Scott Choppin
Founder & CEO
Urban Pacific Group

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.