More office space is on its way to Chicago’s hot Fulton Market District, but this time with a innovative twist aimed at keeping local businesses in the area. Approved Thursday by the Chicago Plan Commission, the new 13-story development will be the first building to include a city-mandated affordable retail component.

The project, slated for a parking lot at the southeast corner of Fulton Market and Ogden Avenue, will offer “at least some” of its 15,000 square feet of ground retail space below market rate, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

The 315,000-square-foot office building was first proposed as an 18-story, 315-unit apartment tower. Developer Trammell Crow changed its plans once local Alderman Walter Burnett Jr. placed a memorandum on residential projects north of Lake Street. Burnett has been a vocal advocate for affordable rents for for neighborhood businesses.

Commission approves 14-story #WestLoop office plan at Fulton Market and Ogden Avenue. The developer of the 315,000-square-foot building will pay about $2.8 million into the #ChicagoNOF system. Once fully leased, the building will be able to support 2,200 permanent jobs. pic.twitter.com/7Rf69c36pk — Chicago DPD (@ChicagoDPD) August 16, 2018

The move could set a precedent for future Fulton Market developments to include an affordable option for smaller shops and restaurants to remain in the trendy (and increasingly expensive) former meatpacking district. As companies like Google and McDonald’s move in, the area has seen rents rise and a number of longtime retailers—especially restaurants like Wishbone, West Loop Salumi, Jaipur, Perez, and others—close their doors.

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The new office development wasn’t the only project approved at the August meeting of the Chicago Plan Commission. The group cast votes in favor of zoning changes supporting several new projects across the city.

These include a four-story office building in Ravenswood, a recycling facility along the Calumet River, an addition to the Chicagoland Laborers’ District Council Training and Apprentice Fund building in North Austin, and the the adaptive reuse of an old industrial building at 838 W. Kinzie Avenue into a restaurant.

Commission approves rezoning in the #Ravenswood Industrial Corridor to permit a four-story office building. pic.twitter.com/qbEvMYTbRi — Chicago DPD (@ChicagoDPD) August 16, 2018

Commission approves the rehabilitation of a manufacturing facility at East 106th Street and the Calumet River to allow for a recycling operation on the 21-acre site. pic.twitter.com/445id01f9R — Chicago DPD (@ChicagoDPD) August 16, 2018

Commission approves amended plan at 5700 W. Homer St. to permit the construction of a 53,000-square-foot addition for the Chicagoland Laborers’ District Council Training & Apprentice Fund. pic.twitter.com/meSKTq5CFz — Chicago DPD (@ChicagoDPD) August 16, 2018