Take a look at the new concourse coming to O’Hare

The satellite construction alone is expected to generate more than 3,800 jobs, the city says. AECOM Hunt Clayco Bowa has been chosen to manage this phase of the project.

Once the satellite is complete, the Department of Aviation will focus on the centerpiece of the project, a replacement for Terminal 2 that will allow incoming International passengers on United, American and their partner airlines to connect directly to domestic terminals 1 and 3. The new global terminal is being designed by a team led by Chicago architect Jeanne Gang. 

As part of the agreement between Johnson and the airlines, the new global terminal will be built before the second satellite concourse. United and American are eager to get the new global terminal built because international travel is driving more of the aviation industry’s growth and profits than before the pandemic, when the O’Hare project was conceived.