About Us

Over 3,000 professionals, established 1999: monthly speaker luncheons, charity fundraisers and networking for young commercial real estate professionals.

What is Young Real Estate Professionals?

With over 3,000 professionals and growing, the Young Real Estate Professionals (YREP) club in Chicago is organized by and specifically for young professionals in the commercial real estate industry.

Established in 1999, YREP holds informal monthly speaker luncheons, charity fundraisers and social networking functions for its members.

The purpose of YREP is threefold

To further the development of young professionals in all areas of commercial real estate.
To promote avenues of communication among young professionals in the industry.
To leverage the industry knowledge of prominent commercial real estate leaders.

To learn more about the benefits of becoming a YREP member, see membership, or for more information contact director@yrep.org.

Since 1999, some of our speakers include

Randy RoweChairman, Green Courte Partners

Sam ZellChairman, Equity Group Investments

Nicholas J. PritzkerChairman, Hyatt Development Corporation

Steven FifieldPresident, Fifield Companies

Gary GarrabrantCEO, Equity International Properties

Steve QuazzoCEO, Transwestern Investment Company

Bruce CohenCEO, Wrightwood Capital

Jack McKinneyPresident, J.F. McKinney & Associates

Lynn ThurberCEO, LaSalle Investment Management

Michael BrennanPresident, First Industrial Realty Trust

Jerry FogelsonPresident, The Fogelson Companies, Inc.

Michael SilverFounder, Equis Corporation

Michael GeorgePresident, Mid-America Asset Management

Robert A. WislowChairman & CEO, U.S. Equities Realty

Mike LuechtCEO, ML Realty Partners

Jules MarlingPresident, Real Estate Research Corp

Richard A. HansonPrincipal, Mesa Development LLC

Michael J. FaronPresident, W.E. O’Neil Construction Company

Michael TomaszChairman, Camins Tomasz Kritt

Jack CohenCEO, Cohen Financial

Neil FreemanPresident, Aries Capital

Paul BeitlerPresident, Beitler Real Estate Corporation

Our members

Chart: membership specialty by product type. All product types 43%, office 28%, industrial 12%, multifamily 11%, retail 5%, self storage 1%. — Membership specialty by product type (PDF)

Chart: membership discipline breakdown. Acquisitions, dispositions and development 31%, lending and finance 25%, brokerage 16%, graduate student 6%, asset management 6%, accounting 5%, consulting and appraisal 5%, research 4%, construction 2%. — Membership discipline breakdown (PDF)