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The Grand Concourse is out of the ground: OCCC's $560 million expansion builds toward 2029

noted Aug 31, 2026

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The convention center's $560 million Grand Concourse expansion broke ground in mid-December 2025 — the county's newsroom dates it December 18, the OCCC's own expansion page December 17 — and construction started in early 2026, closing Convention Way from February 26. The project adds 44,000 square feet of meeting space and a 100,000-square-foot ballroom to the North-South Building, with completion in 2029 and more than 800 construction jobs on the way there.

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