A local developer wants to bulk up on housing and reduce commercial space for its proposed Malcolm Yards project, a mixed-use development that includes converting the Harris Machinery Building in Minneapolis into a food hall.

Minneapolis-based Wall Cos. received city approval last year to renovate the Harris Machinery Building, 501 30th Ave. SE, and construct two apartment buildings on adjacent properties at 445 Malcolm Ave. SE and 419-504 29th Ave. SE. Located near the University of Minnesota, the properties are part of a former industrial site between Malcolm Avenue SE and 29th Avenue SE.

On Monday, the Minneapolis Planning Commission will review the developer’s request to revise the project with a slightly larger food hall, 61 additional housing units and a 25,000-square-foot reduction in commercial space. The changes require a planned unit development amendment.

The new plan calls for a 184-unit market-rate apartment building and a 164-unit affordable apartment building. In 2019, the city approved a plan for 140-plus units in each of the proposed buildings.

In addition, Wall intends to turn the Harris building into a 19,000-square-foot food hall, up from 17,000 square feet, and trim 25,000 square feet of commercial space from the market-rate building, according to a city staff report.