Plans for a new £5m Aldi in Moston could create up to 50 jobs. The discount supermarket chain wants demolish the Imperial Lounge Indian restaurant on Victoria Avenue East and build a 20,000 sq ft store in its place.
It's part of the German company's plan to open another 100 stores in England by 2023. A planning application has been submitted to Manchester council to build a new store between Pure Gym and North Manchester Rugby Club.
It would include 119 car parking spaces. The Imperial Lounge 'no longer represents a viable use for the building', and the owners are looking to relocate, according to planning documents submitted with the application.
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The planning statement says: "The scheme will enhance consumer choice and will provide further competition within the area's food retail sector, with it not currently served by a discount food store. Meeting day-to-day food retail needs on a localised basis will give rise to considerable benefits in terms of promoting social inclusion and facilitating sustainable travel patterns – with residents no longer needing to travel to Middleton, Failsworth or Manchester city centre to visit an Aldi food store.
"Added to this, it is important to acknowledge that the food store will contribute a range of good quality, flexible retail positions which are within walking distance from the surrounding residential area. A discount food store of the scale proposed would typically employ 40 to 50 members of staff."
Construction could be complete within 18 months of planning permission being granted, the application adds.
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