$180 million parking garage at John Glenn airport to be built on site of McDonald’s

Aaron Burd
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A parking garage project costing nearly $180 million will be built on the site of a McDonald’s at John Glenn International Airport to accompany its upcoming $2 billion terminal.

Ground is expected to be broken in early 2025 for the new terminal. Featuring 36 gates, it will be built where the cellphone and Blue parking lots currently sit. This project is meant to accommodate the region’s growth, which the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission projects is on track to add hundreds of thousands of residents in the next decade.

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Columbus Regional Airport Authority’s board voted Tuesday to approve a $179,837,160 contract for the parking garage on the site of the McDonald’s at 4250 International Gateway. It will include 5,000 spaces and 100 electric vehicle charging stations.

The garage will be connected to the current rental car facility and the new terminal by a pedestrian bridge.

“The driving force for the new garage is the construction of the new terminal,” Tom McCarthy of the airport authority said. “We really want to have a garage that is walking distance.”

The McDonald’s is expected to be demolished this fall.

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McCarthy said a detailed schedule has not been developed for the garage, just to have it ready for the terminal’s opening, expected by the end of the decade.

Awarded the contract was CK Construction Group. One point of emphasis for the project, McCarthy said, was diversity and inclusion. He said CK exceeded standards in that area.

“Diverse, small, women-owned firms are very important that we include them in these contracts,” McCarthy said. “So, we developed a goal of 15% participation by diversity firms, and CK gave us a proposal and has now made a commitment to reach at least 20%.”

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