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A Canton-based company that owns service stations in and around Boston submitted plans for a 52-unit apartment building under the Mattapan neighborhood’s 2024 rezoning that was designed to stimulate housing production.

The 841 Morton St. project would replace a gas station on the half-acre site with a 5-story, 67,567-square-foot apartment complex.

Developer Moawed Properties said the proposal adds a new option from a neighborhood that suffers from a “lack of both new rental and homeownership housing options for new professionals, empty nesters, active seniors and families.”

Boston’s Squares + Streets planning studies are designed to encourage development of multifamily housing along main arteries and near public transit by increasing allowed density, reducing the need for developers to seek variances from the Zoning Board of Appeal.

The Mattapan property is located 300 feet from the MBTA’s Morton Street commuter rail station and along three bus routes.

In a project notification form submitted to the Boston Planning Department, the developers said the proposal largely conforms to the PLAN: Mattapan rezoning, although “a limited number” of dimensional requirements may require zoning relief.

PLAN: Mattapan, approved in early 2024, created two new base zoning districts in the neighborhood designed to create more consistent standards for development.

The 841 Morton St. proposal includes nine income-restricted units and two units reserved for federal housing voucher holders, along with a 42-space parking garage and 2,396 square feet of commercial space.

Squares + Streets planning studies are currently under way in Roslindale Square and Hyde Park’s Cleary Square and expected to include an additional 15 neighborhoods in coming years.