VIDEO: Atlanta Fire Station 15 on Tenth Street in Midtown is being planned with apartments on top of it. Some who live and work in the area found that surprising.
"Why put it on top of the fire station? That don't even make no sense," said Nile Hollis. "I think it's different. You'll see a mall or a Starbucks, underneath apartment buildings, but a fire station?" said Terrance Rodney Lucas.
The plan is to completely renovate the fire station and build affordable apartments above it. City officials say there will be a significant number of apartments, somewhere in the range of 80 to 120 or more.
While other cities have put housing on top of fire stations, this is something new for Atlanta.
"This is the latest effort to use innovation to bring affordable housing to the heart of Midtown," said Courtney English, chief policy officer for city of Atlanta.