The city is scrambling for creative places to house businesses, even temporarily.

The adjacent building that was the site of the hardware store now houses several small businesses.

It housed several businesses during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

It has housed several other businesses including an antiques centre, and is now a private residence.

The project partners hope these spaces will house small, community-based businesses.

Yet the 2,400-square-foot space remains empty and the building itself, which houses several other businesses, is covered by scaffolding.

In subsequent years the building housed various other businesses.

The building housed several businesses through the years, including a bank, specialty stores and professional offices.

Many of them now house several businesses, and because they have no interior walls, shoppers can look into one store while standing in another.

The building housed several small businesses and storage space, he said.