Changi Airport Breaks Ground on the Terminal of the Future

Marisa Garcia

December 7th, 2014 at 11:00 AM EST

Photo Credit: Rendering of the new terminal at Singapore Changi. Changi Airport

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A lovely addition to the already lavish experience of traveling through Changi Airport -- and a boon to the locals.

[gallery] Jewel Changi/Changi Airport Group Jewel Changi/Changi Airport Group Jewel Changi/Changi Airport Group Jewel Changi/Changi Airport Group [/gallery] Changi Airport and its project partner CapitalMalls Asia, have broken ground on the 3.5 hectare site of the future Jewel Changi—a multi-use complex at the heart of the airport, in front of Terminal 1. The glass and steel elliptical dome, scheduled for completion by the end of 2018, will have five stories above ground and five basement stories, with approximately 440,000 ft2 of

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