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A Dorchester hotel would be converted into apartments for former homeless individuals under a development proposal by The Community Builders of Boston.

The project would create 104 apartments at the Comfort Inn hotel at 900 Morrissey Blvd., all reserved for households earning 30 percent or less of area median income.

The Pine Street Inn would operate the facility, according to a project notification form submitted to the Boston Planning and Development Agency.

The property spans 1.3 acres and includes a 5-story, 46,378-square-foot hotel originally completed in 1985. The current owner is Matthew J. Strazzula Trust, according to assessors’ data.

Under a zoning change enacted in 2021, the project would not require on-site parking because all housing units would be affordable, and 63 of the existing 96 parking spaces would be removed and replaced with landscaping.

The project is the second hotel-to-housing conversion for review by the agency this fall.

In October, the Archdiocese of Boston’s Planning Office for Urban Affairs proposed converting the shuttered former Constitution Inn at the Charlestown Navy Yard into a 126-unit mixed-income apartment complex. The plans include studios reserved for former homeless individuals and workforce housing units available for households earning up to 60 percent of area median income.

Community Builders Propose Dorchester Hotel Conversion

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