Lidl Begins Construction On New Grocery Store In Bethesda: Report

BETHESDA, MD — Construction has begun on a new Lidl grocery store coming to downtown Bethesda where a Safeway previously was located, according to a report.

The new grocery store, at 7625 Old Georgetown Road, will be located on the ground floor of the Bethesda Place apartments, Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row reported.

Lidl will be real estate firm Polinger’s new anchor tenant at the development, according to Robert Dyer. The 41,300-square-foot location at 7625 Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda was the site of a Safeway for more than 25 years before it closed in March 2018.

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Lidl opened its first store in Takoma Park in 2020. Stores were then opened in Glenmont in 2021 and in Montgomery Village in 2022, according to The MoCo Show.

The German company also has plans to open new grocery stores in Germantown and Rockville.

With its U.S. headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, Lidl operates more than 170 stores in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York.