Sharon Harper 2025 Arizona Historymaker featured speaker

 Sharon Harper, chairman, CEO and co-founder of Plaza Companies, and 2025 Arizona Historymaker will be the featured speaker at the next edition of The Vault, Scottsdale Community Bank’s speaker series featuring conversations with business leaders from across Arizona.

The event will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at SkySong, The ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. Attendance is complimentary for Vault members, according to a press release.

Her honors include the Phoenix Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Most Admired Leader and the Trail of Leadership Award from Scouting America’s Grand Canyon Council. In 2025, Ms. Harper and her husband, Ollie Harper, were recognized as Arizona Historymakers by the Arizona Historical League. Listen to her tell her story at https://historicalleague.org/.../sharon-harper-oliver.../

Ms. Harper has spent decades involved in Arizona real estate development and economic development initiatives. Through Plaza Companies, she has overseen a portfolio that includes urban redevelopment projects, medical and health care properties, senior living communities and bioscience facilities. The company has participated in the development of nearly 13 million square feet of real estate across Arizona.

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Sharon Harper, 2025 AZ Historymaker, working on new development at former Fiesta Mall site

 Arizona Historymaker 2025, Sharon Harper is working on a new development at the former Fiesta Mall site. Axios reports: "first of its kind" women's health and sports campus will "anchor" the overall project, including multifamily housing, offices, restaurants, retail and sports facilities.

It will incorporate a comprehensive network of health, wellness and athletic performance facilities focused on girls and women, Mayo said.

Sharon has been honored as a 2025 AZ Historymaker: She co-founded and serves as chairman and CEO of Plaza Companies, specializing in healthcare/bioscience, senior housing, hospitality and transformational re- development projects such as SkySong, Park Central, and Creighton University Health Sciences Campus, Phoenix. She serves as Trustee to the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, ASU, Creighton University, TGen and McCain Institute and chaired Prop 123 and Phoenix GOBOND Initiatives (collectively $5.5B impact to community).

Where we were successful, we want our communities to be successful. – Sharon Harper