Dominion Realty Partners plans to start construction soon on a five-story, 294-unit apartment project on a vacant block near uptown Charlotte’s Gateway Village.

The Charlotte Business Journal reported earlier this year that the Raleigh-based commercial real estate firm was planning to develop the midrise complex on a 3.3-acre block bounded by Trade, Sycamore and Fifth streets, and Irwin Avenue. The property is on the opposite side of Irwin from the Gateway Village development on West Trade.

Dominion…