Chicago Signs Design Contract for $8.5B O'Hare Expansion

May 30, 2019

O’Hare expansion plan calls for a Y-shaped Global Terminal that will handle domestic and international flights to replace O’Hare Terminal 2. It's scheduled to open in 2028.

O’Hare expansion plan calls for a Y-shaped Global Terminal that will handle domestic and international flights to replace O’Hare Terminal 2. It's scheduled to open in 2028.

The city of Chicago signed a contract for the $8.5 billion expansion of O’Hare International Airport with a design team called Studio ORD headed by Chicago architect Jeanne Gang.

The contract is worth up to $160 million.

The Studio ORD joint venture is made up of Studio Gang Architects, Corgan architects, STL Architects, Milhouse Engineering & Construction and Solomon Cordwell Buenz architects.

City officials indicated that they are getting close to selecting a team that will be responsible for designing two satellite concourses that will be built as part of the O’Hare expansion.

(more on O'Hare planning progress . . . )

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