A local developer and business owner is looking to convert a longstanding two-family house at 73 Sachem St. into a six-unit development.

David Hassman appeared before the Community Alliance of Mission Hill at its March meeting to discuss the project and review the zoning relief it will need from the city. Hassman is the owner of Boston Property Services, and notes that he currently rents out nine other units in the Mission Hill neighborhood.

Hassman will be before the CAMH again later this month for a quick review of the project and a CAMH vote to recommend its approval to the city’s zoning board.

In addition to the 73 Sachem St. plot, Hassman was the successful bidder on a request for proposals to purchase and develop the adjoining lot at 0 Sachem St. Hassman said he is looking to combine the lots for the project. The 0 Sachem lot contains a historic wall constructed as part of the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s, and Hassman will be responsible for preserving the wall, as well as maintaining a large historic oak on the property.

Once the lots are combined, the total lot size will be 6,880 feet. The project will add four new units to the existing two units in a single building on the site. Two of the units will be two bedrooms, two will be two bedrooms plus an office, and two will be three bedroom units with an office, according to Hassman.

Several CAMH speakers said they appreciated that Hassman was seeking variances to construct smaller units on the combined lot, rather than building two larger six- to seven-bedroom units that could be constructed by right. The project also required zoning relief because there are no on-site parking spaces.

As is typical in the Mission Hill neighborhood with the development of new rental units, concerns were raised about the apartments being rented to college students.

Hassman said his goal is to rent the units to young professionals rather than college students. He added that of the nine units he currently has in Mission Hill, five of the units are rented to professionals. In addition, he said his property services company will run a thorough check on any potential tenants for the Sachem Street property.

The developer said he would also take into consideration concerns about a patio on the building being potentially used as a party spot by student tenants. Hassman added that the project was designed with no roof or regular decks attached to the units to curtail that type of activity.

Hassman was also asked about the potential of developing the site as a condominium development, rather than a rental project.

“If there was another floor to this and there was parking, a condo developer could make this work,” said Hassman. “As it currently stands, with the six units I have, I can’t make condos work without parking and I couldn’t get financing. If there were more units, it starts to tip the scale, but that’s not what I have.”

In other business at its March meeting, the CAMH heard from the project team and owner of 163-165 Hillside St. Project attorney Ryan Spitz said property owner Christopher McGue is looking to renovate the existing two-family dwelling into a three-family dwelling. The building would provide two on-site parking spaces and be equipped with a full sprinkler system, according to Spitz.

“This property has been severely neglected and an eyesore to the neighborhood,” said McGue. He said he purchased the property from the city when the property was in receivership and had a number of health and safety violations that were never rectified by the previous owner.

“Our intentions are to completely renovate the entire building up to 100 percent code compliance, remove the junk and abandoned cars in the back, regrade the alleyway in the back, and bring this property up to its full value to fit in with a lot of the other houses in the neighborhood,” said McGue.

The project will be back before the CAMH at its April meeting for a recap of the plans and any potential revisions so that the community alliance can make a recommendation on the project to the city’s zoning board.

In other business, the CAMH also heard from the architect for a proposed three-unit triple decker project at 18 Delle Ave.

That project will also be back before the CAMH at its April meeting.