As a principal of Cardiff Development Partners, Rick focuses on site identification, project feasibility, design, entitlement and construction. With over 35 years of experience in commercial real estate, Rick has extensive background as a developer, tenant rep and broker with all types of retail properties.

Previous to his 7+ years in commercial real estate development, Rick was Vice President, Western Region for The McDevitt Company, a global real estate company representing distinctive retail brands including Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, David Yurman, James Perse, Jonathan Adler, Carhartt and L’Occitane.

Prior to those efforts, Rick was President & CEO of Robeks Juice, where he evolved a small company-owned concept with stores in the Los Angeles area into a viable brand and franchise chain expanding in over 30 major metropolitan areas across the United States. Previously, Rick was Director of Store Development at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Area Real Estate Manager at Blockbuster and a broker at CBRE.

Rick is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Urban Land Institute (ULI), and has been a guest speaker for both organizations as well as for Bisnow conferences.  Rick is a licensed California real estate broker and a graduate of UCLA, holding a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.