Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Business Valet Parking Deck 1 & 2
In 2008, CLT management elected to proceed with a remote facility to accommodate their growing curbside valet program. In 2009, LS3P/TWG had master-planned a remote CLT owned property approximately 1.5 miles from the terminal building to accommodate up to 4 new parking decks. The first of these is the Business Valet Parking Deck (BVPD). The Business Valet Parking Phase I is a four-story, post-tensioned cast-in-place parking deck totaling approximately 1,100,000 SF and 3,200 spaces. Separate cast-in-place helices provide the vertical vehicular transportation while open air stairwells and glass enclosed stair/elevator cores carry customers and employees vertically to the four levels. The Business Valet customer service transactions take place within the 6,000 SF Customer Service Building within Level 2 of the parking deck. Airport shuttles pickup and drop-off, public restrooms, transaction counters and a second story mezzanine for the valet management offices are all functions within the Customer Service Building. An ancillary office area was designed for future amenities such as dry cleaning drop-off/pickup or concessions. The Phase I project was completed in 2011.
Having the Business Valet service proven very successful, in 2014 LS3P/TWG was then tasked to design Phase II of the project; a similar five-story, 4,000 space post tensioned, cast-in-place concrete parking deck located adjacent to Phase I and connected by an overhead pedestrian bridge. The deck reflected the aesthetics and vocabulary of the Phase I project. Phase II is designed to be expanded by an additional 1,500 cars should it become necessary for additional spaces.