New OC Airport Terminal Gets $7.4M Contract, Restaurant

The terminal building and parking area at Ocean City Municipal Airport.

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Council voted 7-0 to hire Weatherby Construction for the new Grisbaum Terminal. It will have a top-floor restaurant with views of the bay.

The short version

Ocean City's airport is getting a new terminal. On Oct. 22, City Council voted 7-0 to award a $7.4 million construction contract to Weatherby Construction of Atlantic City, the lowest of eight bidders, OCNJ Daily reported.

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What's being built

The new Leon and Elizabeth Grisbaum Terminal Building replaces a terminal from the 1960s that the city says has reached the end of its useful life. According to the mayor's update, plans include an airport operations center, a golf pro shop, a lobby, locker rooms, a pilots' flight-planning room, restrooms and offices. The top floor will have a full-service restaurant open to the public, with views of the runway, wetlands and bay. The city plans to bid out the restaurant once construction is further along.

The cost

Earlier estimates put the job at about $6 million, so the winning bid came in roughly $1.4 million higher. The funding plan starts with a $3 million donation from Leon Grisbaum and $3 million from the city. A city spokesman told OCNJ Daily the rest will come from savings on other capital projects that came in under budget, so approved debt service will not change.

Council also approved program management (Czar Engineering) and construction management (William McLees Architecture) contracts for the project.

When

Construction is expected to start before the end of the year and take about 14 to 18 months, according to the city.

Why it matters

The airport shares its campus with the city's golf course on the bay side of the island, so the new building will serve both pilots and golfers. A public restaurant also gives people who never fly a reason to visit, and the city expects it to bring in yearly rent once a vendor is chosen.

SourcesOCNJ Daily, Oct. 26, 2026. Read the original.
City of Ocean City: Mayor's Update, Oct. 23, 2026. Read the original.
Oct. 22, 2026 Council agenda (Res. 26-292, 26-294, 26-295). Read the original.
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