CHARLOTTE — Charlotte Douglas International Airport’s newly approved, 10.5-year lease includes an agreement to invest $2.1 billion in expansion and renovation projects inside the terminal and on the airfield.
Airport CEO Haley Gentry told our partners at the Charlotte Business Journal this week that she believes improvements at CLT could grow to more than $4 billion.
The $2.1 billion investment includes planning and design for a new international concourse and an expanded terminal atrium. But Gentry added that anticipated traffic and hub growth means “it’s highly likely that it will be a priority to not only plan and design but to build that international concourse.”
That, and other projects driven by traffic growth, could make the next expansion wave “a $4 billion-plus program,” she said.
The key projects included in the new lease are part of a program named CLT Beyond, the successor to Destination CLT, a 10-year, $4 billion makeover that evolved from the previous, 10-year lease.
Read more on CBJ’s website.
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