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• The mega-project has cost more than $1 billion so far and has been under construction for more than a decade.
  — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
• The 3,800-seat venue is part of a larger complex that has been under construction for the better part of the last decade.
  — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
• The Hollywood store on the Intracoastal has been in the works since 2018 and is now under construction.
  — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
• Almost 25 million square feet of warehouse space was under construction in the Fort Worth area at the end of March.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
• But a slew of new lab space was already under construction.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
• Bass Pro Shops has a store under construction in Grand Prairie that’s expected to open in 2024.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
• The strike took place in an area on the outskirts of Irbil city near a U.S. Consulate building that is under construction.
  — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
• At the time, the plant was under construction on a $5 billion expansion.
  — Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
• The south end of Kyle Field is currently under construction, leaving only 75 yards worth of field for the spring game to be played on.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2023
• More units are under construction – but are well behind schedule and now mired in red tape.
  — Nick Watt, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
• Skeletal remains were found in the basement of a house under construction in Queens, New York on Monday.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• The couple have been renting since the loss of their home, and the $2 million prize will go toward their new house under construction in Ottumwa, Neubauer said.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 29 June 2023
• The campus is still under construction and is the first new comprehensive high school to open in Alameda County in the last 50 years.
  — Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
• The first 19 gates in the new terminal, now under construction, are expected to open by late summer of next year.
  — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
• According to the Roden Crater website, the site remains under construction and is not open to the public.
  — The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
• Part of my apartment complex is still under construction, and I’ve been treated to all the sights, sounds, and smells that come with making a space livable.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 24 Sep. 2023
• Many of the jobs building EVs will be at plants that are recently opened or are under construction to build the EV batteries.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 25 Aug. 2023
• Now a multi-use building that will house apartments and retail stores is under construction at the site.
  — Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
• The new store has been under construction since last year and cost $8 million, according to documents filed with the state.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
• And in Egypt, an unnamed capital has been under construction for nearly a decade about 30 miles east of Cairo.
  — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• The site where the cable will connect in Rhode Island is already under construction.
  — Jennifer McDermott, Fortune Europe, 14 Mar. 2024
• Since then, scores of new concourses and gates have either opened or are under construction.
  — Aaron Gettinger, Arkansas Online, 4 May 2023
• The Charybdis under construction at a Brownsville, Texas, shipyard.
  — Brian Cheung, NBC News, 30 June 2024
• The first sign that Hamas was building tunnels underneath our house came in July 2013, while the house was under construction.
  — TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
• Meanwhile, the center's 507 Gallery project is under construction and to be completed this fall.
  — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2023
• The form is intended to evoke a boat that is under construction, getting ready to take us all together on a journey.
  — Antonina Jedrzejczak, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2024
• Milam led me on a tour through the massive building, where some rooms remained under construction.
  — Ezra Marcus, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
• Dozens of solar and wind projects are under construction, in an effort to upgrade the country’s grid, about 40% of which runs on fossil fuels.
  — Byvivienne Walt, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
• Parker said eight new bridges have so far been completed, and 14 more are under construction.
  — Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2024
• That segment of the highway is under construction, and concrete barriers block both shoulders.
  — Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024