What To Know When Developing Workforce Housing

"On today's show we sit down with Scott Choppin with Urban Pacific. We discuss the dynamics within the workforce housing industry and what it takes to be successful in that asset class.

Scott K. Choppin is the Founder of the Urban Pacific Group of Cos. Scott oversees all operations of the Urban Pacific family of companies, including business development, capital acquisition, and strategic planning. Prior to forming Urban Pacific, Scott 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, Scott 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 affordable multifamily units throughout the Western United States.

Prior to that, Scott was a project manager with Irvine-based Snyder Langston Real Estate and Construction Services.Scott holds a degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Finance from California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo."