Plans are progressing for a five-story apartment building at the vacant Victor Iron Works sites near the southern edge of Soulard.
Whistler One LLC, the site's owner, has a St. Louis permit to construct 127 apartments at Victor and South Ninth streets. The city issued the $15 million building permit last Wednesday.
Affiliated with Whistler One is longtime St. Louis developer Trace Shaughnessy. Records indicate he also works with Asprient Properties, which recently completed Soulard IceHouse, a project of 42 apartments in the former Polar Wave building. The two sites are adjacent.
In April, the St. Louis Preservation Board approved Whistler One's plan. The board was involved because the Victor Iron Works site is within the Soulard Local Historic District and the Soulard National Register Historic District.
While the new construction requires demolition of buildings within the historic districts, some of the structures date from years outside the era of historical significance, the city's Cultural Resources Office reported.