Carolyn Myles was disappointed for her customers when Cape Breton Regional Municipality told her last fall they would not be renewing the lease on her fish-and-chip kiosk on the downtown boardwalk in Sydney, N.S.

A long-planned apartment complex was getting set to start construction this summer on land where the former Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club used to be and several kiosks were in the way.

But she said she and her customers were elated this week when she found out that the development was bei…