Dudley Ventures is pleased to have been included in this informative article highlighting some of Phoenix's successful adaptive-reuse projects.

Drive the streets of downtown and central Phoenix and you may do several double takes: What appears to be a church is actually a taco restaurant. A former pie factory now houses numerous small businesses. And upon closer inspection, an old brick pool house is a walk-up coffee bar.

Phoenix established its adaptive reuse program in 2008 to help streamline the process of renovating existing buildings for new business uses.

Since then, more than 100 successful adaptive-reuse projects have sprung up across the city.

There are some restrictions: A former schoolhouse couldn't be renovated to become, say, an adults-only book store. However, officials say by and large the program has inspired creative transformations and helped preserve Phoenix's history, one structure at a time.

To read the full article, please visit azcentral.com.