The 250,000 sq ft building will be just five miles from Lidl’s current HQ in Wimbledon and is expected to take two years to complete.

Northamptonshire based Winvic will start on site later this month.

The firm has worked with Lidl before after delivering its UK Distribution Centre in Exeter and is currently onsite building warehouses in Motherwell and Doncaster.

WInvic has made its reputation as a ‘shed specialist’ but is also expanding in the retail, PRS and civils sectors as well as constructing individual large commercial offices and whole business parks.

Winvic Director, Danny Nelson, said: “Securing the Lidl Headquarters contract is in part testament to Winvic’s ability to exceed client expectations.

“We are delighted that the supermarket giant wants to now benefit from our commercial project expertise, following Winvic’s completion of its Exeter distribution warehouse in 2017.

“The larger office space that will allow Lidl to grow its business even further, will be ready for occupation in two years.”

Ingo Fischer, Lidl UK Board Director for Expansion and Development, added: “We are delighted to confirm the appointment of Winvic, to construct our new headquarters.

“It is a company much like Lidl, with ambitions of continued growth and exacting standards; we have every confidence that the building will be delivered with the same passion as the other Lidl developments Winvic has completed and is currently undertaking.”