FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — Lidl, a grocery retailer based in Germany, has purchased a four-acre land parcel in Spotsylvania County for $3.1 million. Lidl plans to build a 36,000-square-foot grocery store on the site, which is located at the intersection of Gordon Road and Route 3 in Fredericksburg. J.R. Burdette and Jonathan Gardner of Coldwell Banker Commercial Elite represented the seller, Henderson Properties, in the land transaction. This is the second store site purchased by Lidl in Spotsylvania County. In August, Lidl closed on a two-acre parcel in Southpoint II across Southpoint Parkway from Lowe’s Home Improvement and adjacent to 7–Eleven. The company is looking to enter into the U.S market with its first stores planned in Virginia and expected to open no later than 2018. In June, Lidl also purchased an 82-acre parcel to build a major distribution warehouse in Spotsylvania County. The distribution warehouse in Spotsylvania County is planned to be approximately 1 million square feet and cost around $125 million. The facility is also projected to provide 200 local jobs.
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