According to Latzanakis, going independent would harm his chances of returning to the location after the renovations are completed in the fall. He said he feels IMD, the development company, would not support a small business without a brand name behind it.

Since IMD took control of the property this fall, the current tenants have remained only through signing individual one-month extensions.

"They have to give us at least a months notice, and we haven't received one as of yet. So we're here at least through February. They originally gave us 60 days notice in late October," Wheson said.

No definite date has been set for the removal of the businesses, because of uncertainty in the renovation schedule. Both tenants originally were scheduled to be out by the end of January.

Although construction has already begun on the property, no one is certain when the renovations will proceed to the point that the businesses will have to leave.

"The developers are starting to do work on the back of the property, working on the mechanics, it's all internal at this point. I don't know when they will get to the stage where the current tenants will have to get out," Murphy said. "They've been working around the tenants so far."

So now the businesses only know the expulsion is coming, but not when.

"We would obviously like to stay here, we've been here for 25 years," Wheson said. "But it ain't over till its over."