Gateway Executive Airpark

The 2025 RED Awards Industrial Project of the Year consists of three hangar buildings totaling 187,435 square feet: one at approximately 35,000 square feet, one at approximately 36,000 square feet and one at approximately 117,000 square feet. Virgin Galactic is the major tenant, occupying two of the hangars, totaling approximately 153,000 square feet of the project. It serves as the spaceship manufacturer’s final assembly facility for its next-generation Delta class spaceships. Gateway Executive Airpark and Sun State Builders worked directly with representatives from Virgin Galactic on revisions to the shell design to accommodate its specific needs. Boeing and jetNEXA are two other occupants in the remaining square footage. The shell buildings are designed and constructed to accommodate up to eight separate users. The Hangars are specifically designed to accommodate G-5 aircraft with 12-foot-wide by 14-foot-tall power-operated, insulated overhead doors; stack-type, power-operated hangar doors that measure 28 feet tall and range from 90–160 feet wide; insulated exterior walls; and a “tail” section marking the entry to each pair of hangars.