The Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $9.7 million incentive package Tuesday for Lidl, a European discount grocery chain that plans to build a $125 million distribution center in the county.

The incentives include an up-front payment of $1.4 million from the county, $400,000 of which will go toward the company’s purchase of land for its distribution center.

Spotsylvania Economic Development Director Tom Rumora wouldn’t disclose the site—which he described as a local farm—because he said Lidl hasn’t closed on the property.

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