Construction firm wins multi-million contract for experimental Lidl
CONSTRUCTION firm Caddick has won a “multi-million” pound contract to build West Yorkshire’s first experimental Lidl store.
The ‘Lidl of the Future’ store will be built on an 26,586 sq ft site in Gipton, Leeds. The existing Lidl store will be demolished.
Knottingley-based, Caddick Construction will be on site for 31 weeks, with the completion due in November 2016.
Chris de Whytell, contracts manager at Caddick Construction, said: “We’re delighted to have picked up this contract. Lidl is a fantastic brand and builds on our established retail construction experience, adding to the fact the store is a first for Yorkshire makes it an extremely interesting and exciting project. Our project team are currently on site with demolition work beginning imminently.”
Graham Burr, head of Property at Lidl UK, said: “Caddick Construction has a great reputation in the industry and we’re looking forward to working with them. Our new ‘Lidl of the Future’ concept rollout started in 2015 with only a few stores currently open to the public. The Gipton Leeds store is the very first ‘Lidl of the Future’ in West Yorkshire making it an important and monumental build for the regional team. The new store will reflect the latest design of Lidl stores which are capable of providing the full range of products, at the best possible price.”
Caddick Construction and Caddick Civil Engineering are the operational arms of Caddick Group. The group employs almost 500 people and its turnover is £90m.
