais district with 265 fully renovated rooms and suites overlooking private gardens, close to landmarks including Place des Vosges, Musée Picasso, and the Bastille, with contemporary décor and a lounge bar and restaurant suited for business meetings and events.
• Le Patio Saint Antoine Recently renovated boutique hotel in central Paris on Rue Du Faubourg, within walking distance of Bastille, Nation Square, Marais, the Opera, and Place des Vosges, with contemporary décor and a lounge bar and restaurant suitable for business meetings and stylish events.
• 15-25 K Street NE Development Combined 52,000 SF land development site in the NoMa submarket of Washington, D.C., four minutes' walk from Union Station, with D5 zoning allowing as-of-right development of up to 750,000 FAR SF of mixed-use, multifamily, office, or hotel with retail components. Euro Capital Properties is in early stages of a mixed-use multifamily-centric development of approximately 500 units on the site.
• The Hamilton Crowne Plaza (Washington, D.C.) Restored 1920s boutique-style hotel in Washington, D.C.'s K Street Corridor, originally part of a $20 million renovation and development project, subsequently sold in 1997.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Highgate Hotels: One of the largest privately held hotel management, investment, and development companies in the US, with a significant footprint in luxury and lifestyle hotels in gateway cities. Operates and owns hotels with similar design-led positioning to ECP's portfolio.
• Salamander Hotels & Resorts: Privately held luxury hotel collection operating and developing iconic resort and urban properties. Shares ECP's trophy-asset repositioning playbook and family-controlled ownership structure with a design-forward luxury positioning.
• Hersha Hospitality Trust: Hospitality REIT focused on upscale and luxury urban hotels in gateway US markets, directly comparable to ECP's Watergate and K Street DC assets. Both target design-forward, independent and soft-branded luxury properties in dense urban locations.
• Pyramid Hotel Group: Private hospitality management and ownership company operating independent and branded luxury hotels in major US markets. Overlaps with ECP on luxury urban asset management and third-party operating relationships.
• Sage Hospitality Group: Privately held hospitality owner/operator with a curated portfolio of independent luxury and lifestyle hotels. Shares ECP's boutique luxury focus, urban gateway-city footprint, and integrated development/management model.
• Pebblebrook Hotel Trust: Lodging REIT with a portfolio concentrated in iconic, lifestyle/luxury urban and resort hotels, including a strong DC presence. Comparable to ECP in asset class, urban luxury positioning, and emphasis on independent and lifestyle-branded properties.
• Lore Group: Private hospitality company developing and operating a small portfolio of design-led luxury hotels in gateway cities including London and New York. Closely comparable to ECP in scale, design-forward philosophy, and trophy-asset strategy.

Broad incumbents

• Belmond (LVMH): Global luxury hotel collection owned by LVMH, focused on iconic heritage properties. Comparable to ECP in trophy-asset positioning and historic-property repositioning, though at materially larger scale and under a global brand.
• Rosewood Hotels & Resorts: Global luxury hotel brand operating design-forward properties in gateway cities worldwide. Comparable to ECP's design-led, luxury urban positioning, though Rosewood operates a brand and management company model rather than direct owner-developer.

Emerging players

• MCR and MORSE Development: Fast-growing private hotel owner-operator-acquirer focused on converting and repositioning hotel assets, including upscale and luxury properties. Comparable to ECP's acquisition-and-renovation model, though broader in scale and brand mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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