UPS Completes $1 Billion Expansion of Worldport to 5.2 Million Square Feet

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  UPS Worldport Opens as the World's Largest Package Sorting Hub

  Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, Louisville, KY, USAUPS

  

  Starts 09/01/2002ESTIMATED67% CONFIDENCE24.1 years agoUPS and trade press (PARCEL Industry^[2], FreightWaves) date the $1 billion Worldport expansion's completion to September 2002, but no source gives the exact calendar day.

  UPS finished a three-phase, $1 billion expansion of its Louisville air hub in September 2002, doubling it to 4 million square feet and creating Worldport, the world's largest fully automated package-handling facility.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Major Construction Starts on SEA's S Concourse Rebuild

  South Satellite, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, SeaTac, WA 98158Port of Seattle

  

  Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsThe Port of Seattle says the work has "major construction scheduled to start in 2027", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]

  The Port of Seattle's S Concourse Evolution project adds 150,000 square feet to the 1973 satellite concourse that handles most of SEA's international flights, including a new upper concourse level and dual-level boarding at selected gates, reusing customs space freed when the International Arrivals Facility opened in 2022. All phases are estimated to finish by 2034.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  2 World Trade Center Construction Restarts

  200 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, USASilverstein Properties

  

  Starts 07/09/2026CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE76 days agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: a "groundbreaking ceremony held for new 2 World Trade Center" took place on "July 9, 2026".

  After 14 years of stalled foundations, construction officially restarted on 2 World Trade Center with a groundbreaking ceremony, anchored by American Express as its future headquarters tenant.

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• Architecture09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  432 Park Avenue Opens on Manhattan's Billionaires' Row

  432 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NYMacklowe Properties

  

  Starts 12/23/2015CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE10.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Year of Completion: 2015."

  Harry Macklowe's 432 Park Avenue, then the world's tallest residential tower, officially completed in Manhattan in December 2015 after four years of construction.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Boeing Completes Its Everett Factory, the World's Largest Building

  Everett, Washington, USABoeing·…

  

  Starts 01/01/1967ESTIMATED68% CONFIDENCE59.7 years agoWikipedia^[2] and multiple aviation histories date the Everett Factory's completion to 1967, but do not give an exact completion day.

  Boeing finished construction of its Everett, Washington factory in 1967 to build the 747, creating what is still the world's largest building by volume. Aerospace Manufacturing features the plant, which now also produces the 767, 777 and 787.

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• Marine09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  The Houston Ship Channel's Project 11 Widening Finishes

  Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay reach near Morgans Point, TexasPort Houston

  

  Starts 12/31/2029ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsPort Houston's project page describes "expediting the process to complete the work in 2029", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]

  Project 11 widens the channel by 170 feet along its Galveston Bay reach, from 530 to 700 feet, and deepens upstream segments to 46.5 feet so the largest container ships can pass one another. Dredging began in 2022; Port Houston finished its own segments in October 2025 and the US Army Corps of Engineers is completing the rest, with the spoil building bird islands, marsh and oyster reef.

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• Architecture09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Los Angeles Breaks Ground on Its Convention Center Expansion

  Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015City of Los Angeles

  

  Starts 10/01/2025CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE357 days agoThe report of the ceremony, published Wednesday, October 1, 2025, says "The city of Los Angeles broke ground Wednesday on a massive expansion of the L.A. Convention Center."^[1]

  Work began on a 190,000-square-foot addition that joins the South and West exhibit halls into one contiguous hall of more than 750,000 square feet, plus new meeting and multipurpose space. Construction pauses in 2028 so the centre can host Olympic fencing, taekwondo, wrestling and table tennis, with final completion in 2029.

  $2.6B

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Houston's Rebuilt Terminal B North Concourse Opens

  Terminal B, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, 2800 N Terminal Rd, Houston, TexasHouston Airport System

  

  Starts 09/22/2026ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCE1 day agoHouston Airports says the B North concourses are "expected to be fully finished and operational by fall 2026", a season rather than a day.^[1]

  The new North Concourse at George Bush Intercontinental replaces the 1969-era flight stations with about 765,000 square feet on three levels, 22 gates for United and a 54,000-square-foot United Club, the largest in the airline's network. It is the centrepiece of the $2.5 billion Terminal B Transformation, which closed the old Terminal B lobby in January 2025.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  One Times Square $500M Redevelopment Completes

  One Times Square, Manhattan, New York, United StatesJamestown

  

  Starts 01/01/2026CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE265 days agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the renovation was finished by January 2026."

  Jamestown's $500 million overhaul of the long-vacant One Times Square, home of the New Year's Eve ball drop, wrapped up with a new glass facade, museum and observation deck.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  30th Street Station's South Retail Concourse Opens

  William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, 2955 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104Amtrak

  

  Starts 12/01/2026ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 69 daysThe redevelopment's schedule page gives a season, not a day: "We anticipate the South Station Retail Concourse opening to the public in late 2026 and construction continuing through 2028."^[1]

  The first large public piece of Amtrak's phased rebuild of the William H. Gray III 30th Street Station: a restored concourse of shops and restaurants beneath the 1933 building, part of a redevelopment of nearly 500,000 square feet running to 2028.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  O'Hare's Satellite Concourse 1 Is Finished

  Satellite Concourse 1, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, IllinoisChicago Department of Aviation

  

  Starts 10/01/2028DELAYED3 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 2.0 yearsSatellite Concourse 1 "began vertical construction in April 2026 with a targeted completion date of late 2028" - a season rather than a day, and one that has already moved.^[1]

  The first of two satellite concourses west of O'Hare's terminal core, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Norviska and designated Concourse D, is reached by an underground tunnel from the terminals. Vertical construction started in April 2026; the $1.45 billion concourse is the first piece of the O'Hare 21 rebuild to be delivered, a programme approved in 2018 at $8.5 billion and now put at roughly $12 billion in current dollars.

  $1.4B

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• Architecture09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  Jeddah Tower Completion

  Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  

  Starts 06/01/2028ESTIMATED64% CONFIDENCEin 1.7 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "…ed in January 2025, and the building is expected to be completed as early as 2028.[13] Site Jeddah T…"

  Construction resumed on the first building designed to pass 1,000 metres, intended to take the world's-tallest title from the Burj Khalifa. Estimated date.

  $1.2B

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