Asset Managers
Brett Daniels
Chief Executive Officer, Urban Brokerage, Inc.
CA DRE #01230746
Brett Daniels
Brett Daniels
is Chief Operating Officer within The Urban Group of Companies, with a focus on managing the firm and its affiliates' real estate operations. In this capacity, Mr. Daniels holds the positions of Urban Brokerage's and Urban Housing's CEO as well as COO of Urban Eco Housing, which collectively broker, acquire, rehabilitate, lease and manage multifamily, mixed-use and commercial properties of over 1,000 units in 4 states.
Through his career in real estate, Mr. Daniels co-founded, with Mr. Chaplan, a number of professional real estate firms in operation today including but not limited to Urban Brokerage, Inc (real estate brokerage services); Urban Eco Housing (revitalization of inner city housing and communities using sustainable building materials and resident empowerment); Urban Housing (management, maintenance, construction & development and ancillary services of income property); and the American Alliance for Affordable Housing, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit focusing on real estate and resident empowerment.
Mr. Daniels is a licensed California real estate salesperson and the managing member of the numerous real estate holding and service companies that he and Mr. Chaplan own and operate.
Mr. Daniels attended California State University, Northridge where he studied business with an emphasis in finance and real estate. He worked for the ?Big 8? accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche (formerly Touche Ross & Company) in the Management Consulting Group. At Deloitte, Mr. Daniels? focus was finance, healthcare technology and real estate construction /development, including project oversight for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority?s Metro Blue Line, and the Port of Los Angeles? Cabrillo Marina developments. He spent several years pursuing entrepreneurial ventures abroad, during which time he owned several small businesses. Upon his return to the US, he co-founded and was a partner in the real estate brokerage firm Income Property Specialists.
Scott Chaplan
Executive Chair, The Urban Group of Companies
CA DRE #01182553
Over a period of 15 years, Mr. Chaplan has created and shaped the Urban Group of Companies into an integrated multi-service firm with the capacity to structure financing, acquire, develop, rehabilitate and manage over $1 billion of multi-unit residential, mixed use, commercial and office properties. Many of these projects involve historic buildings which have been rehabilitated to provide affordable family housing in low-income communities.
Mr. Chaplan was also a pioneer in developing environmentally sustainable projects in the inner-city, and formed Urban Eco-Housing to service this perceived need well ahead of competitors. Leveraging the knowledge built in urban development, Mr. Chaplan has developed a comprehensive consulting business that assists organizations and individuals in low-income communities in developing successful and sustainable business skills and strategies. Thousands of community leaders attend Urban Seminars across the United States each year, and are clients of Urban Consulting.
Mr.Chaplan serves on the Governing Board of or advises multiple faith-based non-profit entities including City of Refuge Ministries;Perfecting Faith Church; God?s Grace Covenant Church; Temple Kol Tikvah; Force of Hope International; Iglesia Fuenta de Vida; Iglesia de Cristo Mission Elim; Century Christian Center, and others. He is also aboard member of the Foundation for Camp Max Strauss, which serves thousands of inner city youth annually; the Chase Foundation, serving the City?s extremely ill youth through Children?s Hospital; and the Mid-City Housing Task Force, serving the City?s lowest income tenants.
He has utilized his expertise and experience in co-authoring The West Corporation?s Code Form Book, the National Business Institute?s Landlord Tenant Guide and, with Bishop Noel Jones, A Vow of Prosperity. He teaches courses for the National Business Institute, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, and is an Advisory Board member and Adjunct Professor for the Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Law.
Mr.Chaplan began his professional career at the ?Big 8? accounting firm of Peat Marwick Mitchell prior to attending Pepperdine University School of Law, where was a member of the Law Review. Mr. Chaplan was a Partner in the law firm Argue Pearson Harbison & Myers prior to co-founding Greene, Fidler, Chaplan & Hicks, LLP, a business boutique with an emphasis on real estate, nonprofit and corporate law.
EDUCATION AND AFFILIATIONS
- BS, Business; University of Southern California
- JD; Pepperdine University School of Law
- Ambassador, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors
- Member, Town Hall
- Member, World Affairs Council
- Licensed Real Estate Broker
- American Bar Association (Member, Litigation, Real Property and Entertainment Law Sections)
- Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association
