Also included is the $164 million extension<\/a> of the existing Barbara Jordan Terminal’s west side, which is now underway and expected to open later this year. A temporary terminal, Concourse M, will also be built and later converted into a freight facility once its extra gates are no longer needed after the expansion initiative wraps up.<\/p>\n The details<\/p>\n The city’s proposed 10-year agreement with Air Star Concessions<\/a> would bring two of the concessionnaire’s “AUS Pantry House” concepts to the airport. The West Gate Expansion would welcome:<\/p>\n A StarbucksKiosks with austiNuts<\/a> and Rockman<\/a> bakery productsA grab-and-go market with food, drinks and travel essentialsAt Concourse M, the new pantry house area would include:A Desnudo Coffee<\/a>Either an Amazon “Just Walk Out” grab-and-go store or a similar “centralized, high-end vending concept,” according to the cityThe new deal is expected to bring in almost $400,000 per year for the city’s aviation department, based on either a minimum annual concession fee or a percentage of gross revenue from the vendors. The contract will include performance and financial compliance measures, according to the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the expansion of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport continues, the city is looking to bring new retailers and concessions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[82181,5559,82182,132,134,133,2401,82185,82178,82180,82186,82177,82184,82183,82179],"class_list":["post-209597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-air-star-concessions","tag-amazon","tag-aus-pantry-house","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-bergstrom-international-airport","tag-austinuts","tag-barbara-jordan-terminal","tag-concourse-m","tag-desnudo-coffee","tag-journey-with-aus","tag-rockman-bake-shop","tag-starbucks-coffee","tag-west-gate-expansion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2026\/03\/17\/414936.jpeg\")
The multiyear Journey with AUS expansion program will add several new facilities and improvements around the airport campus. (Courtesy Austin-Bergstrom International Airport)This month, city officials are slated to approve a new concession lease agreement that will bring new retail, food and beverage options to the West Gate Expansion area and Concourse M as the airport development program moves along.<\/p>\n