About six months after converting a large downtown restaurant into units, the space 21 N. Front St. is fully leased out, officials said.
 
The space, formerly home to Rum Runners, Merrakesh and then Smoke, was subdivided into retail and food businesses after the 250-seat Smoke barbecue restaurant closed last year.
 
Now, seven tenants have filled in the area with businesses ranging from Bitcoins to health food.

“We had some people who started going in April,” said Hunter Ford, owner of nearby Momentum Surf and Skate Shop, who helped building owner John Sutton with the leasing effort. “It’s a good mix.”
 
That mix includes the Saigon Bistro restaurant and acai-centric health food eatery Happy Bowls. On the retail end is an art gallery, cell phone repair spot, imports gift shop and handmade jewelry store, Ford said.
 
He said a tenant specializing in Bitcoin transactions, who is trying to get downtown businesses to accept the online currency, signed a lease a couple of weeks ago.
 
GEMS4U, the jewelry store, moved from a sidewalk vendor space on South Front Street to the indoor unit.
 
“The weather was getting to be too much. It was raining too much,” store owner Mary Sedcieski said. “All of the problems with the rain and wind; I made the decision to have an indoor place.”
 
From the 270-square-foot unit, Sedcieski sells her handmade jewelry and now prints by local artists Ivey Hayes and Frank Carter.
 
“I sell handmade jewelry with brass and crystal ... and healing crystals,” Sedcieski said.
 
She said the foot traffic, especially during the weekends, has been consistent.

“Everyone is a friend in the building,” she said. “We all help each other out.”
 
Samantha Santana contributed to this report.