The developer, Brad DeHays, wishes it had been a lot sooner. "I would have liked to have opened a month ago," said DeHays, owner of Connect Realty. The project was delayed by construction challenges to the 1880s-era buildings, including a fire that damaged the roof and heavy rains that collapsed a wall soon after construction began last spring. Work continued through much of the COVID-19 pandemic until the fall, when outbreaks knocked out contractors. "Every time a contractor got COVID, it shut them down," DeHays said. "It wasn't so bad last summer, but in the fall, I couldn't go a week without a quarantined contractor."