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German discount grocery chain Lidl is looking to construct a store in Bristol Township’s Levittown section.
LevittownNow.com obtained proposed plans for a supermarket chain to construct a 31,400-square-foot grocery store with 142 parking spaces at 7843 New Falls Road across from Appletree Place and abutting the homes on Courtland Lane and Keston Drive. Bristol Township Council President Craig Bowen confirmed Lidl is the grocery chain eying the site.
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The roughly seven-acre site is owned by Verizon and features two buildings that are connected. Under the proposal, the property would be split into two lots, with Verizon keeping the building and portion of property closer to the Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority building and Lidl demolishing the 29,000-square-foot building on their side, according to the plans.
The plan calls for having two entryways and exits along New Falls Road, including on across from Appletree Place.
Lidl, which has thousands of stores spread across Europe, has begun expanding into the U.S. over the past five years.
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The grocery chain is similar to German-brand Aldi, which has locations in Bristol Township and Middletown Township.
Lidl, rhymes with “needle,” has expanded across the East Coast and has plans to add 50 stores and 2,000 jobs by the end of 2021. The company plans to build a store along York Road in Warminster. Lidl operates stores in Philadelphia, near Lansdale in Montgomery County, and across the river in Burlington Township, New Jersey.
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The Bristol Township Lidl plan still needs to come before Council to get approvals, which is likely months away.
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