Aerostar Puerto Rico announced on Tuesday that it has signed a contract to build a new multilevel parking structure at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, with an investment of $173 million. The project will add 2,600 spaces to current capacity and involves roughly 858,000 square feet of construction. Puerto Rican firm CIC Construction will carry out the work, while the design will be developed by Benítez, Ramos & Associates.
This project is not limited to adding parking. It will also allow us to improve operational efficiency, vehicular and pedestrian circulation, safety and connectivity between key areas of the airport
Estimated construction time is 39 months, and the project includes a vehicular bridge connecting the maintenance area of the car rental companies to the new structure. The existing multilevel garage has 3,686 spaces; with the new construction, the two structures will have a combined capacity of 6,286 spaces. Aerostar president Jorge Hernández said in written statements: "This project is not limited to adding parking. It will also allow us to improve operational efficiency, vehicular and pedestrian circulation, safety and connectivity between key areas of the airport."
Aerostar said it will finance the project as part of its airport infrastructure improvement program.