![](http://i.azcentral.com/i/1/9/9/L169_CIFRae59e106b93dec0a4aed7b2801c38991.jpg)
It was very, very tough because you had to have faith in knowing that this was going to get built up,” she said. “It was a learning experience to build a business by yourself when everyone else around you is disappearing.”
The four-building restaurant and retail complex along the south side of the Arizona Canal was hard hit by the recession, as numerous merchants were forced out of business.
Read more: After recession, Downtown Scottsdale's SouthBridge now ‘golden area’