Lidl is set to open another brand new distribution centre in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, becoming the latest household name to join iPort, Verdion’s €597.6m (£500m) multi-modal logistics development.
The new warehouse price is €83.7m (£70m), it is part of the supermarket’s ongoing expansion plans within the UK, and follows the opening of Lidl’s newest regional distribution centre in Southampton earlier this month.
The supermarket will occupy 58,400m² of logistics space with additional ancillary areas, on a 14 hectares plot within Phase One of the 557,400m² logistics scheme, bringing 500 permanent jobs to the region.
Earlier in the year the grocer announced that it would be relocating its warehouses in Weston-Super-Mare and Livingston to Bristol and Eurocentral respectively, as well as opening two new warehouses in Wednesbury and Exeter as well as expanding its RDCs in Newton Aycliffe and Runcorn.
A planning application for Lidl’s new warehouse and office space has been submitted, with construction anticipated to commence in 2017.
Gent Visick, CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield are letting agents for iPort.
Colliers International acted for Lidl.
