Luna has since been involved in the three-year process of bringing the expedited customs facility to Gateway airport. 'I thought, why don't we do this in Mesa?'

He said growing up, he and his friends would go back and forth to Mexico bringing goods and purchases with them. Mesa City Councilman David Luna grew up in Douglas, Arizona, right on the border with Mexico.

First inland customs facility of its kind The airport will own all the acreage, and SkyBridge will lease the land from the airport, in turn, leasing buildings to tenants, airport spokesman Ryan Smith said.ĬBRE Senior Vice President Jackie Orcutt, one of the leads for leasing and tenants, said all the phases and buildings should be completed within 20 years. The pair of buildings are planned to open in late April 2020. 'Mesa, Arizona is going to be rolling off the lips of people for generations to come when it comes to getting things in and out of the United States and Latin America.' A 20-year building planĬrews led by contractor Graycor Construction and leasing firm CBRE will now begin building and renting the first two of 23 SkyBridge buildings. 'This area can and will become the gateway for trade, certainly with Mexico, but also with all of Latin America,' Giles said. Mexican customs officials work out of the airport to pre-clear goods headed to Mexico, allowing the items to bypass an often slow customs clearance process in Mexico that can take between two days and two weeks. The program began operations about nine months ago in a temporary airport building but will move to SkyBridge once it's built.

The most unique aspect of SkyBridge is a joint U.S.-Mexico customs processing hub that expedites the transfer of American goods across the border to Mexico and Latin America.

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