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Milan, October 13 2021 – The municipal council approved today, in its first session, the implementation plan of the former Mameli barracks, taking a new important step on the path that will allow the city to open one of the largest military sites which have long been abandoned and inaccessible, a an area of ​​over 100.000 m² which will be saved from degradation and returned to public use.

After the reclamation plan has also been approved and can therefore enter the implementation phase, the implementation plan lays the foundations for a project that responds well to the new urban regeneration models desired by the new territorial governance plan: social housing agreement in rent (around 330 homes) and for sale (around 220 homes), attention to the urban context, functions of public interest that will be located in three buildings protected by the Superintendency, very green - here one of the 20 parks planned by 2030, of around 35.000 m². Right on the greenery, thanks to an observation from residents which was implemented, it was decided to maintain additional plants along Suzzani and Gregorovius streets, with a balance of 600 plants compared to the 476 currently present.

As regards the establishment of functions of public interest, a specific tender was opened on 3 August with the aim of transforming three former barracks into an important center for sociality and life in Municipality 9. Closed on 30 September , we are now in the phase of evaluating the proposals presented by the technical commission.

"It is the first urban plan approved by the new council, a good omen for starting again with important projects, which must give value to all the places in the city - states the councilor for urban regeneration, Giancarlo Tancredi -. I know this intervention well having followed it as manager in my previous role, will add a quality place between the neighborhoods of Niguarda, Pratocentenaro and Bicocca, where consolidated historical realities of social participation are already present."

The ownership of the area belongs to Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Immobiliare SGR which presented the proposal for the transformation of the complex.