Throughout the year, 60 new dining and shopping options will land in Terminals 4, 5, 7 and 8 at Los Angeles International (LAX).
The openings are the first part of a three-year project that aims to revitalize the airports concessions program and is part of the overall LAneXt(TM) modernization program.
The new stores are intended to showcase Los Angeles’ cuisine, culture and lifestyle, with a focus of putting “the L.A. back into LAX.”
The first of these stores, Kitson LA, opened April 2 in Terminal 7. Merchandise ranges from trendy, inexpensive items to high-end clothing and accessories. The first of the dining options will be Skewers by Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto in Terminal 5 and Wolfgang Puck Express in Terminal 7.
Other concessions set to open this year include:
■ Terminal 4 (American Airlines): Campanile (Chef Mark Peel); Cole’s; 8oz. Burger Bar (Chef Govind Armstrong); L.A. Gourmet Street Truck; La Provence Patisserie & Café©; Real Food Daily (vegan); Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza; Homegirl Café© & Catering; See’s Candies; Starbucks; Hudson News; Hollywood Style; Hollywood Bling; Sunglass Hut; Hudson Booksellers; Kids Corner; Vroman’s Bookstore; Papyrus; and Entertainment Newsstand.
■ Terminal 5 (Delta Air Lines): Ford’s Filling Station (Chef Ben Ford gastropub); ¡Lotería! Grill (Chef Jimmy Shaw); Lemonade (seasonal California comfort food); XpresSpa; See’s Candies; Los Angeles Times; Rock ‘N Brews Concert Bar; Ripcurl; The Mattel Experience; I Love L.A.; Magic Johnson Sports; and a Farmer’s Market featuring Monsieur Marcel gourmet market, T & Y Bakery, Magee’s House of Nuts, Light My Fire spices, Ultimate Candy Co., Bennett’s Ice Cream, Three Dog Bakery; and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® (two locations).
■ Terminal 7 (United Airlines):¡Lotería! Grill (Chef Jimmy Shaw); The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® (two locations); Seven Grand and BLD (two concepts by Chef Neal Fraser); The Counter; Yogurtland; Klatch Koffee; Bartels’ B Grill by BOA Steakhouse; Hudson News; Hudson Booksellers; That’s so LA; Boss by Hugo Boss; NBC Universal; and CNN Newsstand.
■ Terminal 8 (United Airlines): Engine Co. No. 28 (classic American menu); Corona Bar; People News; E! News: Carl’s Jr.; The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®; and Marmalade Café©.
The second phase of the new concessions program began in January, when Westfield Concession Management was awarded a 17-year terminal commercial manager concessions agreement to develop, lease and manage food and beverage, retail, specialty retail and certain other passenger services at LAX. The company and its concessionaires (which have not yet been announced) must invest at least $81.9M in initial improvements and $16.4 M in mid-term refurbishments to the existing Tom Bradley International Terminal, the new TBIT under construction, Terminal 2 and the airports Theme Building; these new concepts will open beginning spring 2013 through 2014.
