Yeah, I deleted my all of the workplaces and shops (I basically cleared the neigboorhood), but it seems I cannot build new ones? Are there any lots I could import to fix this, or can I actually build them somehow or are my Sims forced to live a Jobless, Shopless life?

You could probably get them through the exchange, I think they have business lots over there. As for work places. I think you should reinstall your game.

I really think a reinstall is your best option. Not sure which folders you need to keep for this game to save the games you had, hopefully someone else will know

Reinstalling and restoring your saved games would just give you back the same shopless/workplaceless game you had before. And it's not necessary to reinstall your game to restore it to defaults.

You can rebuild them, I think, if you enter a lot in build mode and it's a community lot rather than residential. Not sure what part of the catalog the buildings show up under, but if you use the eyedropper tool on them (you can create a new neighborhood temporarily to test this in), it should show you.

Eyedropper declares them unclonable... Ergh, it's obvious making those buyale should be an early hack...

I know where I saw them: Build mode. Over on the right side of the puck, there's a little building with awnings. Click on that. I believe it has the buildings you are looking for.

Thank You!!!