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Signature Unveils New Michigan FBO
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: The $6 million facility features a new terminal and an additional hangar
Word Count: 163
Signature Flight Support last week officially opened its FBO complex at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich., where it is the lone service provider. The $6 million facility, which took nine months to construct, occupies 2.2 acres of former ramp and previously undeveloped property west of the old general aviation terminal. The facility was part and parcel of Signature's acquisition of the Landmark chain, which had already embarked on the project before the facility changed hands.

It has a 5,000-sq-ft terminal with VIP lounge; conference room; concierge; bistro/coffee bar; flight-planning area; pilots' lounge, showers and snooze rooms; on-site car rentals; and a street-side arrival canopy, as well as 51 parking spaces. The project also built an 18,000-sq-ft hangar capable of sheltering aircraft up to a Gulfsream G650, which brings the total hangar space at the FBO to 92,000 sq ft.

As a result of the investment and development, Signature received a 30-year lease extension on the property.