Lidl to move into Liverpool's historic Lewis’s Building creating 30 jobs

Low cost European supermarket chain is to move into Liverpool’s historic Lewis’s Building, creating 30 new jobs.

The building, which was empty for several years, is now in line for a makeover by the budget supermarket.

Other supermarkets opening in the city centre include Tesco in Clayton Square and Hanover Street, and Morrisons is planning to move into Church Street.

The ground floor of the Lewis’s Building, on Ranelagh Street, will be taken up by the German company, but the rest of it is still being developed as part of the Central Village apartments complex.

Jonathan Brown, a member of the Merseyside Civic Society, told the Liverpool Echo: “It’s got to be respected that this is a listed building, and there’s no reason why they shouldn’t tone it down.

“It’s an iconic building that is always going to be known as Lewis’s, whatever goes in there, so the designers need to respect its history.”