Scalo Greco Breda. Milan Via Breda. Milan The Greco Breda site is part of Milan’s The presence of one of the busiest railway strategic plan for the regeneration of railway stations providing suburban services on the areas. The site comprises three main link to Monza makes the site a key node in parcels: the former railway yard next to the the metropolitan context. The Greco-Pirelli station, a green area located redevelopment of the site constitutes an further east on Via Breda and a narrow long opportunity to reduce vehicular traffic and to strip, the site of a disused track facing the promote the use of sustainable modes of Bicocca district in the west. transport, overcoming the railway barrier to enable better pedestrian and cycling The site is strategically located in the connections to the station and relevant northeast of Milan, opposite the Greco-Pirelli destinations. railway station, 6 minutes from the Porta Garibaldi hub. It represents a valuable The creation of synergies on existing opportunity to improve the connections services such as the university and cultural between a mixed-use historic neighborhood, institutions must be taken into account for namely Precotto, which is rich in services the site development. Affordable housing, and activities; and Bicocca, a former particularly for students and temporary industrial area characterised by a workers, and neighborhood services for the remarkable urban renewal project designed local population, may integrate light by architect Vittorio Gregotti in the 1990s. productive activities with generous public This includes the University of Milan spaces and green areas; these may include campus, the Arcimboldi theatre and other the reorganisation and development of cultural amenities, such as the Pirelli Hangar existing informal urban orchards, in Bicocca Art Center and a Multiplex Cinema. connection with the green areas network at the urban level. Expected program: Owner: Affordable social housing, including student Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA (FS) and FS housing, with complementary uses. Green Sistemi Urbani SRL (FSSU). areas and related equipment. Type of property transfer intended: Plot area: The site will be on sale with its building rights, 62,189 m2, consisting of three main parcels. with a minimum price set by the owner. Presentation of the site and expectations for its redevelopment The Greco Breda site is a former "freight It advocates the improvement of pedestrian terminal" used for the storage of freight trains and cycling accessibility and the reconnection and as a warehouse for logistic functions until of urban ecological corridors along the tracks. the 1990s, when the concentration of logistics activities in larger terminals led to the issuing Despite the relatively small size, the Greco of the urban railway yards, the most valuable Breda former railway yard is a strategic and brownfield assets currently available to shape valuable opportunity to create a new urban the future of Milan’s urban development. ‘gate’ able to play a ‘hinge’ role between the city centre, the peripheral neighborhoods, and The site is part of a strategic regeneration plan the metropolitan city. that involves seven underused railway yards (124ha), regulated by an Agreement among The 6ha site is located opposite the Greco the City of Milan, Regione Lombardia and Pirelli station along the railway line that runs Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane – the National towards Monza, Como and the Switzerland, Railway Company, owner of the property one stop away from the high speed train hub areas. This concerns the reallocation of Porta Garibaldi station, in the Porta Nuova economic revenues from the development business district, and the regional and operation to improve the railway service in the national railway hub Lambrate station. Milan hub and the creation of a “Circle-Line”. Connections with underground and tram-lines (M5 Bicocca and M1 Precotto are less than The programme envisages the regeneration 1km away), make the Greco Pirelli station of areas historically occupied by the railways (currently upgrading with three new rail infrastructures, thanks to the development of underpasses) one of the busiest suburban sustainable mixed-use districts equipped with public transport interchanges within the city social and affordable housing, new parks, and the metropolitan area. green infrastructures and public spaces. Owing to the strategic position between the - Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, an important art axis of viale Monza and the Bicocca urban centre, with 10,900 sqm2 of exhibition regeneration site, the site's development has galleries. the opportunity to foster east-west urban - Bicocca Village, a shopping centre including connections and to enhance accessibility to a multiplex cinema with 18 screens. the relevant cultural, work and leisure - Interactive Museum of Cinema, a new activities at a walking distance, such as: cultural institution in a former industrial site. - University of Milan Bicocca Campus, - A business district with several international housing more than 30,000 students. companies, such as the Pirelli, Deutsche - Arcimboldi theatre, one of the biggest in Bank and Siemens headquarters. Europe, with more than 2,300 seats. Specific planning rules and regulations regarding the development of the site The development of the site is regulated by of Services) may not be considered in the the “Agreement for the urban transformation calculation of the GFA. of underused railway yards”, among the City The presence of the railway line involves a non- of Milan, Regione Lombardia and Ferrovie buildability constraint within a distance of 30 dello Stato Italiane – namely “Accordo di metres from the outer track constraint; this Programma” available in the Data Room. It constraint may be waived by the railway provides general regulations for the company. regeneration of seven underused railway The implementation of the building work shall yards, including Greco Breda, together with take place through the approval of an specific planning rules for each site. implementation plan (i.e. piano attuativo or programma integrato d’intervento) or other According to the Agreement, the Greco Breda equivalent tools. 2 site has a Total Surface Area of 62,189 m , of 2 which at least 60% (37,313 m ) is to be used The implementation plans shall be subject to for public parks, green infrastructures, public a public debate with the involvement of the spaces and related services and facilities. City administration, during which the public Along via Sesto S. Giovanni is planned the may make observations, proposals and construction of a technological building that requests with reference to the general will occupy an area of about 400 sqm - approach, the design and the character of documentation is available in the Data Room. public areas, the infrastructure, the network of Despite the reduction of the land area, this connections, the provision and quality of does not involve SLP reductions. public services and functions of general interest. Building rights allowed on the site cover a 2 maximum of 24,000 m of Gross Floor Area The Implementation Tools shall take into (GFA). This share is mainly devoted to the account the results of the listening and public development of affordable and social housing participation processes already undertaken 2 (minimum 21,000 m , of which at least 40% to by the city administration in collaboration with rented housing) and complementary uses the Department of Architecture and Urban (minimum 5% and maximum of 13% of the Studies of the Polytechnic University of Milan, overall GFA allowed), including commercial as well as the quality objectives and the spaces, offices, etc. policies contained in the Strategic Vision Document, available in the Data Room. Affordable and social housing include a wide range of typologies and contract forms. The site will be on sale with its building rights, According to specific regulation provided by with a minimum price of 4,800,000 € set by the the City of Milan, the minimum share of owner, not including soil remediation and rail 2 21,000 m is subdivided into the following sub- disarming, charged to the operator. categories: - Intermediate Housing (Edilizia The specific regulation for the site includes a convenzionata agevolata) for sale, for rent, weighting for the selection criteria of the help to buy, including co-housing: GFA 8,324 Expression of Interest: m2. 1. The solutions proposed to address the 10 - Affordable Rented Housing (Edilizia a challenges (40%). canone moderato e/o concordato), including 2. The quality and suitability of the team student housing and social co-housing: relating to the site’s issues and the project 2 minimum GFA 10,676 m . proposed, including references (30%). - Social Rented Housing (Edilizia a canone 3. The team’s legal and financial soundness 2 sociale): minimum GFA 2,000 m . (30%). According to the Piano dei Servizi (Plan for The bids admitted to the second phase of the Services, part of the PGT), urban functions initiative will be evaluated on the basis of the included in the Catalogo dei Servizi (Catalogue following criteria, which will be appointed the following weight: 1. The solutions proposed to address the The sale of the property will be subject to the challenges (50%) failure by legitimated subjects to exercise the 2. The price offer and the financial feasibility preference granted by article 24 co. 4 of the (30%) law n.210 / 85. To this end this notice 3. The capability of the bidder team to deliver