WINONA — After more than 30 years owning a furniture and an antiques business, Mark Zimmerman is melancholy about his retirement.

Zimmerman founded the Sugar Loaf Furniture business in Winona, which closed in 2003. He opened Sugar Loaf Antiques & Crafts at the location in 2006, then reopened the furniture store in 2010 after the building failed to sell.

Before becoming a furniture store and antique mall, the property was the home of the Peter Bub Brewery, which Zimmerman worked at in the 1950s. Founded in 1862, the brewery had a more than 100-year run before closing in 1969, with the brewery properties weathering two devastating fires in 1872 and 1882.

Because of all that history, Zimmerman is sad to go. But after he survived a heart attack last year, both Zimmerman and his daughter, Geri Corey, are looking to retire.

“I’m getting older,” said Zimmerman. “You have to retire at some point.”

The Sugar Loaf Antiques & Crafts and Sugar Loaf Furniture properties will be sold at auction by Zenke Auction & Realty of Caledonia. Sealed bids will be accepted until 4 p.m. on Oct. 6, and then the highest sealed bids will compete at a live auction on Oct. 9.

The new owners will then be able to decide what they want to do with the properties and the business. Zimmerman said he hopes the buyers would continue to operate the antique mall, or even better yet, revive his dream of returning the location to its roots as a brewery.

Peter Boettcher worked with Zimmerman in 2007 to pitch the idea of renovating the location into a brewery to city leaders. Boettcher, trained by German brewmasters, had hoped to turn the buildings into a 60,000-barrel-per-year microbrewery that could serve the region. But after a few years of work, the plans fell through.

“We just couldn’t work out the final details,” Zimmerman said. “I appreciate the history of the property. I still have hopes of a brewery coming back to the property.”