JFK Airport’s New Terminal One begins tender process for food hall and retail partners

Passenger Terminal Today
Elizabeth Baker
03 May 2024

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Airports and The New Terminal One (NTO) launched the Competitive Evaluation Process (CEP) for food hall and travel essentials tenders.

Food Hall

The Food Hall tender provides an opportunity for local and global companies who are well-versed in introducing new concepts and ideas to the design, food, service and guest experience.

Structured as a single package of one landside and five airside units totaling 3,736ft2, the tender will cover approximately half of the Food Hall in The New Terminal One. The team is seeking a partner with a long-term vision that includes New York brands to provide guests with a high range and quality of choice while promoting a unique sense of place.

Travel Essentials

For the Travel Essentials tender, the JFK Airport team is seeking a partner to develop and operate a significant business that draws on global best practices and builds on proven concepts they have implemented to entice guests and enhance the travel experience. With a minimum 5% local product placement requirement, the partner will work with the vibrant and unique local maker and vendor community to create new pathways into the airport.

Structured as a single package of three landside and four airside locations totaling 6,427ft2, the travel essentials operator will offer an array of snacks, beverages, pharmacy items, magazines as well as specialized offers such as luggage, books and gifts.

Expression of interest (EOI) closed on 13 May 2024.

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