The final plan for the building at 923 Locust may disappoint those with an affinity for the Tudor Revival-style cladding installed decades ago on the 120-year-old structure. But it could intrigue others.

Indianapolis-based TWG Development wants to rehab two adjacent buildings at 917 and 921 Locust Street to make room for 88 apartments. When they pitched their plan in November, they didn't say specifically they would tear down the corner building at 923 Locust. But they weren't sure what to do with it.

Now, however, they say they will tear it down. And instead of the 2,400-square-foot commercial building with rooftop patios pitched before, they've settled on a novel proposal amidst downtown's high-rises: townhomes.

"They have come up with, we think, a very imaginative idea," said Dale Ruthsatz, the director of commercial development at the St. Louis Development Corporation.