Located at Falcon Field Airport in Mesa, Falcon 12 is a 68,500-square-foot project that brings 14 new hangars to the airport across four structures. One building will include 7,400 square feet of corporate office space to either be leased separately or as part of an adjacent hangar lease.
“Agate recognizes DKS Properties President Jay Donkersloot as a visionary business leader, and his choice to collaborate with Agate Construction again after entrusting our hard-working team with seven past, highly successful projects serves as a testament to our steadfast delivery of top-quality construction work,” says Lou Primak, principal and COO at Agate Construction in a press release. “The Agate team promises to uphold our commitment to Jay with this highly visible project at the airport’s primary gateway, and we will fully dedicate all of our efforts to ensuring the project’s design respects and honors the airport’s historic legacy.”
The developed land will remain part of the overall airport property, under DKS Properties’ long-term land lease in a development agreement with the Airport Authority and City of Mesa. Agate Construction, in partnership with DKS Properties, expects work to begin in Q1 2025 and be completed in 10 months.
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“Originally, there was going to be 12 hangars, but we got more efficient with the space, so there will be 14 total,” explains Steve Johnson, preconstruction service director for Agate Construction. “There are also plans to do a full FBO with George Cunningham [founder and president of Cunningham Aviation] where pilots can hang out while they’re waiting.”
The site for Falcon 12 is within the airport’s historic district located at the entrance to Falcon Field Airport. Johnson notes there were stringent design criteria for the project, such as incorporating design elements that harken back to the airport’s past.
“There’s huge pent-up demand [for hangar space],” he concludes. “We recently completed one out at Mesa Gateway for Virgin Galactic, and there are proposals for more hangars out there. Every airport is looking for either private developers to build hangar space, or the airports are looking to do it themselves. There are a lot of airplanes out there that don’t have protected space.”
