Redevelopment of several properties in South Windham is starting to take shape.

Along with a successful bid on 9 Main St., an eyesore property that was condemned by the town in 2014, bids on the former Maine Cedar Log Home manufacturing building at 37 Main St., the proposed site for a new South Windham fire station, will be opened in early March.

The new station will replace the station now located on Route 202. Last summer, voters approved a $1.67 million bond for the project.

SMRT architect David Mains explained the final plans for the project at a Windham Town Council meeting on Tuesday.

The smaller, darker-colored log home adjacent to the building will remain and be used as office space for the firefighters. A larger log home will be removed before the town takes ownership, according to Mains.

The staff areas in the manufacturing facility include a training room, kitchen area, and a laundry and decontamination room, which is for cleaning gear after firefighters return from a fire. The process is important for ridding the uniforms of carcinogens and contaminants, and battling high cancer rates among firefighters, according to Mains. Contaminated uniforms are sent to the East Windham Fire Station, which has the only washer and extractor in the system, according to Fire Chief Brent Libby.

Libby said the greatest challenges of the project were to work within the constraints of the budget, as well as within the existing structure of the manufacturing building.

Mains said the town plans to award the bid on the project by early April, with construction completed by the end of the year.

9 Main St.

James Cummings, a developer who owns two properties in South Windham, won the bid for the formerly condemned 9 Main St. property, contingent on an environmental assessment to be conducted by Cummings. The property is across from the South Windham fire station that the town plans to vacate by the end of this year.

Cummings paid $26,000 for the site.

In his letter to the town, Cummings said his goal as a developer “is to encourage a working family environment that is good for my properties and good for the town.”

Cummings said he plans to build no more than four units at 9 Main St.

“As you know, there were six units there before, and that eliminated the ability to provide adequate parking for the residents,” he said. “When you are trying to attract working families, it is necessary to have parking.”

The existing building will be demolished by the end of May, according to Cummings.