The $231-million, 10-gate expansion of Concourse A at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT) was nearing the end of its design phase in early 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic upended the passenger aviation industry.
Rather than proceed with bond sales to get the construction manager at-risk project underway that summer as scheduled, Jack Christine, CLT’s chief infrastructure and development officer, says the airport elected to “slow-roll” the 191,848-sq-ft expansion for a year.