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A public notice has been opened to identify proposals for the use of the buildings for cultural, social and research activities. Maran and Tajani: "New innovation aggregation spaces for the neighborhood as soon as possible" 

Milan, August 4 2021 – Transform three former barracks in Via Gregorovius, located in the complex of the former Caserma Mameli, into an important center for sociality and life in Municipality 9.  

This is the objective of the public notice open until 30 September for the acquisition of expressions of interest for the planning of interventions with a social, cultural and educational impact within the spaces.   

The three barracks, with a total surface area of ​​approximately 11.600 square metres, will in fact be redeveloped as part of the Ex Caserma Mameli Implementation Plan, headed by SGR spa, already adopted and in the process of being approved by the Administration, which will bring a large park urban, new apartments at affordable rents, commercial activities and aggregation services for citizens. The results of the exploratory investigation launched by the Administration will constitute the reference element for carrying out the subsequent public phase of identifying the future manager, as well as the best methods for managing the properties following the redevelopment interventions.   

“The neighborhood needs spaces for sociality and aggregation, especially aimed at young people, capable of encouraging being together and counteracting phenomena of marginalization, with a view to being a city 15 minutes away – declares the councilor for Urban Planning Pierfrancesco Maran - . For this reason we want to proceed as soon as possible with the identification of concrete proposals and subsequently of subjects who can revive the spaces of the barracks as soon as they are available to the Administration, so that they can collaborate with the operator right from the planning phase of the renovation of the spaces, and then take over their management".    

“With this public notice – comments the councilor for Labor Policies, Productive Activities and Commerce, Cristina Tajani – we continue in our plan to redefine the city and its spaces, making an additional 11.600 square meters available to the inhabitants of the Suzzani district in sign of formation and aggregation. We are convinced that the space of the former Mameli barracks, through significant collaboration between public and private entities, can take on a new dimension aimed at the development of training and commercial activities as well as start-ups capable of combining the different creative, productive and technological souls present in the neighborhood."  

Interested parties must have experience in the following areas: social interventions and services; cultural activities of social interest with educational purposes; professional, university and post-university education, instruction and training; scientific research, organization and management of cultural, artistic or recreational activities; services aimed at the insertion or reintegration of workers and people into the labor market.  

The parties proposing the applications deemed eligible will be invited to participate in discussion tables aimed at studying the contents of the proposals presented in greater depth. The exploratory investigation will conclude with the drafting of a final summary document which will include the updating of the context to the analysis of the needs of the neighborhood, the management proposals, the identification of options available for the best approach to the subsequent procedure for choosing the manager, the interventions to be carried out and the methods for their implementation.  

Link to public notice