A German discount grocer has been quietly selling off its undeveloped land in San Antonio after failing to build any stores in the area.<\/p>\n
Lidl<\/a>, known for its low-priced generic items, has sold a total of 8.6 acres in San Antonio over the last four years. Most recently, the grocery chain sold 1.13 acres in Universal City to Velocity Auto Care on July 10, according to property records. The land is valued at $325,000, according to the Bexar Central Appraisal District<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The grocer opened its first U.S. locations in 2017 and began buying land<\/a> in the San Antonio area that year. Lidl purchased 18.6 acres in four parcels: 5.5 acres along\u00a0Culebra Road<\/a> near Westover Hills Boulevard, 5.3 acres near Alamo Ranch and Lone Star parkways, 3.6 acres along Universal City Boulevard and 4.2 acres at the intersection of Seguin Road and Wood Glen Drive, according to Bexar County records.<\/p>\n Commercial real estate firm CBRE confirmed in 2017 that the grocer planned to open a store at the intersection of Alamo Ranch and Lone Star parkways.\u00a0<\/p>\n Lidl still owns 4.6 acres on Alamo Ranch Parkway on the far West Side and 5.5 acres on Culebra Road on the West Side.<\/p>\n It sold 0.7 acres of land it owned on Alamo Ranch Parkway, an additional 2.54 acres in Universal City and its 4.2 acres on the East Side<\/a>. All of its former and current properties are located down the block from an H-E-B.\u00a0<\/p>\n The German grocer did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n In 2020, Lidl also\u00a0put 15 undeveloped properties, totaling more than 83 acres, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area up for sale, according to the Dallas Business Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n Since its U.S. expansion, the discounter has opened more than 185 stores in nine East Coast states, including in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n