{"id":172281,"date":"2026-02-28T01:02:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172281\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T01:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:02:06","slug":"progress-on-new-concourse-for-jax-is-flying-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172281\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress on new concourse for JAX is &#8216;flying&#8217; along"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First Coast News got a behind-the-scenes tour of construction on Concourse B, set to open in December.<\/p>\n<p>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A plan decades in the making is starting to take off.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0First Coast News crew got a behind the scenes look Friday at the Concourse B construction at Jacksonville International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Back in October, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstcoastnews.com\/article\/news\/local\/topping-out-ceremony-jacksonville-international-airport-concourse-b\/77-fe2a39ce-9ba7-4eaa-8807-d0f65cfc7c0f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">crews put the final beam in for the frame of Concourse B<\/a>, which will add six new gates at JAX.<\/p>\n<p>Four months later, the project is flying along as that shell has been filled in and is starting to take shape.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can see we have walls up,&#8221; said Nick Marollo with Jacobs Engineering. &#8220;We have fireproofing. We have HVAC, electrical being brought in. We have windows being installed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Marollo says the next milestone will be when they &#8220;dry in&#8221; &#8211; once all the glass is in and they can get the drywall finished.<\/p>\n<p>He says they&#8217;re on target for that to happen in May and electrical installed by June.<\/p>\n<p>Marollo added the glass panels have sensors to tint according to the conditions outside.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last year, we set a record for passenger travel,&#8221; said Jacksonville Aviation Authority Mark VanLoh. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to keep building on that. Six more gates, new flights by all airlines. We&#8217;ll just keep this thing going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>VanLoh says he can really start to visualize where all the new gates and restaurants, like Chick-Fil-A and Panda Express will fit in, along with two recent additions &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstcoastnews.com\/article\/news\/local\/coffee-shop-seafood-restaurant-jacksonville-airport-concourse-b\/77-9195d4d9-979a-4473-8f1e-e343180bc333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Pura Bean Coffee and a seafood restaurant<\/a> headlining the end of the Concourse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those were the last two pieces of the puzzle to fall,&#8221; said VanLoh. &#8220;We wanted something local. We wanted something people knew they were at the beach when they landed here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>VanLoh is particularly relieved they haven&#8217;t hit any turbulence &#8211; the project is on schedule and on budget for $340 million between the new concourse and parking garage to go with it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s quite fulfilling and satisfying,&#8221; said VanLoh. &#8220;It&#8217;s been a long period for this project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to have this concourse ready to open by December of this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First Coast News got a behind-the-scenes tour of construction on Concourse B, set to open in December. 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