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• As the airport concession bus<strong>in</strong>ess cont<strong>in</strong>ued to grow<br />

<strong>in</strong> the U.S., airport opportunities began to look<br />

<strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g to developers. In Europe, developers were<br />

already <strong>in</strong> the bus<strong>in</strong>ess of develop<strong>in</strong>g retail and<br />

food/beverage complexes <strong>in</strong> airports.<br />

• In 1992, concessions were awarded to BAA to develop<br />

their “AirMall” concept. While this was not the first<br />

developer to be awarded an airport concession<br />

management contract, the scope of their plan was<br />

unlike anyth<strong>in</strong>g ever undertaken <strong>in</strong> a U.S. airport.<br />

They sought to transform airport concessions <strong>in</strong>to<br />

retail shopp<strong>in</strong>g malls with name-brand retailers.<br />

• A side effect of this development was the creation of<br />

numerous small bus<strong>in</strong>ess opportunities with reduced<br />

entry barriers.<br />

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