The owners of the Oak Bluffs building that once housed Seasons Eatery and Pub have plans to convert it to retail space.

The Circuit avenue establishment has been a restaurant for many decades, but interior renovations this winter will create three separate retail shops. Seasons, a year-round bar, closed its doors in February of 2013 after 27 years.

At the time, owner Bob Murphy cited fatigue with the many demands of running a restaurant. He had hoped that it would continue as a restaurant, under new ownership, but he couldn’t find the right fit.

“A restaurant is an intense use and there is a lot to it, so it had to be the right combination or the right person coming on,” Mr. Murphy said by phone this week.

About a year after the bar closed, Mr. Murphy and his partner,Jim Ryan began to discuss other possibilities for the building. They settled on retail; three stores of 1,000 square feet, each with a street-facing storefront.

“It was the easier of the options, simply because it’s less maintenance and less traffic, and it’s an easier thing to live with,” Mr. Murphy said. He said he has received a lot of inquiries about the space, he said, including from people who still see it as an eatery. “Not that many people came forward when we were looking for restaurants, and now that we are doing this [renovation], people are coming out of the woodwork, saying, can we still have it as a restaurant?”

The project is expected to be completed in early February. Mr. Murphy said he and his partner are just beginning to “whittle down” the inquiries they have received from prospective tenants.

Construction did not begin until late fall because of the building’s prominent location on the town’s business thoroughfare and its proximity to the Camp Ground.

“We think it’s quality retail we are putting in,” he said. “We are hoping these will be up to date and nice-looking properties.”

Architect Chuck Sullivan designed the building’s makeover. Mr. Murphy said he did not yet know how much it will cost to rent each unit. Before Seasons, 19 Circuit avenue was home to the Boston House, which occupied both the Seasons building and the adjacent structure.

Mr. Murphy and Mr. Ryan bought the property in foreclosure in 1986. The property also includes the adjoining game room.

In the nearly two years since Season’s closed, Mr. Murphy said he has not missed the restaurant business.

“It’s a lot of fun but it’s a lot of work,” he said. “It’s a lot going on all the time. It’s a lot easier to hand somebody the key to the door than it is to run a business, sometimes 14 hours a day.”