{"id":1004150054,"date":"2016-08-12T10:42:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T18:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004150054"},"modified":"2020-04-27T23:37:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T07:37:15","slug":"lidl-to-invest-100m-in-maryland-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lidl-to-invest-100m-in-maryland-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Lidl to Invest $100M in Maryland Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Bogdan Odagescu<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004150055\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/Principio-Business-Park-Perryville-Md..jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004150055\" data-attachment-id=\"1004150055\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lidl-to-invest-100m-in-maryland-facility\/principio-business-park-perryville-md\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/Principio-Business-Park-Perryville-Md..jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1082,647\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Principio Business Park area in Perryville, Md., with Perryville Cold Storage and GE on the left and Restoration Hardware on the right\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Principio Business Park area in Perryville, Md., with Perryville Cold Storage and GE on the left and Restoration Hardware on the right &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/Principio-Business-Park-Perryville-Md..jpg?w=1024\" class=\"wp-image-1004150055 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/Principio-Business-Park-Perryville-Md..jpg\" alt=\"The Principio Business Park area in Perryville, Md., with Perryville Cold Storage and GE on the left and Restoration Hardware on the right \" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/Principio-Business-Park-Perryville-Md..jpg 1082w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/Principio-Business-Park-Perryville-Md..jpg?resize=300,179 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/Principio-Business-Park-Perryville-Md..jpg?resize=768,459 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/08\/Principio-Business-Park-Perryville-Md..jpg?resize=1024,612 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004150055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Principio Business Park area in Perryville, Md., with Perryville Cold Storage and GE on the left and Restoration Hardware on the right.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Baltimore<\/strong>\u2014European discount retailer Lidl will invest $100 million in a Cecil County, Md., facility that will create 100 full-time jobs over the next three years, the office of \u00a0Gov. \u00a0Larry Hogan recently announced. According to Supermarket News, this is <a href=\"https:\/\/supermarketnews.com\/store-design-construction\/lidl-build-maryland-dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lidl\u2019s third announced U.S. center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new regional headquarters\/distribution facility will be located in the Principio Business Park and will act as a base for the German company\u2019s planned expansion. With its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/fast-growth-means-arlington-county\/\" target=\"_blank\">national headquarters in Virginia\u2019s Arlington County<\/a>, Lidl hopes to open the first U.S. stores no later than 2018. The Perryville, Md., property will have approximately 754,000 square feet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cecildaily.com\/business\/article_4cda333f-bed2-5a3a-9836-ea18a5261a17.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cecil Daily reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis facility is an important step in building an efficient infrastructure (\u2026) We selected Cecil County not only because it offers a central location for our distribution network, but also because it will be a great place for our employees to work and live,\u201d Brendan Proctor, president &amp; CEO of Lidl U.S., said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s regional base within the Principio Business Park will be located along a very dense industrial corridor, with nearby facilities over 1 million square feet including W.L. Gore &amp; Associates, Restoration Hardware, GE Appliances and Ikea. The business park is located 51 miles from Baltimore, 58 miles from Philadelphia and 85 miles from Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image via Google Maps<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German retailer\u2019s regional headquarters and distribution center will serve as the base for the company\u2019s U.S. launch. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":740,"featured_media":1004150055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1579,21782,21748,11,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004150054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baltimore","category-development","category-industrial","category-midatlantic","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lidl to Invest $100M in Maryland Facility - 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