Lidl announce creation of 100 new jobs in Kildare thanks to major development

Major international supermarket chain Lidl have announced the creation of 100 new jobs for Kildare after they were granted planning permission for a new distribution centre in Newbridge.

The German retail chain already have a large presence in the county, but the building of a €32.5 million centre near the Pfizer factory in Newbridge will create 100 new jobs for the area.

Alan Barry, Director of Property at Lidl said:

“At over 54,000m2, the distribution hub will be one of the largest building projects in Ireland in 2018 and when complete, will employ a workforce of over 350 including 100 newly created positions.

“The development includes the construction of a significant stretch of new public road, which will form the first part of the long-awaited Newbridge bypass.

“We are currently in the process of tendering both the road infrastructure works and the distribution facility and will commence construction in April of this year.”

The massive 57,000 sq metre warehouse will be one of the biggest in Ireland when it is built, and there will be 352 parking spaces to cater for staff at the new facility. The plans have been in the pipeline for this project for a long time at this stage, but it was finally given the green light by the council at the beginning of December.

The proposed development will consist of a new regional distribution centre (RDC) warehouse, and a new distributor road linking the R445 regional road with Great Connell, with an access to the proposed RDC from the proposed distributor road.

It also includes the demolition of two former residential properties and their associated out buildings accessed off the R445 regional road. The proposed RDC warehouse building will have a gross floor area (GFA) of c.57,611sqm and two-storey associated office wing. A total of 352 car parking spaces including 18 disabled bays and 32 cycle parking spaces are provided for on the site, and circulation space surrounding the building with access to dock levellers on the north-western and south-eastern elevations.