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NEW YORK CITY — German discount grocer Lidl will open a 35,000-square-foot grocery store at Queens Place Mall, located in the borough’s Elmhurst neighborhood. The grocer will backfill a space previously occupied by Designer Shoe Warehouse, whose lease expires in August. Diana Boutross, Ian Lerner and Alan Schmerzler of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Madison International Realty, in the lease negotiations. Kenneth Schuckman of Schuckman Realty represented Lidl, which plans to open its store within the 440,000-square-foot mall in the first quarter of 2024.