Special guest blog by Curtis Fentress| Global Airport Cities

Special guest blog by Curtis Fentress

This week Global Airport Cities reveals the identity of a US company behind a $5 billion plan to transform land on Yeongjong Island next to Incheon International Airport into a major tourist and entertainment destination, boasting four Las Vegas style casino hotels, golf course and tennis courts and an international Soccer Hall of Fame to be developed in partnership with soccer legend Pelè.

And in the first of our regular industry blogs, Curtis Fentress, Principal-in-Charge of Design, Fentress Architects, describes what he sees as a paradigm shift in the way we can live, work and play by the rise of the airport city.

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Exclusive: Company behind Incheon Airport casino bid revealed

The company behind plans to create a reported $2.5 billion casino complex at South Korea's Incheon International Airport has been revealed as Florida-based real estate developer...

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Durgapur Aerotropolis developer acquires 1,800 acre plot

The Durgapur Aerotropolis in India's West Bengal region, has moved a step closer after the developer Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL) acquired 1,820 acres of land for...

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Canberra Airport plans 'dramatic' property expansion in 2011

Canberra Airport welcomed a host of new shops and boutiques to its Marupa Park shopping district in 2010 with a swimming pool and gym to follow early this year and is expecting to...

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Guest Blog: Curtis Fentress

Airport Cities: Where Fantasy Takes Flight

By Curtis Fentress, Principal-in-Charge of Design, Fentress Architects

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special report

An airport city pioneer

Global Airport Cities spoke to Frank Morel, Director of Real Estate Development at Schiphol Real Estate, about the airport's future plans and his vision for AirportCity.

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featured profile

Denver International Airport

As the 10th busiest airport in the world and with more land than the city of San Francisco, Denver International Airport (DEN) is the definition of airport city potential.

When it opened in 1995, 37km from downtown Denver, DEN was an island surrounded by endless prairie farmland and was the realisation of a grand vision that regional leaders formed in the 1980s to provide a new economic gateway to Colorado.

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