Lidl snaps up former Liverpool Taskers
The discount supermarket chain is planning to knock down the 120,000 sq ft warehouse off Wavertree Road and build a fifth store within a two-mile radius.
Lidl has emerged as the successful bidder for the former Taskers site, which was put up for sale last year with CBRE appointed to find a buyer for the 4.7-acre plot.
When the site first hit the market, it was reported that its location close to Sciontec’s Paddington Village – a hub for life sciences companies – would make it ideal for laboratory space.
Housing, build-to-rent, student accommodation, offices, and a hotel were also put forward as possible uses for the site.
However, the site’s future will be retail-led and Lidl has submitted plans to knock down the Taskers building to pave the way for the construction of a supermarket.
Lidl currently has 983 stores nationwide including four more close to the former Taskers site in Kensington, on London Road, on Lime Street, and on Edge Lane.
The chain is growing rapidly across the country with a target of 1,100 over the coming years.
Lidl was contacted for comment. CBRE advised on the deal.
Excellent news..please build an all red brick building that Compliments the existing older architecture
By John Lynn
Based on the other options, this does seem a little disappointing. It will be the typical Lidl so not even designed to have flats above and underground parking and townhouses to maximise the site so its more suitable to its urban location.
By GetItBuilt!
Here comes more inefficient use of urban land…
By Green Belt Ben
I was the member of the public that suggested it to Lidl ages ago,made up something for the area 😁
By Lawrencetu
Sorry to dash your hopes John Lynn, but rarely do Lidle build anything other than their cookie-cutter inetical single stoey grey box with 1/2 an acre of surface car parking. Expect a (newer) version of the Tesco next door. The have been plenty of opportunities to build stores with flats above in Manchester, where they would have sold like hot cakes, but no, bog standard waste of space supermarket was all those sites got too,,,,
By Ian Hart
@John Lynn. I can’t see any redbrick in that photo, as all the old shopping terrace has been pulled down. In fact this is a pathetic use of this enormous site and typical of the lack of vision in the Council. This site should’ve been for high density housing, yes with some retail, but could’ve been a great new neighbourhood and ideally situated near Edge Hill Station for commuting.
Instead we get a low-rise supermarket with attached car park, what a waste of land and opportunity. Liverpool needs a proper head of planning with the vision to get the City on its feet,and meet with developers to plan sustainable neighbourhoods, not this paltry piecemeal effort.
By Anonymous
Hmm. Aspiration: high-tech laboratory space. Reality: another bog-standard Lidl.
Still some way to go before the Liverpool boosterism reflects the facts on the ground.
By Taskers & Finished
Hopefully with the site they have done in other places and add housing to the site. Search Warlingham, Surrey
By JB
What a missed opportunity by LCC and their friends at the Combined Authority. Could have been a mixed use scheme in a key gateway site into the city centre. More low ambition.
By Anonymous
Who wants anymore third rate stores, fed up with low end shops selling sub standard produce like lidl aldi asda
By George
To have 5 stores in a 2mile radius seems crazy… however I guess they paid the most for the land but I think housing was the obvious choice.
By Martin
It’s not Kensington it’s Edge Hill
By Anonymous
Good idea ..
Most welcome
By Susan walsh
Great idea, that is likely to create jobs for local people?
By Anonymous
That’s in Edge Hill
By Anonymous
If this gets pulled off it will be amazing, but be prepared Tesco will fight this as they will lose a lot of business when this opens up if it happens
By Scouser
At least it brings Jobs to the area which is always a good thing. PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE NO MORE WARS.
By Anonymous
A bit optimistic that this site could benefit from the Paddington Village effect, when PV can’t even get it’s own act together as we still await activity on Hemisphere 1 never Hemisphere 2.
This Edge Hill site needs to be housing , lots of it.
By Anonymous
I’m not surprised they sell fresh and affordable products
Their products are quality and cheap in price compared to ASDA and TESCO
YOu get more in your basket at LIDL Compared to the others.
By James vella
Is it too late to make this an urban Lidl? I’ve just emailed the local councillor Naz Hasan and the Liverpool city council leader Liam Robinson to demand an urban Lidl. This plot is on the cusp of central Liverpool and 5 minutes walk from a train station. Far too much potential to build a grey box with a surface level carpark!
By Lamide
Enormous site and far too large for a stand alone Lidl. They have been upping their proposals for mixed use developments as seen in Epsom and Eltham where Lidl have planned out supermarkets with flats above. Their own potential development requirements state that they need just under 2 acres for a standalone as standard and 4 and up for mixed use. This is just under 5 so fingers crossed. According to other presses, it is a strategy to help secure planning permission which I’m sure won’t on its own be easy. The usual misinformed comments about the council and OK tanning department are bizzare as neither have any control of who buys land, nor has permission for anything to be built yet been given. This is also not the same as other sites like alluded to in Manchester as this is a 4.7 acre plot. Wait and see.
By Anonymous
New Lidl hey, and another car park for people attending the Royal Hospital.
By Anonymous
2 many Lidi give other supermarkets a chance.
By Elizabeth
I think it seems very unfair to have it right next to the big Tesco store as it may ruin that business which was there first. Mixed use sounds a better use of the site eg low cost housing and it seems ideal for some laboratory space space too as I read above it is close to Sciontec Paddington Village a hub for life sciences companies.
By L17 resident