HOK has been selected to design Lambert Airport's planned $100-million air cargo hub facility.
St. Louis gateway to focus on Mexico and Latin America
MAY 7, 2015
BY LINDA BALL
Air Cargo World
The Lambert-St. Louis International Airport commission approved a 20-year lease with two 10-year extensions, to Bi-National Gateway Terminal LLC for a 49-acre site near one of the airport’s four runways. The company plans to build an international air-cargo handling facility, which when completed, will serve multimodal cargo needs and have the ability to handle perishables, live animals, high value shipments, express and general cargo with a focus on Mexico and Latin America.
The facility will be built in three phases with cargo coming into the airport in as few as 18-months. Construction will begin this summer, with completion of phase I within 30 months. It will consist of 500,000 square-feet of terminal, 1 million square-feet of cargo ramp and support infrastructure for airlines that use the facility.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Bi-National is investing US$77 million in the first phase which includes the cargo building. The initial development is expected to cover 32 acres. Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, the airport’s director, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and others traveled to Mexico last month to promote international cargo in St. Louis between the two countries. The goal is to provide an import-export center without delays and congestion.
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