Pairing Private Capital with
Workforce Housing
We are workforce housing real estate developers
Urban Pacific and it’s CEO – Scott Choppin – have invented a new housing model for working families in California one of the highest constraint housing markets in the US for moderate income working families. These families are paying an ever increasing percentage of their income towards housing costs. To solve this intractable problem, we invented the Urban Town House (UTH) to provide a new housing type to working class families. Specifically, UTH is built-to-rent 5-bedroom 4-bathroom town house unit for large and multi-generational working families in urban areas of California. The rents that we underwrite make these projects economically feasible and provide naturally occurring moderate income rental housing for families between 80-150% of MAI.
UTH projects uncommonly pair private capital with a workforce rental housing model and classically use institutional private equity, as well as, Opportunity Zone capital.
Focused exclusively on the California marketplace — the most highly constrained housing market in the nation — Urban Pacific’s vision is to produce over 1,000 unit per year of UTH housing in Southern California, with future expansion into the California Bay Area market.
Scott Choppin
Founder and CEO
Scott Choppin is the Founder and CEO of The Urban Pacific Group of Companies, a Long Beach, CA-based real estate development company, founded in 2000, that focuses exclusively on workforce rental housing communities throughout California.
The Choppin family has been in real estate development in Long Beach since 1960, which includes highlights such as the development of the Long Beach World Trade Center and the 293-unit CityPlace residential development in downtown Long Beach.
Scott is an innovator in the fields of urban housing, mixed use projects, and affordable/middle income housing communities throughout the Western United States.
With over 35 years in the development business, Scott is a leader in the field, and has been a speaker at the International Builders Show, the Pacific Coast Builders Conference, SoCal BIA’s BIS Show. As well, Scott is a published author in the real estate development field, and is a regular contributor to major media outlets throughout the nation.
Scott has been published in Forbes Magazine, GlobeSt.com, Los Angeles Times, Builder Magazine, Affordable Housing Finance, Affordable Housing News, and most recently, the cover and feature article about the UTH housing model in Multi-Family Executive magazine.
Prior to forming Urban Pacific, Mr. Choppin was Director of Land Acquisition for the Multi-Family Development Division of Irvine based Sares-Regis Group. In that position, he was responsible for all land acquisition activities for the development of luxury, market rate and senior rental communities throughout California, Colorado, and Arizona.
Before joining Sares-Regis, Mr. Choppin was with Kaufman and Broad Multi-Housing Group. As Senior Project Manager, he was responsible for all activities related to multifamily development, including the acquisition, entitlement, syndication and development of over 1,900 multifamily units throughout the Western United States. Prior to that, Mr. Choppin was a project manager with Irvine-based Snyder Langston Real Estate and Construction Services.
Mr. Choppin holds a Bachelor of Science in Business with a specialization in Finance from California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, and holds an “A” license as a general contractor in the state of California. Scott and Becky Choppin have been happily married and together for 32 years, and are raising their 3 kids – Sean Patrick, Dylan, and Jenna, as the 4th generation of the Choppin family in Long Beach.
Track Record
For over 50 years, Urban Pacific and it’s founding family have been developers of premier residential and commercial projects. Including development of the Long Beach World Trade Center, and the Axis at Westminster project, Urban Pacific and the Choppin family have built superior identities of trust, value, authority, and leadership in the real estate development domain throughout the nation.
$900M
PROJECTS EXITED
27+
Project Completed
20+
YEAR TRACK RECORD
3,400+
UNITS DEVELOPED
Axis 2300
Irvine, CA
Cityview at Signal Hill
Signal Hill, CA
Cityview at Pine Ave
Long Beach, CA
Bank Lofts at San Pedro
San Pedro, CA
Stonegate Senior Housing
Orange, CA
Cityview Lofts
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Us
If you are a land seller or broker, investor or lender, city or government representative, or need to reach us for any reason, please fill out the form below, and a team member will get back to you as soon as possible.
(888) URBAN80 | (562) 552-1777
5318 E. 2nd St., Suite 644
Long Beach, CA 90803
choppin@urbanpacific.com