Cardinal Development Company

About Cardinal Development Company

Cardinal Development Company is a real estate operator headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA. Cardinal Development Company operates in Los Angeles, California (LA), Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California and San Bernardino-Riverside-Ontario, California (Inland Empire). Its investment focus is on Industrial, Logistics and Self-Storage.

Cardinal Development Company is a privately held real estate developer and manager based in Costa Mesa, California. Established in 1986 by four Stanford alumni, the firm has operated for nearly 39 years under current leadership—President Scott C. Rimland (since 1995) and Principal David. The company manages a portfolio of approximately 1.2 million square feet of commercial space, including multi‑tenant and single‑tenant industrial buildings, and operates 12 self‑storage facilities branded Extra Storage. Recent developments include an 88,000 sf speculative industrial building in Eastvale, a 388,000 sf industrial project in Napa, and a planned 110,000 sf storage facility in Irvine. Cardinal also originates and services short‑term real estate loans totaling over $10 million across recent years. Additionally, it has partnered on residential land entitlements and sales—covering 124 lots in Atherton, 79 in Redhawk Golf Course, and 70 on Seraphina Road in Temecula.

Principals at Cardinal Development Company