Originally envisioned as a smaller store aimed at young adult shoppers, the Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods national chain has changed tack and is building a 40,000-square-foot full-sized Whole Foods store at 3490 SW Archer Road.

The trendiest of the upscale, organic grocery stores is bringing its full-sized slate of greens and fancy snacks to Gainesville.

Originally envisioned as a smaller store aimed at young adult shoppers, the Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods national chain has changed tack and is building a 40,000-square-foot full-sized Whole Foods store at 3490 SW Archer Road.

The change was announced at a Chamber of Commerce meeting Thursday, and the change of plans is outlined in Gainesville city building inspection documents.

The documents, obtained by The Sun on Friday, show that the contractor, J. Raymond Construction, asked for a modification change in February and proceeded with the work at the company's risk. A city official reviewed the plan in early April, writing that the building area had increased to 88,812 total square feet, with Whole Foods' portion accounting for 40,101 square feet.

Whole Foods officials did not return a phone message Friday, and Butler Enterprises officials declined to comment, deferring to store officials.

Last year, Whole Foods officials announced that Gainesville would be one of the first 13 cities where it had signed leases to open its 365 Whole Foods Market stores, designed to draw in younger, hurried shoppers with lower prices and a quicker shopping experience.

Whole Foods will anchor Butler Town Center's commercial center, along with a newly renovated Regal Cinema, P.F. Chang's restaurant and other retail stores. The development company announced Friday that there will be about 200 upscale apartments open in the area by late 2018.

Whole Foods is the largest and one of the best known natural and organic foods supermarket in the United States, with more than 465 stores and 91,000 employees in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. Fortune magazine has named Whole Foods to its "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for 19 straight years.