About YPG

The enrollment period for the 2013-14 YPG class is now OPEN.  Applicants must be 35 years of age or younger as of December 31, 2013 in order to apply.

Now in its eighth year, the Young Professionals Group (YPG) is a twelve-month, seventy-hour education, networking, and leadership program of NAIOP SoCal for young professionals.  The program is designed to provide the following:

  • Educational sessions that provide training on a broad range of real estate disciplines. The monthly sessions (typically 2:00-7:00 p.m.) alternate between personal/professional development sessions taught by the course facilitator and real estate-related classes taught by an industry leader. Each real estate session is designed to immerse individuals in critical aspects of the business that will serve as essential background to whatever their core real estate career objectives may be (e.g. land planning, development, construction, capital markets/finance, architecture and engineering, asset management, etc.).
  • Networking sessions that provide an opportunity for the development of a peer group who will “grow up” in the business together in the ensuing years, providing access to critical resources in a range of disciplines that will serve them in their career growth.
  • Access to and training by key decision makers in the commercial real estate industry. These “career coaches” will serve as role models and mentors for the next generation of real estate business leaders.
  • Leadership training that will allow young professionals to develop the key business skills necessary to help them ascend to leadership positions within their respective firms as well as the commercial real estate industry. 

Group members are expected, in addition to scheduled classtime, to devote several hours each month in preparation for case studies and participation in the program; the vast majority of that time is spent outside of normal business hours. An initial Learning Center/orientation session and team building workshop will be held April 19-21, 2013, and attendance at the entire retreat is mandatory.

The application period for the 2013-14 YPG class is now OPEN.  Deadline for receipt of applications and accompanying materials January 11, 2013, and students accepted into the program will be notified by mid-February.  For questions or more information, contact the NAIOP SoCal office at 714.979.9131.

Click here to download an Adobe copy of the latest YPG Syllabus and Application.

Click here to download the latest Word version of the YPG Application.