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Developers seeking to build a $55 million rental complex in Allston have dropped 93 microapartments from the designs in the latest attempt to gain city approval.

In July, the Boston Zoning Board of Appeals denied Anchor Line Partners’ proposal for a pair of apartment buildings at 449 Cambridge St. and 2 Emory Road, replacing an auto body shop and tow lot.

The original proposal called for 93 of the 166 apartments to be built as compact living units, a pilot program that offers developers incentives to reduce unit sizes and parking ratios in exchange for larger common areas. Developers proposed 11,000 square feet of outdoor shared space for residents including a second-floor terrace and roof deck.

The project was approved by the Boston Planning & Development Agency in August 2020, but ran into a roadblock at the ZBA this summer.

Under revised plans submitted this week to the BPDA, the 164,000-square-foot development would total 152 apartments. The new plans increase the number of two-bedroom units from 18 to 25, and increase their average size from 852 to 996 square feet.

Studio units will increase in average size from 450 to 625 square feet, according to a notice project change submitted by Jared Eigerman, an attorney for Reuben, Junius & Rose LLP. Developers now seek to break ground in early 2022.