RDC Opens San Diego Office to Serve Growing Local Design Portfolio; Names Sean Slater Principal-in-Charge of the New Office
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Full-service design firm RDC, has opened offices in San Diego at 101 West Broadway in downtown San Diego, and has named RDC Principal Sean Slater, AIA, as Principal-In-Charge of the new office, RDC CEO Brad Williams, AIA has announced.
“A diverse client base has drawn us to San Diego, and we have had numerous staff regularly making the trip from Long Beach,” Williams said. “Sean loved the idea of making a life in San Diego, so this has been a natural evolution for our firm. We are confident in Sean and excited for him to have this role of growing a design office for RDC in San Diego.”
Under the leadership of Slater and RDC Senior Principal Mitra Esfandiari, AIA, the design staff at the firm’s Long Beach headquarters has created a portfolio of San Diego projects that includes the multi-phase repositioning of Del Mar Highlands Town Center, the redevelopment of Horton Plaza, renovations at Fashion Valley Mall, new mixed-use at Costa Verde Center, and several new high-rise multifamily communities in early planning phases.
“We are enthusiastic about San Diego, with its natural assets, human capital, and disposition toward continuing to evolve as a world leader in livable cities. Currently our firm’s San Diego portfolio would rank the new RDC office as among the largest design firms in the city,” Slater noted.