{"id":172133,"date":"2026-02-27T22:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172133\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T22:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:59:09","slug":"concourse-b-at-jacksonville-international-airport-on-track-for-christmas-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172133\/","title":{"rendered":"Concourse B at Jacksonville International Airport on track for Christmas opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"h912771-p1\" class=\"permalinkable\">Jacksonville International Airport\u2019s Concourse B is 10 months out from adding six gates, seven restaurants, two lounges, a children\u2019s play area and a turfed pet care room.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h912771-p2\" class=\"permalinkable\">\u201cThe project is on schedule and will open by Christmas,\u201d said Jacksonville Aviation Authority CEO Mark VanLoh during a Feb. 27 tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Located on a mezzanine level, the Delta Sky Club and the Club Jax lounges overlook the food hall below with planned restaurants Chick-fil-A, Pana Express, V Pizza and Willie Jewell\u2019s BBQ.\" class=\"media-element file-default fr-fic fr-dii\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260227_-_JIA_Club_Views__t850.jpeg\" title=\"Located on a mezzanine level, the Delta Sky Club and the Club Jax lounges overlook the food hall below with planned restaurants Chick-fil-A, Pana Express, V Pizza and Willie Jewell\u2019s BBQ.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Located on a mezzanine level, the Delta Sky Club and the Club Jax lounges overlook the food hall below with planned restaurants Chick-fil-A, Pana Express, V Pizza and Willie Jewell\u2019s BBQ.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h912771-p3\" class=\"permalinkable\">Plans include quick-service restaurants Chick-fil-A, Panda Express, V Pizza and Willie Jewell\u2019s Barbecue, sit-down establishment Cantina Louie Mexican Street Food, recently announced seafood restaurant Salt &amp; Tide and Pura Bean Coffee Co. The concourse will include a children\u2019s play area currently soliciting contractor proposals.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h912771-p4\" class=\"permalinkable\">A Delta Sky Club spanning 9,500 square feet and a Club Jax lounge at 5,500 square feet are being built on a mezzanine level that will overlook the food hall.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h912771-p5\" class=\"permalinkable\">The concourse will adjust window tinting based on weather conditions. The technology is called electrochromic glazing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The site of seafood restaurant Salt and Tide at the western end of the concourse.\" class=\"media-element file-default fr-fic fr-dii\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260227_-_JIA_Salt_and_Tide_t850.jpeg\" title=\"The site of seafood restaurant Salt and Tide at the western end of the concourse.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The site of seafood restaurant Salt and Tide at the western end of the concourse.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h912771-p6\" class=\"permalinkable\">\u201cIt is based on things like sunlight and a roof sensor,\u201d said Nick Morello, an engineer and lead representative from Gainesville-based Jacobs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h912771-p7\" class=\"permalinkable\">\u201cIt observes everything around the building, and then it\u2019ll crunch the numbers, look at its programming, and then send what to do to each pane of glass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h912771-p8\" class=\"permalinkable\">A new six-level, 2,000-space parking garage is scheduled for completion in the fall.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h912771-p9\" class=\"permalinkable\">The $344 million concourse project is being funded by the JAA along with grants from the Florida Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville International Airport\u2019s Concourse B is 10 months out from adding six gates, seven restaurants, two lounges, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-172133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}