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By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter
Adaptive reuse developer Ashley Harder is embarking in a new redevelopment project in Phoenix.
Harder, who is principal and owner of Harder Development, is redeveloping a 66-year old commercial building at 14th Street and McDowell Road in Phoenix.
The project is called CLIO.
Many developers in Phoenix have gone out of business, left town or found a different business niche, but Ashley Harder is undaunted. The first-time developer is beginning her new career with a remodel of a historic commercial space at 335 W. McDowell Road in Phoenix.
By Mike Sunnucks
Kat Proffitt knows how many people perceive the Coronado area of Phoenix, along McDowell Road near 16th Street.
“They think it’s the ghetto,” said Proffitt, co-owner of Smooth Brew, a coffee shop at McDowell and 14th Street. “They think it’s dangerous.”
She is the CEO and principal of Harder Development. Harder took two vacant buildings near Roosevelt Street and 11th Avenue and redeveloped them into a new commercial project.
Medical technology company Solera Health Inc. is leasing the building which is west of Seventh Avenue and Roosevelt Street.
Hosted by Harder Development, the Gallery and Artelshow are pleased to present “Transforming Space” featuring the large scale works of Joe Holdren and Yuko Yabuki.
As a downtown Phoenix developer who is invested in community building, infill projects and repurposing forgotten buildings, my heart is heavy to see the demolition of the historic St James and Madison Hotels in the warehouse district. The reason behind their destruction – to make way for a VIP surface parking lot for Phoenix Suns ticket holders – makes it even harder for me to swallow.
Ashley Harder grew up around old buildings in Boston, and says she learned a lot from her sister, who currently redevelops big-city structures and neighborhood buildings in their hometown.
Ashley Harder is working on a new adaptive reuse project along downtown Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row. Harder is working on the Carline Center at the northeast corner of Roosevelt Street and 11th Avenue.
"It's a holistic approach to development where we manage acquisition to development, source our tenants, manage our property, and help supply them with assistance to be successful."
The Great Paint Escape was a multifaceted arts project and silent auction presented by Free Arts of Arizona and Harder Development.
When Ashley Harder moved to Arizona from Boston, she wasn't in the business of opening art galleries, connecting with the local food scene, or rehabilitating spaces -- she was selling cosmetics. Six years later, she's ditched her make-up gig in Scottsdale, moved to downtown Phoenix, and started her own business, Harder Development.
By Java Magazine, Written by Jared Duran
The intersection of 3rd Avenue and Roosevelt is a well-traveled one. On the northeast corner stand some old haunts (Pita Jungle, Lola Coffee): northwest, the Fontenelle House Lofts (1912); southeast, apartments and offices; and southwest, a fenced lot promising something new.