Image here and at top: Saul Centers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nA recently released plan<\/strong> for Ashbrook Marketplace shows the 29,000 s.f. Lidl store<\/strong> as well as a nearby gas station<\/strong>, marked as PMG. PMG is a fuel industry company that works with many gas station brands, so it\u2019s not yet clear what gas station and convenience store might go there. (Ignore the compass marked “N” in the corner. Best as we can tell, that’s more northwest.)<\/p>\nThere are three additional retail buildings<\/strong> that will be divided up into individual stores and businesses. There are also three pads<\/strong>. Pads are stand-alone sites<\/strong> that businesses can build on \u2014 such as fast-food restaurants, banks, auto service shops, etc. In the diagram, you\u2019ll note that all three pad sites\u00a0include what appear to be drive-thru lanes<\/strong> around the buildings, but those designs are probably\u00a0not set in stone<\/strong>.<\/p>\nImage: Google Maps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIf you look on the large empty lot<\/strong> where Ashbrook Marketplace is to be built, you will see it is nestled up close<\/strong> to the existing Ashbrook Commons<\/strong> shopping center. This plan will put the Lidl store at the edge of the existing Harris Teeter parking lot<\/strong>. And the new gas station will sit kitty-corner from the current Shell gas station<\/strong> \u2014 a literal stone\u2019s throw away. The properties have two different owners so it will be an interesting dynamic<\/strong>.<\/p>\nImage: Lidl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCurrent plans (which are always subject to change<\/strong>) call for crews to break ground on Ashbrook Marketplace later this year<\/strong> with a target of stores starting to open in Fall\u00a02019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new Ashburn shopping center will include the area’s second Lidl grocery store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[422,67],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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