In the next couple years, people will be able to live or dine in a former fire station in downtown Plainfield.
On Monday, the Plainfield Village Board granted a special use permit for planned development of a mixed-use building at 15025 S. Des Plaines St., the former Plainfield Fire Protection District headquarters.
Developers plan to convert the second level into six residential units while the first floor is transformed for commercial or restaurant use.
The plan includes the potential for a second phase in which the building would be added on to and would feature a similar arrangement, with four additional residential units.
The fire station is steps from downtown’s main strip of Lockport Street.