Overview
- Documents obtained by City AM on Wednesday show Aldi signed a mortgage agreement with the North East London NHS Foundation Trust for the Thorpe Coombe site and proposed a new food store.
- The plan would place the supermarket in and around the 80-space rear car park while retaining the 18th-century North Bank villa on the frontage.
- Aldi has not commented on the deal, and there is no public sign of planning approval or a construction timetable.
- The property housed Thorpe Coombe Hospital from 1934 until its closure in 2017, with a new health and wellbeing centre opening next door in 2019.
- The acquisition aligns with Aldi’s UK expansion, including up to 40 new stores in 2026 and a finder’s fee offer to source scarce urban locations.