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greater torino
G R E A T E R
T O R I N O
N E W
P R O J E C T S,
A
S U C C E S S F U L
L O C A T I O N
A N D
C H O I C E
I N V E S T M E N T
O P P O R T U N I T I E S
Thinking of Torino today means seeing the energy of change, the will and capacity to respond to the challenges
that our area has faced in recent times.
Starting from the need to rethink and move beyond the industrial identity of the last century, Torino has shown
how it can develop a wide-ranging and long-term vision to define a modern and dynamic city, with a high quality
of life and competitive on the national and international scene.
The first step was to start from the recovery and conversion to new functions of vast, now disused industrial areas:
a legacy of 2.5 million square metres re-designed for the new needs of a city in which the service sector now counts
more than manufacturing and that is increasingly becoming a centre for research, ICT and innovation.
There are also new spaces to strengthen cultural facilities, university accommodation and high quality housing.
In addition, work continues on major infrastructure projects to improve access to the city and internal mobility,
such as putting underground the rail tracks that cut the city in half from north to south, building above them a
major boulevard crossing the city, or the construction of the metro, the relaunch of the airport and the construction
of the high capacity/high speed railway that will put Torino at the centre of Europe’s east-west line.
The city will also benefit from the great tangible legacy (the infrastructures) and will gain in terms of international
promotion of the Winter Olympics. The Games have already given extraordinary impetus to the
process of urban transformation and are producing important, positive spin-off effects for the tourism and
hospitality sectors.
We have been working for some time to define scenarios and policies that can guarantee the best possible
management and enhancement of this legacy.
Torino is therefore a city in evolution that is taking action to create new bases of development starting from a
vision shared with the local community and summarised in the Strategic Plan, now in its second edition. The new
plan moves forward from the results of the first plan and takes on the challenges ahead, identifying the sectors on
which to focus and the action to be taken – necessarily from the perspective of the metropolitan area – in building
a future of growth.
There are therefore many reasons to look at Torino with interest: never as now is the city ready to measure itself
with the challenges of modernisation and to grasp and communicate all the opportunities that these major
processes of change are releasing.
Piazza Castello
Sergio CHIAMPARINO
Mayor of Torino
Bern
AT T H E C E N T E R O F E U R O P E A N B U S I N E S S
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Bern-Bruxelles
Zürich
Genève
Malpensa
Lyon
Aosta
Milano
Lyon-Paris
Torino
Rotterdam
London
Kiev
Frankfurt
Cuneo-Levaldigi
Budapest
Bern
Lyon
Valladolid
Zaragoza
Lisboa
Madrid
Nimes
Montpellier
Novara
Torino
Barcelona
Blue Banana
Latin Arc
TEN-Trans-European-Networks
Corridor 5
Genova-Rotterdam
Sea motorways
Milano Venezia
Verona
Genova
Ljubljana
Nice
Genova
Savona
La Spezia
The city of Torino and its metropolitan
area are located in Italy’s economic
heartland, the north west, with an
important role in connections both
nationally and to the major European
cities.
One of the priority objectives of the
strategic development plan for the
metropolitan area of Torino is represented
by the investments planned and already
being made for the upgrading of the
access system to the city and international
connections. Over the next 10 years more
than € 30 billion investments have already
been planned and started, to improve the
region’s infrastructures: road network,
airports, rails, intermodal and logistics
platforms, tunnels.
A project for Europe’s future
Torino is reinforcing its position, thanks
to one of Europe’s most important
infrastructure works: the construction of
the Italian section of Corridor 5, a key link
between Eastern and Western Europe,
from Kiev to Lisboa.
The project includes the construction of
two high capacity and high speed rail lines
(Torino-Milano and Torino-Lyon),
positioning the city even more strongly as
the central node along the west-east route,
with rapid links in both directions, and
thus as the nerve centre of land transport
between Italy and Europe. The transalpine
line between Lyon and Torino will carry 50
million tonnes of goods and 7 million
passengers every year.
• Torino-Milano line (125 km) will make it
possible to double rail service. Journey times
will be cut to 45 minutes compared to the
present 105. Completion of the Torino-Novara
stretch and the Torino-Malpensa link is set for
2007, while the whole line is expected to be
open in 2009.
• Torino-Lyon is a transalpine line (254 km, 52 of
which in tunnels). This cross-frontier project
will integrate the economic space between Lyon
Rhône-Alpes, Torino and Piedmont Region.
The Torino-Lyon transalpine railway project is a
vital link in the rail line connecting Eastern and
Western Europe.
Upon completion, Lyon and Torino will be only
105 minutes apart. The goal is to be fully
operational in 2018.
ROAD, SEA
AND AIR LINES
• A network of around
1,000 km of
motorways
and 2,000 km of
railways connects the
region with main
Italian and European
cities.
• Mediterranean ports
and an integrated
logistics system allow
fast and efficient
movement of goods
and people along the
main national and
international lines.
• The international
airport of Torino
Caselle, only 20
minutes from the city
centre, provides daily
links with the main
Italian and European
cities.
Future development
of the airport focuses
on the strengthening
of existing national
and international
links, and the opening
of new passenger and
cargo routes.
Particularly
important in this
sense are the links
with the main
intercontinental
hubs (London,
Frankfurt, Paris,
Roma).
Further improvement
is also planned for the
Torino Malpensa
road and rail
system in order to
further reduce the
travel times.
Malpensa, 100 km
from Torino, is
the most important
intercontinental
airport in southern
Europe.
A SKILLED AND FLEXIBLE WORKFORCE
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INTERNATIONAL
TRAINING
INSTITUTIONS
• IPSET, International
Pole for the Support
of Education and
Training
www.ipset.unito.it
• ETF, European
Training Foundation
www.etf.eu.int
• ICER, International
Centre for Economic
Research
www.icer.it
• ILO, International
Labour Organization,
International
Training Centre
www.itcilo.it
• United Nations Staff
College
www.unssc.org
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The City of Torino is characterised by
outstanding scientific and
technological competencies,
demonstrated by the presence of a
highly skilled work force, innovative
companies and prestigious
universities.
Torino is today in a position to
become a leading knowledge city and
is working to reach priority goals in
this direction.
Two major universities provide the
backbone to Torino’s education
system in technical subjects, the
humanities and sciences:
the Università di Torino and the
Politecnico di Torino. A vast spectrum
of disciplines and courses are
provided, from traditional ones to the
most innovative. Many schools offer
specialist and vocational courses,
private centres and post-graduate
SOME EXCELLENCES IN
HIGHER AND
BUSINESS EDUCATION
education institutes help young
people and the labour market to meet
in all areas. Numerous international
training centres are also located in
Torino.
world. The Politecnico international
programmes cover a variety of aspects:
• multilateral relations with
universities and research centres in
various countries;
• Istituto Superiore
Mario Boella
www.ismb.it
The Università di Torino has over
65,000 students. The University has a
wide-ranging network of exchanges
and co-operation with other university
centres in Italy, Europe and around
the world; it offers 7 bi-national
degrees and about 40 agreements on
international PhDs. These agreements
involve mainly France, Germany,
Russia, Poland and Latin America.
• relations with the European Union
on research and education projects,
for instance through the EUA
(European Universities Association);
• ASP Alta Scuola
Politecnica
Torino-Milano.
www.asp-poli.it
The Politecnico di Torino (26,000
students), is a leading
technical/scientific education and
research institution in Italy and Europe,
closely integrated with the business
• management of academic
exchanges of students and teachers.
• SiTI
Istituto superiore sui
sistemi territoriali
per l’innovazione
www.siti.polito.it
The Politecnico di Torino’s current
internationalisation policy makes it a
magnet for international education,
aiming to stimulate agreements and
exchanges with institutions in strategic
geographical areas, such as Latin
America, the Mediterranean, SouthEast Asia. Relations with the USA and
Canada concern chiefly research.
• ESCP-EAP, European
School of Management
www.escp-eap.net
• UNICRI, United
Nations
Interregional Crime
and Justice Research
www.unicri.it
Politecnico di Torino
Istituto Superiore Mario Boella
• CRF-Fiat Research
Centre
CRF-Fiat Research
Centre, with a
workforce of 1,200,
most of them with
Masters-equivalent
degrees or higher in
Engineering
disciplines, Science,
Mathematics and
Economics, has the
mission to develop
and transfer
innovative products
and processes. It
was the FIAT
research centre
which created the
ABS braking system
and the Common
Rail diesel engine. It
has state-of-the-art
laboratories and
facilities operating in
different fields:
environment and
energy, safety and
well-being, materials
and technologies.
• Ti Lab
Ti lab, the Telecom
Italia Group’s R&D
centre, with its 1,000
employees, has 40
years’ experience in
all fields of
telecommunications
and works in close
collaboration with
Pirelli Labs,
universities, research
centres and other
companies to develop
innovations, engineer
them and put them
on the market.
It contributed to the
definition and
establishment of
GSM, MP3 and optic
fibre transmission.
• Motorola Technology
Centre
The Motorola
Technology Centre of
Torino, with a staff of
over 500 people, one
of the most active
and advanced in the
Motorola worldwide
network, is a centre
A H I G H LY I N N O VAT I V E E N V I R O N M E N T F O R R E S E A R C H A N D D E V E L O P M E N T
A strong and well-established vocation for innovation
makes Torino a city with a powerful drive for research
and development. 20 % of the entire R&D expenditure
of Italian companies is concentrated in the
metropolitan area of Torino, fuelling innovation and
enabling the commercial system to leave its mark on
the world market of cutting-edge products. A highly
prized system of major R&D centres specialised in
automotive and information communication
technology, as well as in many innovative sectors such
as bio and nanotechnologies, offers a network of topquality skills. The whole Piedmont region, with its over
200 R&D centres, ranks first in Italy for expenditure
on innovation in the manufacturing sector, and
envisages the mobilisation of € 3 billion for research
in the next 3 years.
Torino is consolidating its role of international
excellence in Information and Communication
Technology (ICT), a sector that can count on a major
concentration of human and industrial resources.
7,000 companies with a work force of 54,000
employees are active in the ICT district.
Torino will have a leading role in the
implementation of the European Union’s Galileo
project, the satellite navigation system.
Interesting research and development initiatives are
also emerging in the design sector to strengthen
and consolidate the local tradition, represented by
the presence of great names in many fields,
including car design. Torino has in fact been
nominated World Design Capital 2008.
Torino and Piedmont are also strongly committed to
the field of sustainable mobility and renewable energy.
The Region intends to establish itself as one of the
European centres of excellence in hydrogen research
and has set up the Piedmont Hydrogen System
(SPH2), an initiative that brings together companies,
university institutions and research centres.
Environment Park
TORINO WIRELESS
Torino Wireless (www.torinowireless.it) is the first technological cluster
created with the participation of the Italian government, the Piedmont
governmental bodies, important ICT companies, universities, research centres
and financial institutes. The cluster, coordinated by the Torino Wireless
Foundation, with the aim of promoting partnerships between public and
private actors in R&D as well as boosting new enterprise and improving the
region’s competitiveness, is dedicated to Information and Communication
Technologies, and is particularly targeting those ICT sectors impacting the
technologies and many economic aspects of the Region, such as wireless
technologies, software technologies, multimedia technologies, microelectronic and optical devices, and wire-line technologies.
CRF-Fiat Research Centre
SOME R&D CENTRES
OF INTERNATIONAL
STANDING
of excellence for the
development of global
software and mobile
phone systems, of
new technologies and
interoperability tests.
The C980 and C975
models, products
integrating the most
advanced
technologies, have
been developed in
Torino.
• RAI Research Centre
The RAI (national
broadcasting
company)
Technological
Innovation and
Research Centre
(CRIT) contributes to
the evolution of
technologies for the
national radio,
television and
multimedia system
and supports the
group in its
technology decisions
and in the phase of
experimentation and
introduction of new
products and
systems. It is active
in numerous projects
financed in national
and European
frameworks and
collaborates actively
with universities and
other companies.
• GM Powertrain
Europe Research
Centre
The General Motors
Powertrain Europe
research centre of
Torino, inaugurated in
2005, co-operates
closely with other GM
Powertrain units in
North America and
Latin America and is
dedicated to diesel
technology and
design. The Torino
centre of GM
Powertrain Europe
will supply diesel
engines for cars,
small gas engines,
manual transmissions
and related control
equipment for GM
vehicles throughout
the world.
A G R E AT P L A C E T O L I V E A N D W O R K
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IMPORTANT
INTERNATIONAL
DATES
Castello del Valentino
The welcome of a great European capital,
an exceptional range of culture, easy access
and the city’s new urban development
make Torino an ideal place to live and work.
Torino, the first capital of Italy and the
heart of the Alps, with its Royal Residences
and Baroque architecture has left behind
the old “one-company town”.
In recent years It has made huge steps
forward to diversify its image and economic
structure.
Palazzo Madama - Piazza Castello
The economic relaunch of the city has also
and above all affected the quality of life.
Torino has now also invested in its tourist
accommodation to meet the needs of
visitors from around the world.
The traditional and well-established
business tourism has been joined by
thousands of visitors seeking culture,
gastronomy, leisure and shopping as Torino
has an extraordinary and varied range of
offers. The city and its surrounding area
has a wealth of artistic resources including
prestigious museums of contemporary and
modern as well as antique art, Castello di
Rivoli - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea,
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo,
GAM - Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e
Contemporanea, Galleria Sabauda,
Museo Egizio, Museo Nazionale del
Cinema, to name just a few.1
It is also the home of the International Book
Fair, one of the world’s largest, and boasts a
tradition of fine wine and food that make it
famous worldwide and it is no chance that
the “Salone del Gusto” gastronomy fair
promoted by Slow Food has put down deep
roots in the city.
The city brings together culture with leisure
and entertainment thanks to its famous
historic cafés, the clubs that make the city
buzz with life at night and the 12 km of
arcades that host the big fashion labels,
jewelleries and the city’s major show rooms.
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For further information:
www.comune.torino.it/musei
www.turismotorino.org
www.piemontefeel.it
• 2006
XX Olympic
Winter Games
• 2006-2007
Torino World
Book Capital
• 2007 Winter
University Sports
• 2008 World
Conference of UIA Union Internationale
des Architectes
• 2008 Torino World
Design Capital
• TORINO 2011, the
150th anniversary of
the Unity of Italy.
G R E AT E R T O R I N O O F F E R S S O M E O F T H E M O S T C O M P E T I T I V E B U S I N E S S R E A L E S TAT E P R I C E S
G R E AT E R T O R I N O O F F E R S S O M E O F T H E M O S T C O M P E T I T I V E B U S I N E S S R E A L E S TAT E P R I C E S
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Italia, Milano-Torino. Residential: average prices 2000-2010
THE RIGHT PLACE TO INVEST
Torino is one of the most interesting real estate markets for the second half of this decade.
This is highlighted by the comparison of trends in the average Italian property prices,
conducted by Scenari Immobiliari1.
The forecasts made by Scenari Immobiliari are based on the analysis of both the general
trends in the property market in Milan and other Italian cities and on the important changes
in Torino’s market structure and economy:
• completion of the new railway to Milan. This will enable economic integration and easier
inter-city mobility;
• the strong growth of financial, insurance and IT services;
• development of the university and research centres in the city, building on its industrial
tradition. This means becoming a magnet for young people from the whole of Italy and
abroad, with the subsequent raising of the level of housing and services demanded.
The cities in the surroundings of Torino saw
double figure growth both in the volumes
exchanged and in turnover.
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REAL ESTATE
OPPORTUNITIES
INDUSTRIAL PREMISES
160
140
AVERAGE
SALES PRICES
PRICES
VOLUMES
euro/sq.m.
Square metres offered
Square metres exchanged
Total take-up (%)
Turnover (million euros)
1,163,000
720,000
61.9
368.5
RENT
euro/sq.m./year
45 - 70
35 - 58
30 - 46
550 - 820
Torino
Immediate surroundings 510 - 750
400 - 530
Rest of the province
Source: Scenari Immobiliari 2005.
Source: Scenari Immobiliari 2005.
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TERTIARY/OFFICES
100
In Torino a good recovery in average prices is expected, driven by the offer of new properties
and a rise in demand in the coming years.
This situation for housing also triggers a positive impact on the non-residential segment,
with the progressive entry of Italian and international property investors in the city’s services
and commercial real estate market and in industrial premises in the rest of the province.
Italia
Milano
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
80
Torino
PRICES
VOLUMES
The tertiarisation of the city of Torino
continues, with a strong recovery in the
market for offices. Exchanges grew by almost
10% in 2004 while supply decreased.
This led to take-up shooting up, rising by over
20% in a year. The interest of institutional
investors remained high.
Square metres offered
Square metres exchanged
Total take-up (%)
Turnover (million euros)
210,000
105,000
50.0
202.1
AVERAGE
SALES PRICES
RENT
euro/sq.m.
euro/sq.m./year
Highly desirable zones 2,150 - 3,900 130 - 260
1,500 - 3,100 85 - 195
Peripheral zones
1,600 - 3,000 100 - 200
Business Centres*
Source: Scenari Immobiliari 2005.
Source: Scenari Immobiliari 2005.
(*) ITP calculations on Finpiemonte data
Source: Scenari Immobiliari 2005.
TERTIARY OFFICES: TORINO MARKET IN THE LAST SIX YEARS
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Scenari Immobiliari (www.scenari-immobiliari.it) is an independent study and
research institute that analyses real estate markets and, in general, the local
economy in Italy and Europe.
(central zones)
Rent
Torino
Amsterdam
Athens
Barcelona
Berlin
Frankfurt
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Milano
Paris
Roma
Zurich
260
315
390
275
260
390
260
1,200
320
450
635
400
485
Source: Scenari Immobiliari 2005.
Return %
6.5
6.2
7.5
5.5
5.8
5.5
7.2
4.5
5.2
5.2
5.5
5.3
4.5
INDUSTRIAL PREMISES
(suburbs)
Rent
55
80
78
78
63
74
74
170
80
70
64
66
80
CITY
C
Return %
8.2
7.9
10.5
8
8
7.9
8.2
5.7
7
8
8.3
8.1
7.5
Torino
Amsterdam
Athens
Barcelona
Berlin
Frankfurt
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Milano
Paris
Roma
Zurich
160
7.5
MAX.
140
7.0
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,350
3,400
4,200
2,600
9,000
3,400
5,000
7,800
5,700
5,700
5,000
3,600
4,550
4,300
4,200
5,500
3,100
11,500
4,500
6,800
9,900
7,800
8,900
50
400,000
PRICE
C
MIN.
60
40
6.5
120
300,000
30
200,000
20
6.0
100
5.5
5.0
80
1999
2000
2001
Medium price (base 1999=100)
Source: Scenari Immobiliari 2005.
2002
2003
2004
Gross medium yields %
Absorption (%)
OFFICES
500,000
Square mtres
CITY
Sale prices of residential properties in
the central zones, excluding market
peaks (€/sq.m.).
Yelds %
The market in Torino benefits from particularly
competitive prices compared to the average in Italian and
European cities.
In addition, the growth trends highlighted above in terms
of new business locations and the regeneration of the
economic fabric as a whole have generated new relocation
demand, reflected in growing returns from real estate in
the last three years.
Rents and average return of non-residential
properties in the main European cities
(€/sq.m./year).
Base 1999=100
COMPETITIVE PRICES
100,000
10
0
1999
Square metres offered
Source: Scenari Immobiliari 2005.
2000
2001
2002
2003
Square metres exchanged
2004
0
Absorption index (%)
Greater Torino can
meet the most
sophisticated business
and investment
demands with a vast
range of location
opportunities.
As part of its mission
to provide support for
foreign investment in
Piedmont,
ITP - Invest in Turin
and Piedmont, has
identified a number of
interesting
location and
investment
opportunities offered
by both public bodies
and private
companies:
• multipurpose
projects
• hotels
• offices and light
industrial units
• industrial and
logistics areas
Ask further
information:
info@itp-agency.org
re@itp-agency.org
All information included
in this publication is
provided by real estate
operators and while being
as accurate
and up to date as
possible at the time of
going to print is not
legally binding.
TORINO, BUILDING THE FUTURE
TORINO, BUILDING THE FUTURE
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Torino is engaged in a process of radical urban renovation and improvement whose roots lie in the need to redefine
the prospects and identity of an industrial city in the era of post-Fordism and globalisation.
TORINO
INTERNAZIONALE
TORINO’S STRATEGIC PLAN
The urban scene is changing rapidly and entire sections of the city are being reconstructed at great speed around
the new central axis of the Backbone Boulevard and the Crossrail line: the key infrastructure for new urban
accessibility and mobility founded on the Metropolitan Rail Service as outlined in the Regional Transport Plan.
Work is continuing to redefine the functions but also the shape, morphology and architecture of places and the
built environment.
Torino was the first
city in Italy to adopt a
Strategic plan (2000 2011) - that involves
institutions, political
representatives, the
economic world and
society as a whole in a
project to redefine the
city’s identity.
In view of the Olympics, the first significant results of this intense activity through the years at the turn of the
century are being seen. Many of the programmes and projects will demand commitments for at least the next five
years, but a clear perception of the future is already here after the phase of endless building sites. The objects and
environments that will define the identity of the contemporary city are taking shape.
Architectural and urban quality needs to be ensured while at the same time providing conditions of general
environmental sustainability, a liveable community, social integration and security, as the best guarantee that the
city functions well. This is the role of the Urban Centre, established in 2001, first for the city and as of 2005 for the
metropolitan area. Its institutional mission is to make the public aware of the change underway and to foster
discussion and encounter between the cultures and actors involved in the construction of the city.
This is also the framework of the mission of Torino Internazionale and ITP Invest in Turin and Piedmont to
promote the city as a place of joint operational support, social cohesion and location opportunities.
2004-2015 TOWARDS
A NEW PLAN
Four years after the
Plan was initiated,
new priorities are
emerging that need to
be read in the
perspective of the
work that has been
carried out and
organized into a wideranging project.
These priorities are
the catalysts of the
debate which the
consolidated method,
with its strategic,
integrated and
concerted plan, must
interpret through its
personal vision:
sustainable
development, social
cohesion, governance
and valorization of the
network, research into
opportunities for
future generations,
the value of culture
and knowledge, the
ability to
communicate change.
Supply has increased, attracting growing shares of the housing and tertiary/industrial demand. But above all there
has been an increase in the confidence of the trade and investors in the reality of the prospects of change and
modernisation of the city’s structure that the Master Plan had outlined, but in which trust in its actual
implementation was very low. The re-activation of the market has made it possible to attract substantial resources
with which to finance new or upgrading of buildings and infrastructures, with at the same time a substantial
increase in the areas for services and public gardens.
In brief, a virtuous circle has been set in motion in the system, made up of upgrading of the infrastructural
network and services as an essential condition for supporting development by attracting investments and brains.
Palaisozaki and Olympic Stadium
www.torino-internazionale.org
Faced with a relatively negative economic situation, the contribution of the construction industry, above all in
infrastructures, has been considerable and has played a significant anti-cyclical role in creating jobs and wealth.
Mario VIANO
Town Planning Commissioner
City of Torino
TORINO, BUILDING THE FUTURE
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According to the
latest Censis
(www.censis.it)
report, Torino is the
Italian city that
showed the
“greatest
determination to
emerge” in 2005.
€ 1.2 billion for the
creation of the
Crossrail system
€ 970 million for
the new metro
(inauguration on 4
February 2006)
€ 1.7 billion for the
creation of the car
park system and
urban plans related
to the Central
Backbone
€ 150 million for the
construction of the
athletes’ Olympic
Villages
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MAIN DRIVERS OF CITY CHANGE
THE CROSSRAIL SYSTEM, THE BACKBONE BOULEVARD AND
THE CENTRAL BACKBONE PROJECT
The Crossrail system is one of the fundamental
drivers of the changes underway in Torino. In the
framework of the mobility plan, based on the
development of interlinked and integrated
transport systems, the Crossrail is a crucial
infrastructure, together with the new Metro line.
The project plans to put underground 15
kilometres of tracks that cut the city in two from
north to south. At the same time, tracks will be
doubled and the urban fabric re-joined. It will thus
be possible to cross the city from north to south
along a metropolitan rail system with six city
stations that will also be used by national and
international trains.
The city’s future main railway station will become
Porta Susa, which will see the passage of trains
on the high-speed trains on the Milan-Torino-Lyon
line in addition to all national trains and, thanks
to the presence of a Metro stop in the new
station, the system will be perfectly integrated.
This work will also ensure a considerable
improvement in access to the city from all the
towns of the metropolitan area (Greater Torino).
Above the underground crossrail network, the
Backbone Boulevard provides a tree-lined avenue
with vast green areas, bicycle paths, car parks,
and other transportation facilities that streamline
traffic in the city.
The Backbone Boulevard is surrounded by one of
the city’s most important development and
transformation projects: the Central Backbone.
The project is divided into four key areas
denominated Backbones 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Each of these areas is organised around one of
the stations of the Crossrail system. They have
different vocations and offer a linear series of new
central points.
The new facilities therefore provide significant
benefits for local economic development as well
as for the image of the city .
THE NEW METRO LINE
Line 1 of the underground radically changes how
people move in the city. 28 kilometres of
tunnels and 15 stations; quick and efficient
interchanges between railway connections
and public transportation.
• From the town of Collegno to Porta Nuova
railway station in 15 minutes;
• from Porta Nuova to Lingotto in 7 minutes;
• a train every two minutes during rush hour.
Backbone Boulevard
Underground
Underground
Backbone Boulevard
Underground
€ 1.5 billion total
“Olympic legacy”,
i.e. the value of the
facilities that will
remain with the city
after the Olympics
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Southern Sector - Olympic District: exhibitions,
fairs and congresses
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Southern Sector - Mirafiori: automotive,
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Stadio delle Alpi Area: sports, facilities and services
Backbone 3: ICT, technology and renewable energies
Historic Centre
Northern Sector: higher education, services and residential
Northern Sector: new access to the city
through Backbone Boulevard
Basse di Stura Park
UNDERGROUND
CROSS-RAIL SYSTEM
RAILWAY STATION
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Backbone 2
Backbone 3
Backbone 4
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Porta Nuova
PIAZZA D’ARMI
OLYMPIC STADIUM
PALAISOZAKI
FORMER DOGANE AREA
FORMER CARPANO
AND PASTIFICIO ITALIANO
OLYMPIC VILLAGE
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SOUTHERN SECTOR - OLYMPIC DISTRICT
Between the river Po and Piazza d’Armi: an area that is already a symbol of the new Torino
The journey starts at Lingotto, the building
restructured by Renzo Piano that today
houses fair and exhibition centres, hotels,
shopping centres, museum spaces and
university faculties, a true multifunctional
centre buzzing with life at all times of day.
A few yards from Lingotto, the historic
building of the former “Pastificio Italiano”
has been transformed into an internationalstandard hotel and the adjacent former
“Carpano” factory is to become a centre of
excellence for wine and food that will
strengthen the image of Torino as the Capital
of Taste with its tradition in the field that has
made it famous throughout the world.
The area will be well served by Line 1 of the
underground (completion of works is
planned for 2009) and the pedestrian
walkway over the railway will provide a direct
link with the Lingotto rail station, which will
become an important strategic centre for
transport in the city.
The journey continues into the heart of the
Olympic District: the Olympic Village created
in the former Mercati Generali area (former
wholesale market).
We then head westwards, to the area of the
old Municipal Stadium (Stadio Comunale),
remodelled to host the opening and closing
ceremonies of the XX Olympic Winter
Games. Alongside it, the new Olympic sports
centre for ice hockey. Palaisozaki is a
multifunctional facility that can be
transformed into a space for congresses,
concerts and other events.
Opposite the two buildings, the park of
Piazza d’Armi is being reorganised: a
splendid setting for official ceremonies and
leisure activities.
The new Ice Rink (Palaghiaccio), designed
for figure and short-track skating training
during the Games, will become the city's ice
sports centre. Going towards the river, we
find the Palavela, the reinforced concrete
building built in 1961 for the Centenary of the
Unification of Italy, restructured to host the
figure and short-track skating competitions.
From here, along the banks of the Po, we
reach the pavilions of the ITC-ILO campus
restructured and extended up to 300 rooms
to host one of the media villages during the
Games.
LINGOTTO MULTIFUNCTIONAL CENTRE
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PALAZZO DEL LAVORO
Oval
ITC-ILO CAMPUS
Olympic Village
PALAVELA
Olympic Village - Olympic Arch
Lingotto
Palaghiaccio
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Completion area
Area to develop
The Olympic Village, constructed to host
2,500 competitors during the XX Olympic
Winter Games in 2006, is part of a complex
project of transformation and re-use of a vast
area of about 170,000 sq.m., parallel to the
Lingotto rail tracks and in part occupied by
the disused buildings of the former Mercati
Generali (wholesale market).
The Olympic Village covers 65,000 sq.m. of
gross floor area, in addition to the structures
of the old market; it will then be converted in
part into social housing, in part into public
offices and university halls of residence. The
use of the central zone, of high architectural
value and characterised by the arches of the
former market, is currently being assessed.
In the same area, a further 47,000 sq.m. of
gross floor area are available.
The transformation and upgrading of
Torino’s various trunk roads has helped to
place the Olympic Village in a central
position in the city.
This area will also be well connected with the
underground and integrated with the
Lingotto multifunctional centre.
Olympic Village
The Olympic Village
FORMER MERCATI GENERALI AREA
• Olympic Village
Gross floor area 65,000 sq.m.
• Completion area
Gross floor area 47,000 sq.m.
Owner City of Torino
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FORMER DOGANE AREA
Existing building to redevelop
PALAISOZAKI AND PIAZZA D’ARMI AREA
A post-Olympic management opportunity
The former Dogane customs buildings that
occupy the central and southern section of
the area adjacent to the Mercati Generali,
will undergo completion and improvement
works to convert the buildings to a new use.
The new hockey stadium (18,300 sq.m. gross
floor area), has been designed by Arata Isozaki
and Pier Paolo Maggiora to become a real
factory of events able to host, after the Olympic
hockey matches, both sports and other
important events (conferences, concerts,
sports, circuses etc.) for up to 15,000
spectators.
The design of the new Palaisozaki, built in the
vicinity of Piazza d’Armi, completely redefines
the urban shape of this area by bringing
together, in a new spatial system also the
FORMER DOGANE AREA
Land area 87,900 sq.m.
Gross floor area 61,500 sq.m.
Owner Agenzia del Demanio (State property agency)
Piazza d’Armi Area
FORMER MERCATI GENERALI AREA
Former dogane area
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PALAISOZAKI
Gross floor area 18,300 sq.m.
Torino City Council is currently searching for a management
company to run the complex in the post-Olympic period
existing building of the Stadio
Comunale.
The area has uniform paving and,
facing the large pedestrian square,
the Olympic Gardens open up, a
monumental park that is part of the
larger nature park around it.
In the project for the restructuring of
the sports complex that includes the
Olympic Stadium, the construction
of a new hotel (gross floor area
6,000 sq.m.) is also envisaged.
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LINGOTTO, MULTIFUCTIONAL CENTRE
Torino’s main conference centre
FORMER FIAT AVIO AREA
Area to develop
FORMER CARPANO AND PASTIFICIO ITALIANO AREA
The City of Taste and 5-star accommodation
Lingotto, twenty years on. Two decades after
the closure of the factory that Le Corbusier
defined as “one of the most impressive
spectacles offered by industry”, the FIAT
factory (a total of 300,000 sq.m.) designed
in the 1920’s by the engineer Matté Trucco,
has been completely re-interpreted.
Designed by Renzo Piano, the change has
followed the metamorphosis of the city itself.
The first stage was in 1992 with the opening
of the Fair Centre, followed in 1994 by the
Conference Centre and the multifunctional
Auditorium (seating for 2,090).
The Oval, the facility adjacent to Lingotto
built for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games,
has been designed to be used as an
expansion of the Lingotto conference centre.
With this addition, the centre will have a
total capacity for 9,000 guests.
The multifunctional Lingotto centre hosts the
8 Gallery shopping centre of over 20,000
sq.m. (with a 4,000 sq.m. car park) and the
Pathé multiplex.
But Lingotto is also a place of business,
study, culture and accommodation.
The business centre (one of the biggest in
Torino) opened some time ago and has been
joined by the automotive engineering faculty of
the Politecnico di Torino, the largest Italian
Dental School, a hall of residence for foreign
students and the Giovanni and Marella Agnelli
Foundation art gallery.
Two new hotels have been created at
Lingotto to provide further hospitality to
support the Lingotto fair and conference
centre: Le Meridien and Art&Tech, for a total
of 360 rooms.
The former Fiat Avio area, adjacent to the
Lingotto complex, is a closed large industrial
plant. It spreads out over a total area of
about 187,000 sq.m. and is located
immediately south of the Lingotto complex,
in a zone of the city subject to major urban
transformations and improvement of old,
now disused, buildings.
The owner of this area is the Piedmont
Region.
In the vicinity of Lingotto the
transformation is underway of a former
industrial area which, once completed, will
provide the zone with important new
functions. Already today, this area
represents a new urban centre.
The former Pastificio Italiano building has
already been converted into a 5-star hotel
(AC10 Torino).
Work is underway to create the City of Taste
in the premises of the former Carpano plant.
THE ITALIA ’61 PARK
A unique environmental quality location
New multifuctional building
New project to develop.
Investment opportunity
The former Carpano and Pastificio Italiano
area also envisages the possibility of a new
building of about 10,500 sq.m. gross floor
area for services on the zone bordering the
areas owned by Lingotto.
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AC10 Torino Hotel
New multifuctional building
City of Taste
The southern zone of access to the city of
Torino is characterised by high landscape
and environmental quality due to the river
Po, its riverside park and the splendid view
up to the hills. This area hosts buildings of
great architectural value: the pavilions
created for the events to celebrate the
Centenary of the Unification of Italy in Torino
in 1961.
Some of these buildings have been
completely restructured to host the events of
the XX Olympic Winter Games.
The Palavela has been completely renovated,
to designs by Gae Aulenti and Arnaldo De
Bernardi, to host the figure and short-track
skating competitions during the Games.
Palazzo del Lavoro
Location and investment opportunity
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Not far from the Palavela there is an
important, large-scale building of excellent
architectural quality, the Palazzo del Lavoro.
New uses for the building are foreseen as an
incentive to full and sustainable re-use:
offices, tourist accommodation, services,
exhibitions, conferences and fairs,
entertainment including cinemas and
theatres, indoor and outdoor sports facilities
and leisure facilities.
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NEW AC10 TORINO HOTEL *****
Opened 2005
Italia 61’ Park
AC10 Torino Hotel
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NEW MULTIFUCTIONAL BUILDING
Gross floor area 10,500 sq.m.
PALAZZO DEL LAVORO
Covered area 22,500 sq.m.
Owner FINAM SpA
For sale
Owner FINTECNA SpA
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SOUTHERN SECTOR - INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION DISTRICT
Mirafiori: automotive, design and sustainable mobility
The industrialisation of the southern
area of the city dates back to the 1950’s
with the construction of the FIAT
Mirafiori factories and numerous other
plants of supplier companies. After a
period of crisis that entailed the closure
of many plants, it has seen in recent
years new re-industrialisation and urban
replanning.
Travelling through the area from south
to the south-west, among the disused
sites of the former Carello factories,
cutting edge multi-functional complexes
have been created to host innovative ICT
companies, one of the driving sectors in
Torino.
A small but significant part of the FIAT
Mirafiori area was bought recently by the
City of Torino, Province of Torino,
Piedmont Region. In the framework of a
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project to strengthen the automotive
cluster, an auto/mobility research and
development centre will be created,
bringing together the Politecnico design
activities, currently scattered across the
city, with the objective of increasing
interaction between the research and
business worlds.
Continuing further, along Corso Tazzoli,
behind the FIAT plants, a number of
important business centres are currently
being developed. They will significantly
increase the availability of quality spaces
for light industry and services.
This area, already well-served by road
access, will benefit from the upgrading
and widening the road which connects
the city to the logistics area of
Orbassano-Grugliasco with the S.I.TO.1
and C.A.A.T.2 facilities.
Freight road/rail interchange centre of Orbassano (the largest in Piedmont with its 2,800,000 sq.m.)
Wholesale fruit and vegetable centre of Torino (450,000 sq.m.).
Lingotto
Mirafiori Area
Mirafiori Area
MIRAFIORI AREA
Mirafiori Area
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Location opprtunity
MIRAFIORI AREA
CONVERSION PROGRAMME
• First lot
Gross floor area 300,000 sq.m.
Uses
• Research and education centre
• Light industry and business location
research activities of excellence in the Mirafiori
site. The objective is to create a centre to
support the automotive cluster, bringing
together the degree courses in Industrial
Design and Automotive Engineering (aiding
their growth and internationalisation),
promoting the integration of research and
development in the fields of product design,
systems components, new technologies for
sustainable mobility, and the safety of
infrastructures, means of transport and the
environment.
A NewCo, created for the purpose by the
Piedmont Region, Province and City of Torino
and FIAT, purchased the first lot of 300,000
sq.m. on which to begin the conversion
programme for the area.
Mirafiori Area
Mirafiori Area
The area of Mirafiori, in the south of the city,
is characterised by the presence of the FIAT
plant on a site of about 3,000,000 sq.m. This
complex, first constructed in the 1950’s to
back up the Lingotto factory, progressively
became the symbol of FIAT in Torino but, with
the worldwide process of industrial relocation,
the vast complex is currently under-used.
Modern production technologies enable FIAT
to rationalise the use of space, and it is
investing massively in the production lines for
new car models at Mirafiori plant.
Local institutions and the Politecnico di
Torino, in close collaboration with the FIAT
Group, and following the guidelines of the
Second Strategic Plan for Torino, have signed
an agreement to locate higher education and
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BUSINESS LOCATION ALONG CORSO TAZZOLI
Le Torri Centre
Under construction
The complex is located along Corso Tazzoli, near the
ring road system with rapid access to the main road
network. The project envisages two tower blocks for
tertiary and production activities. 4,200 sq.m. are
destined for underground parking and another 3,000
sq.m. outdoor.
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LE TORRI CENTRE
• First lot (Expected delivery July 2006)
Gross floor area 9,500 sq.m.
• Second lot (Expected delivery July 2007)
Gross floor area 8,640 sq.m.
Total gross floor area 18,140 sq.m.
Owner PRO.IND Srl
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PIAZZA STATUTO
MULTIFUNCTIONAL CENTRE C
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BACKBONE 1 AND 2: HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND BUSINESS
Along the Backbone Boulevard, from the doubling of the Politecnico to the new Porta Susa railway station
The journey runs through the area destined to
become a new science, and cultural zone for
Torino and at the same time a place for higher
education, research and business.
The starting point is the Backbone 1 area,
where housing and a shopping centre are
being built looking out onto a large new
square, designed on the basis of the guidelines
provided by the architect Jean Nouvel.
Following the new “Backbone Boulevard”, we
reach the area once home to the Nebiolo and
Westinghouse industrial plants, destined to
house new cultural and research activities
connected to the nearby Politecnico. Facing
this, the complex of the former railway repair
yards (OGR), characterised by buildings of
great architectural value, are being converted
to create a research, cultural and education
centre.
Close by, the Politecnico is doubling its area:
highly prized old factories have been conserved
and restructured, while new buildings host
classrooms, research centres and the first
Corporate Research Campus in Italy.
Continuing northwards along the Backbone
Boulevard, we then reach the new railway
station of Porta Susa: over 15,000 square
metres underground for passenger services
and, above ground, a glass-fronted gallery with
shops and restaurants.
BUILDING IN VIA CERNAIA
Porta Susa
NEW PORTA SUSA RAILWAY STATION
TOWERS OF PORTA SUSA
POLITECNICO CORPORATE RESEARCH CAMPUS
FORMER LANCIA PLANTS
Porta Nuova
LANCIA BUSINESS CENTRE
RUFFINI PARK
BACKBONE 1 AREA
Mario Merz, Igloo fountain
MULTIFUNCTIONAL CENTRE A
The doubling of Politecnico
MULTIFUNCTIONAL CENTRE B
Backbone 2 -Towers
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B - Multifunctional centre in Backbone 1
Development of a former industrial site
close to the new Zappata cross-rail
station in the area denominated
“Backbone 1” is progressing well.
This project concerns two lots of land
located around major transport routes,
for a total land area of 164,089 sq.m.
Plans include the creation of 78,153
sq.m. of gross floor area.
Housing, now almost completed,
provides about 55,000 sq.m. of gross
floor area.
Major works are also planned for the
tertiary sector.
Multifunctional centre A
New project - Investment opportunity
Multifunctional centre B
New project - Investment opportunity
The creation of a new multifunctional facility
of 10,000 sq.m. of gross floor area is
planned in the northern part of the area.
This will host a variety of uses, for the
tertiary sector, commerce, leisure, hotels and
housing.
The area will have a large public space with
squares and gardens ideal for walks, games
and sports.
The owner is RFI, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
(Italian railway network company).
One of the most significant works planned
is a multi-storey building of 30,000 sq.m. of
gross floor area, for the tertiary sector and
services, located on the northern side of the
area to make a striking impact against the
backdrop of the “Backbone Boulevard”.
The owner is City of Torino.
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New development
LANCIA BUSINESS CENTRE
Existing building - Location opportunity
The San Paolo district is the location of a major
regeneration project with the conversion of a vast
industrial zone of over 210,000 sq.m., the historic site
of the Lancia plants. The area is located close to the
Ruffini Park and along main roads. Work has been
conducted in successive lots.
Work on the first lot (former Gardino area - 37,000
sq.m. gross floor area for housing and retail outlets)
and the second lot (66,800 sq.m. gross floor area),
developed by the Gefim company, have been
completed and sold.
Currently at the feasibility study stage, the project
envisages the conversion of part of the third lot
(41,000 sq.m. gross floor area).
The “Lancia Skyscraper”, the historical former
headquarters of Lancia and recently restructured, is
one of the best examples of office buildings
constructed in Torino in the 1950’s, to a design by
Giò Ponti and Nino Rosani.
Located in an ideal branch of the works of Backbone 1,
in a vast industrial district almost completely
transformed, it offers 10,500 sq.m. of prestigious
management offices fitted with the latest
technologies.
Lancia Business Centre
BACKBONE 1 AREA
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BACKBONE 1 AREA
Land area 164,089 sq.m.
FORMER LANCIA PLANTS - THIRD LOT
Land area 60,000 sq.m.
LANCIA BUSINESS CENTRE
Offices 10,500 sq.m.
Gross floor area 78,153 sq.m.
Gross floor area 41,000 sq.m.
Owner Torino Zerocinque Trading SpA
Owner Torino Zerocinque Trading SpA
(Beni Stabili SpA 42.5%; Gefim SpA 42.5%;
Fiat Partecipazioni SpA 15%).
For sale or rent
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POLITECNICO DI TORINO, THE HUB OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Higher education, research and industry
The creation of the first Italian Corporate Research
Campus inside the Politecnico di Torino
Location opportunity
Plans for the project to double the Politecnico
includes about 70,000 sq.m. gross floor area
(offices, laboratories and services) to host
innovative companies that want to co-operate
with the Politecnico di Torino.
Of these, 7,000 sq.m. are available immediately.
Corporate Research Campus - first lot
The project to double the Politecnico
involves the area of the former railway repair
yards (OGR), about 100,000 sq.m. freed by
the railway, behind the present university
premises.
The project intends to give the area of the
Politecnico an identity not only as a place of
academic learning and research, but also as
an attractor of major investments in research
by multinationals, technology transfer,
community services, social and student
meeting points and urban regeneration.
Former OGR building
The doubling of Politecnico
The project for the doubling of the
Politecnico, in what is now a central position
in the city, is part of the global process of
major urban change favoured by the closure
of large industrial areas.
The Politecnico is tackling the challenges of
the new millennium with the construction of
a modern, efficient extension to improve the
quality of teaching with new spaces for
students (study rooms, canteens, gardens,
sports facilities etc.), as well as to offer
cutting-edge research facilities.
The “doubling project” will total about
170,000 sq.m., 55,000 of which by 2006, in
an area alongside the current headquarters
in Corso Duca degli Abruzzi.
POLITECNICO DI TORINO
Corporate Research Campus
Gross floor area about 70,000 sq.m
For companies that want to co-operate with the Politecnico
di Torino.
Immediately available 7,000 sq.m.
• 3,500 sq.m. business incubator
• 3,500 sq.m. equipped offices
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• the construction of the new railway station
with an indoor gallery, a modern take on
the 19th century style urban gallery and the
grandiose halls of historic stations which
will house retail businesses and provide
access to the floors below intended as
stations for the railway and underground
lines.
• the construction of a double service tower
(each one of about 40,000 sq.m. gross
floor area) linked to the station terminal
and the shopping arcade.
SECOND TOWER BLOCK
MULTIFUNCTIONAL CENTRE
BUILDING IN VIA CERNAIA
Gross floor area about 42,000 sq.m.
Gross floor area about 6,000 sq.m.
Gross floor area about 27,800 sq.m.
Owner RFI, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
(Italian railway network company)
Owner City of Torino-RFI, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Owner RAI (National broadcasting company)
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Modern skyscraper of 27,800 sq.m. gross
floor area made up of a central tower
surrounded by a series of lower buildings.
The building is located in Via Cernaia in the
centre of Torino, in the immediate vicinity of
Porta Susa railway station. The building is
currently used for offices and is therefore
compatible with hotel use.
It is an ideal solution for hotels given its
immediate vicinity to the city’s shopping
streets and the main tourist attractions.
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The functional conversion is planned for the
present Porta Susa railway station (once
work for the new station is completed).
On completion of the operation to
restructure the former historical building of
the railway station, the creation of a new
office building of 6,000 sq.m. of gross floor
area is planned.
The area will be sold by public auction.
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The construction of two new tower blocks is
planned in the framework of the urban
regeneration programme for the Porta Susa
area. 150 metres high, they will offer a total
gross floor area of about 87,000 sq.m. to
host services, management offices and
accommodation and will be directly linked to
the new rail station and Line 1 of the
underground. Plans for one of the two blocks
are already underway and will house the new
headquarters of the San Paolo IMI bank.
The land on which the second tower block
will be built is owned by RFI, Rete Ferroviaria
Italiana (Italian railway network company).
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Investment opportunity.
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The new Porta Susa railway station
Once completed, the new Porta Susa railway
train station will become the city’s main
station: the high-speed railway line and Line
1 of the new Torino underground system will
pass through it.
The new train station will provide
businesses with a direct, rapid daily service
to Milan, Lyon and Paris.
The design of the Porta Susa railway station
complex was the focus of an international
architectural competition won by the Arep
studio (Paris) and envisages the complete
reorganisation of the area. The project
foresees:
MULTIFUNCTIONAL CENTRE C
New project to develop.
Investment opportunity.
Building in via Cernaia
Currently under redevelopment, the Porta
Susa District offers strong potential for
property development in the areas around
the main high-speed train station.
PORTA SUSA TOWERS
New project to develop.
Investment opportunity.
Porta Susa Area - Multifunctional Centre
PORTA SUSA DISTRICT
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BACKBONE 3: ICT, TECHNOLOGY AND RENEWABLE ENERGIES
The heart of innovation in the new post-industrial park
Along the river Dora: the area, once home to
major industrial plants like the Michelin
factory or the Fiat steelworks, is changing and
re-inventing its identity more than any other
zone of the city.
The river Dora, which was covered for
decades by old factories, will flow again
between new buildings and be a strong sign
of the new Dora Park of 450,000 sq.m., the
binding fabric for the numerous projects.
The overall programme involves an area of
1,000,000 sq.m. and envisages a range of
works for a total of 585,542 sq.m. of gross
floor area, at an advanced stage of
completion, with housing, commercial,
business, service facilities and two units to
host part of the journalists for the 2006
Winter Olympics (MediaVillages).
The transformation of this area also opens up
new opportunities for business, design,
research and the environment.
This has already happened in the Environment
Park, 30,000 sq.m. of laboratories and
companies surrounded by greenery, all
involved in the high-tech and environmental
development sectors. And this is what is
happening in the former Savigliano plant,
completely transformed to house a high-tech
centre for companies in innovative sectors
and retail spaces.
In the area of the Fiat steelworks, the Santo
Volto church, designed by Mario Botta, with
its bell-tower constructed in the old chimney,
is one of the hallmarks of the profound
transformation of this part of the city.
Two of the Media Villages have been
constructed in the heart of Backbone 3: the
Mortara Media Village and the Verolengo
Media Village, which will be converted to
housing.
VITALI AREA
MEDIA VILLAGE
VITALI PARK
MICHELIN NORTH AREA
MEDIA VILLAGE
S.N.O.S. BUSINESS CENTRE
Dora
ENVIRONMENT PARK
Porta Susa
S.N.O.S. Business Centre
FORMER ODDONE AREA
S.N.O.S. Business Centre
BACKBONE 3 AREA
Vitali Park
FORMER ILVA AREA
SANTO VOLTO CHURCH
Dora commercial centre
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The Backbone 3 area is today an outstanding example of how the city’s former industrial
sites are being transformed into areas dedicated to new technologies, mainly in the ecotechnology and information and communication technology sectors.
Due to a series of positive circumstances that have come together in the north west of the
city, and especially in the framework of Backbone 3, it is an area particularly attractive for
the location of small and medium sized companies active in the field of information and
communication technology, business support and advanced shared services.
This important centre, today characterised by the presence of the Environment Park and the
proximity to the Virtual Reality and Multi Media Park, will be strengthened by the
completion of the conversion of the former Officine Savigliano into an ultra-modern service
centre designed to the most stringent quality standards.
This project, named S.N.O.S., is intended as the logical extension and completion of the
Environment Park.
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18,000 sq.m.
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MULTIPLEX 5,000 sq.m.
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COMMERCIAL OFFICE-RESTAURANTS
22,000 sq.m.
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MEDIA VILLAGE (400 FLATS)
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PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA COMPLEX
Faculty of information technology
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VITALI PARK
Location opportunity
The former Officine Savigliano multi-space
offers 27,000 sq.m. of business spaces.
Modular spaces are available both in the 6 new
buildings and in the historic premises, which
can be customised on the basis of the type of
use, the needs and tastes of each company. All
premises will be characterised by high-tech
features of immediate and efficient connections
with the local and global network. 3,000 sq.m.
of technology areas. High-tech premises
equipped to host facilities and infrastructures
for the companies. 12,000 sq.m. for commerce
and leisure. A fully-fledged centralised system
of high-quality services: pedestrian public
gallery, shopping centre, bars and restaurants,
extensive leisure areas. 3,000 sq.m. of lofts.
Living units looking out onto the park.
Over 1,500 car parking spaces(33,500 sq.m).
• First lot
In the first lot a new urban complex has
been realised to host journalists during the
Games integrated with the Dora Park, with
a direct view over the river. The centre of
the complex, a public pedestrian square, is
surrounded by a variety of urban functions.
At the north-east corner the new housing
and hotel are the main access point to the
new district.
This project concerns the construction of two
buildings to host new advanced industries with
low environmental impact, and the provision of
new roads to the west of the development.
The Vitalipark complex offers two parallel,
rectangular buildings and a central space, the
“galleria”, open at the ends and with a steel
and transparent polycarbon covering.
Both buildings have four floors above
ground and underground floor as a 90 space car park. 32 eco-compatible units are
planned of 400 to 550 sq.m. each.
Priority will be given to business activities on
the ground and first floors, while the second
and third floors will be devoted to services.
• Second lot (completion area)
The second lot, to complete the project,
envisages the creation of 113,000 sq.m. for
housing, the tertiary sector and retail
activities.
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Gross floor area 42,000 sq.m.
Under construction
For rent/for sale
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Owner S.N.O.S. SpA
(Public/Private company: Finpiemonte SpA 51%;
Impresa Rosso SpA 49%)
Vitali Park
ENVIRONMENT PARK
30,000 sq.m.
FORMER VITALI AREA
Location and investment opportunity
S.N.O.S. Business Centre
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Location and investment opportunity
Vitali area
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FORMER VITALI AREA
• First lot
Public and private housing 30,000 sq.m.
Retail 12,000 sq.m.
Hotel 7,000 sq.m.
VITALI PARK
Gross floor area 15,000 sq.m.
Owner IMMOBILIARE EUROPEA SpA
• Second lot - completion area
Gross floor area 113,000 sq.m.
Owner Cimimontubi SpA
Owner SINATEC SpA (Public/Private company:
Finpiemonte SpA, CNA1, API2, SOPRIN SpA)
Under construction
For rent/for sale
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Craft national association
Small&medium companies association
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FORMER ILVA AREA
Area to develop.
Created to host over 1,440 journalists during
the Games, after the Olympics the village will
be used for rented housing, apartments for
sale and others for the elderly (400 flats).
The complex is made up of three 21-floor
tower blocks, located in a line almost parallel
to Corso Mortara, one of the main access
points from Milano.
With the creation of the cross-rail system,
the central Backbone Boulevard and the reorganisation of the Dora Railway Station, the
area of the rail yards will be freed from its
previous functions.
It occupies an area of 111,000 sq.m. in which
development will be possible for works
integrated with others along Backbone 3, for
a total of 50,000 sq.m. of gross floor area,
which will look out onto the Backbone
Boulevard and the Dora park.
The large former ILVA steelworks completes
the offer of spaces for advanced industry
along Backbone 3.
146,000 sq.m. of land currently occupied by
a now disused industrial building, once part
of the Fiat steelworks, where 74,000 sq.m. of
gross floor area can be developed.
The area enjoys good accessibility thanks to
its vicinity to the main east-west trunk roads.
Former Ilva Area
FORMER ODDONE AREA
Area to develop.
Former Oddone Area
MICHELIN North Residential complex
Already completed
Media Village - Michelin north
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FORMER ODDONE AREA
FORMER ILVA AREA
Total area 111,000 sq.m.
Total area 146,000 sq.m.
Gross floor area 50,000 sq.m.
Gross floor area 74,000 sq.m.
Owner RFI, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Owner Cimimontubi SpA
(Italian railway network company)
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HISTORIC CENTRE
An unrivalled architectural heritage
Dora
The historic centre of Torino has seen
numerous improvement projects in recent
years to transform the city, above all
upgrading a number of squares: Piazza
Castello, San Carlo, San Giovanni, Vittorio
Veneto, Bodoni and Valdo Fusi.Considerable
work on urban furnishing and the
restructuring of buildings have contributed in
recent years to giving new sparkle and vitality
to a city that boasts an unrivalled
architectural heritage. One particularly
significant case of urban regeneration
concerns the so-called “quadrilatero
romano”, the old Roman heart of the city,
turning it into an area of high-quality housing
and bars, restaurants and night clubs, thus
becoming one of the city's liveliest zones.In
recent years, the area of Porta Palazzo has
also seen work to improve the building and
socio-economic fabric co-ordinated under
the title The Gate (pilot project financed by
the European Union). These include the
creation of a new commercial pavilion
PORTA PALAZZO
SANTO STEFANO AREA
BUILDING IN VIA BERTOLA
Porta Susa
PIAZZA CASTELLO
CAVALLERIZZA REALE
PIAZZA SAN CARLO
MOLE ANTONELLIANA
NATIONAL CINEMA MUSEUM
designed by Massimiliano Fuksas.
The City of Torino is also drawing up a
programme of actions to create a cinema
district, the “Cineborgo”, in the area
around the Mole Antonelliana, the home
to the National Cinema Museum. The area
will offer the public cinemas, events,
architectural installations and commercial
services related to film.
Thanks to the new role that Torino is taking
on as a tourist city and the impetus of the
2006 Winter Olympics, major work has been
completed in the historic centre to create
new hotels.
By 2007, work will be completed to
improve Porta Nuova railway station, the
city’s nerve centre. In the overall plan of
reorganisation of the city’s rail transport,
scenarios are beginning to emerge for the
future transformation and upgrading of the
station areas and the rail yards that involve
an immense area strategic for the future of
the city.
PIAZZA VITTORIO VENETO
Porta Nuova
Archaeological area
BIOTECHNOLOGY SCHOOL
Piazza San Carlo
CORSO MARCONI BUSINESS CENTRE
Palazzo Madama - Piazza Castello
PORTA NUOVA AREA
Piazza San Giovanni
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CAVALLERIZZA REALE COMPLEX
Gross Floor area about 30,000 sq.m.
Owner Agenzia del Demanio (State property agency)
Unique in Italy and one of the most
important in the world, the National Cinema
Museum is hosted in the Mole Antonelliana
of Torino, the city's symbol. Inaugurated in
July 2000, more than two million visitors
have come through its doors. The attractive
display design by the Swiss architect
François Confino occupies an area of 3,200
sq.m. with displays on six floors that
illustrate the history of cinema, drawing on a
vast heritage of museum collections.
The collections continue to grow with new
acquisitions. The National Cinema Museum
is part of a much larger and more ambitious
project that involves intellectuals,
competencies, initiatives and financial
resources in an all-embracing approach that
combines culture, industrial production and
technological innovation.
The CineBorgo is a vast-ranging project,
covering not only culture but also town
planning, to transform the district around
the Mole Antonelliana into something unique
in Europe, a vast area dedicated to cinema,
to enhance and complete the cultural
mission of the National Cinema Museum.
Cinema is the driver of the Torino and the
“Cineborgo” project, which in addition to
being the demonstration of this joins the
Virtual Reality and Multimedia Park and the
nascent Cineporto.
The “Cineborgo” project will involve the
DAMS (Art, Music and Entertainment and
Sciences of Communication degree courses),
the Museum of Radio and Television, the
production centre of the RAI Auditorium,
Teatro Regio and Teatro Gobetti, in addition
to the cinemas on and around Via Po.
The heart of the district will be the Mole
Antonelliana and the City of Torino has
begun negotiations with the main
businesses and institutions in the area,
including RAI (National broadcasting
company), the university, Teatro Regio,
Cavallerizza (State property agency) and
local retailers, to define a joint development
and improvement programme.
Piazzale Aldo Moro
New project to develop
Cinema Studios
and private activities compatible with such a
valuable historic site, plans are for the
Cavallerizza to host a varied range of uses for a
total of 30,000 sq.m., such as a museum and
exhibition complex in the stately wings on the
ground floor retail and craft activities on the
ground floors and basements of the buildings,
offices, studios and housing on the upper
floors. The building named “Maneggio
Chiablese” will be renovated for use by the
Università di Torino. Analyses of the possible
configurations of the complex have highlighted
the benefits of locating a hotel in the part with
the prestigious frontage overlooking the Royal
Gardens. The hotel could occupy a maximum
of 10,000 sq.m. gloss floor area. The courtyards
and spaces inside the complex will be a
pedestrian area, with underground car parking.
Cavallerizza Reale Complex
Cavallerizza Reale Complex
The complex of the Cavallerizza (former royal
stables and military riding school) covers an
area of about 22,000 sq.m. and is a natural
continuation of the system of buildings in the
adjacent Piazza Castello. It is made up of a
series of wings and buildings, built in different
eras, characterised by a series of pathways, links
and arcades that were once the centre of
military training services. The high level of
urban quality given by the complex's
exceptional position in the centre of the city
demands regeneration not only of the buildings
but also renewal in social and cultural terms for
the city, making it more accessible through the
opening of pedestrian routes that re-establish
continuity between Piazza Castello, the
buildings around the Royal Palace and the Royal
Gardens. In the respect of a balance of public
NATIONAL CINEMA MUSEUM AND THE CINEBORGO PROJECT
National Cinema Museum
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAVALLERIZZA REALE COMPLEX
Investment opportunity
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A new building project is currently being
defined for the vast area facing Palazzo
Nuovo, the building that houses the arts
faculties of the Università di Torino.
A car park for 700 vehicles is planned with
the construction of a building of high
architectural quality of about 13,000 sq.m.
of gross floor area, occupied mainly by
public services and facilities connected to
the university.
The area is owned by the Università
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This building of great architectural and cultural
value was constructed in the early years of the 20th
century with evident echoes of Juvarra’s
monumental art and features typical of 19th century
public buildings.
The façade is decorated with sculptures, columns,
pilaster strip friezes in travertine and other
important architectural elements. The location is
very attractive and faces the Lamarmora gardens.
Given the position and particular features of the
property, it is suitable for possible use for high
quality services and hospitality facilities.
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Location opportunity
BIOTECHNOLOGY SCHOOL
Centre of excellence for research
One project on which great energy will be
concentrated in coming years is the territorial
and functional reorganisation of the area of
Porta Nuova, part of the broader replanning of
the rail network in Torino. It covers an area of
about 300/500,000 sq.m., partly occupied by
the tracks and service buildings which stretch
southwards from the city centre creating a rift
in the urban fabric. Future projects1 include the
reduction in the number of lines and possibly
putting them underground, enabling the
reunification of part of the city fabric: gardens,
squares and new buildings will occupy the land
currently used by the railway from the city
centre towards the south.
Located a few minutes from Porta Nuova
railway station and the city centre, these
buildings, once the historic Fiat headquarters,
have particular importance for the city and in
the memory of the local and national public.
The project, that will be prepared in the course
of 2006, intends to exploit the potential and
history of these buildings.
These buildings are currently rented; the
contract expires in January 2007.
The new Biotechnology School, currently being
constructed, is the result of collaboration
between public bodies and private companies2.
The project envisages the construction of a
building of about 8,700 sq.m. with areas for
teaching, research laboratories and
administrative offices. The building, ready in July
2006, will be able to host 1,000 students and
200 teachers and other staff, plus parking for
140 cars. Of particular interest is the potential
for research activities, also open to private
companies, thanks to the cutting-edge
laboratories and the business incubator.
The new Biotechnology School intends to be a
centre of excellence for research in Italy.
NH Hotel
Opened in January 2006, the hotel is located in
the centre of Torino, between the cathedral and
the Porta Palatina, within the walls of the
ancient Roman city. It is a new building on a lot
free of constructions.
The hotel has two conference rooms with
seating for 250 and 100, a restaurant and
wellness centre with Turkish bath.
Hotel Santo Stefano was designed by the
architects Gabetti-Isola-Fusari, built by the
construction firm DE-GA SpA, and is run by
the Spanish company NH (Navarra Hoteles),
a prestigious European brand.
Building in Via Bertola
Existing building to redevelop.
Location and investment opportunity
THE AREA OF PORTA NUOVA
RAILWAY STATION
Major urban development project
in the heart of the city
Porta Nuova railway station
Hotel Santo Stefano
NEW HOTEL NH SANTO STEFANO ****
Opened 2006
Gross floor area about 8,000 sq.m.
VIA BERTOLA
Gross floor area 21,700 sq.m.
Private owner
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The Si.T.I.(Istituto Superiore sui Sistemi Territoriali
per l’Innovazione) research institute has
conducted a study of the scenarios for the
transformation of the area so as to outline a
strategic structure for the city through change in
the use of Porta Nuova station.
CORSO MARCONI BUSINESS CENTRE
Gross floor area 40,000 sq.m.
Owner Torino Zerocinque Trading SpA
(Beni Stabili SpA 42.5%; Gefim SpA 42.5%;
Fiat Partecipazioni SpA 15%).
Biothecnology School
HIGH QUALITY SERVICES AND HOSPITALITY FACILITIES
Corso Marconi Business Centre
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2
In December 2000 the Università di Torino published
notification of a “project financing” opportunity for the design,
construction and management of the new school.
The group made up of the construction company DE-GA SpA.,
Finpiemonte SpA (the Region’s finance company), Sinloc
(company of the San Paolo IMI banking group) and AEM (the
local electricity firm) applied as the promoting body and,
through the procedure required by law, won the contract.
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NORTHERN SECTOR: HIGHER EDUCATION, SERVICES AND RESIDENTIAL
Converted industrial sites and new locations for education
Dora
FORMER TOBACCO FACTORY
VANCHIGLIA RAILWAY YARDS
Corso Regio Parco, already marked by the
conversion of an old industrial area of
22,000 sq.m. into a lively, modern
multifunctional centre, the Basic Village, will
be further improved by work to recover,
mainly for housing, the former “Ceat”
factory, located at the very beginning of the
avenue, close to the city centre.
Close by, along the river Dora, the
improvement of the former “Italgas” plant
is well advanced.
Continuing along the Corso Regio Parco
there are vast disused areas to the northeast: the former “Tobacco factory” and the
areas of the “Vanchiglia” rail yards are
subject to transformation projects.
The development programme of the
university system includes, in addition to
the expansion of the Politecnico di Torino,
the creation of two new university sites
located in the areas of both the former
Italgas works and the former Tobacco
factory.
The first concerns the creation of a centre
for the law and political faculties with
related student halls of residence (one of
the media villages for the 2006 Winter
Olympics) in the former Italgas area, while
a second set of facilities for art faculties will
be located in the former Tobacco factory.
BASIC VILLAGE MULTIFUNCTIONAL CENTRE
FORMER CEAT FACTORY
FORMER ITALGAS AREA
Media Village - Former Italgas Area
Porta Nuova
Media Village - Former Italgas Area
Porta Susa
Tobacco Factory
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NORTHERN SECTOR - NEW PROJECTS, LOCATION AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
RECOVERY OF THE FORMER CEAT FACTORY
Housing 7,300 sq.m.
Tertiary sector 6,250 sq.m.
Green area 2,500 sq.m.
Expected completion autumn 2007
Owner D.F.G. Progetti Immobiliari SpA
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Historic buildings to renovate.
Location and investment opportunity
VANCHIGLIA RAILWAY YARDS
Area to be developed
The former Italgas site, in the east of Torino: an
industrial area now home to the new Law and
Political Science Faculties. Buildings and libraries
surrounded by greenery look out over the river
Dora, to a design by Norman Foster. Again here,
the Media Village created to host over 400
journalists during the XX Olympic Games will be
converted into university halls of residence: about
400 rooms, common spaces, study rooms, music
room, computer room and a library. The new
campus, together with the university complex,
constitutes one of the most important and
prestigious university centres in the entire
metropolitan area.
The Regia Manifattura Tabacchi was built in
1768 and is one of the most historic
industrial complexes in the city.
The project envisages the restructuring of
the historic buildings of the former Tobacco
Factory and the regeneration of the
neighbouring former Fimit area (19th century
factory owned by the City of Torino).
The location between the historical
neighbourhood of Regio Parco and the River
Po gives further value of an environmental
nature to the conversion project.
The area, which covers a total of 138,000
sq.m., will host tertiary activities, craft, and
could also host cultural and educational
facilities.
The area of the railway yards, now in disuse,
is in the north-east of Torino.
The city master plan envisages work to
transform the area with alternative uses such
as advanced industry, services and
commerce.
The project covers a total area of 64,500
sq.m. which will allow the construction of
32,200 sq.m. gross floor area.
The creation of a park and ride car park is
also planned.
Vanchiglia Railway Yards
Ceat Area
The building is located close to the city centre,
behind the Royal Gardens, along the river Dora.
The renovation work, entrusted to DE-GA SpA,
was begun in autumn 2005.
The ground floor and part of the first floor will
be destined for commercial activities and
services while the upper floors will be used for
lofts and apartments of various sizes, including
large terraces.
A square will be created along the four sides of
the block, overlooking a courtyard with garden
and a two storey garage is also envisaged.
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FORMER ITALGAS AREA
New prestigious university centre
Tobacco Factory
RECOVERY OF THE FORMER CEAT FACTORY
Residential development, under construction
New University - Former Italgas Area
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FORMER TOBACCO FACTORY
Total area 138,000 sq.m.
VANCHIGLIA RAILWAY YARDS
Total area 64,500 sq.m.
Owner Agenzia del Demanio (State property
agency)
Gross floor area 32,200 sq.m.
Owner Ferrovie Real Estate
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MOVICENTRO - STURA
The extensive projects in the northern part of
Torino will enable major upgrading in terms
of functions and image of the accessibility of
the city from the north arriving from Milano,
thanks also to the opportunity offered by the
Backbone Boulevard.
Moreover the “Movicentro” transport
interchange centre, including the terminus of
out-of-town bus lines, is planned at the point
of the motorway junction and in the vicinity
of the Stura railway station.
• Stura “Movicentro”
The project includes the construction of a
4-storey car park, new commercial
premises, a bus terminal for urban and outof-town lines with the related parking
spaces (50 places for short stops and 122
for longer stays) and a new 7-floor hotel.
REBAUDENGO RAILWAY STATION
The northern entry point to the Backbone
Boulevard is the Backbone 4 area, around
Rebaudengo railway station (now under
construction, work for which will be
completed in 2009-2010).
• Backbone 4
Backbone 4 is located on the edge of a city
park with a wealth of sports facilities. It
already hosts a range of innovative
companies and trend-setting bars and clubs
that have re-interpreted old industrial
premises and will help to consolidate and
strengthen this focus on advanced industry
and services. The area (150,000 sq.m.) of the
former Fiat plants subject to an Urban
Improvement Programme (85,000 sq.m. of
gross floor area), is currently being
transformed.
The remaining part of the area (250,000
sq.m. of land area, 110,000 sq.m. of gross
floor area) is divided into a number of
properties, in part disused and in part still
occupied.
BACKBONE 4 AREA
Residential Building - Backbone 4
Backbone 4 Area
Stura Area
Dora
Residential Building
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STADIO DELLE ALPI AREA: SPORTS, FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Location and investment opportunity
In the framework of the project for the
physical and functional re-organisation
and improvement of the stadium, plans
include a new complex to host sports
support activities, service, tertiary and
commercial operations, in addition to work
to conserve the existing stadium.
The operation will be run by F.C. Juventus
football club, which has been assigned a
99-year lease for the Stadio delle Alpi,
surrounding areas and related buildings.
In a vast area named Continassa (332,000
sq.m. land area) adjacent to the Stadio
delle Alpi, the City of Torino is evaluating
the possibility of creating a holiday park of
international standards made up of a wellequipped camp-site with 2,000 plots, a
leisure and sports “water park” and a
wellness centre. This project will enable
the city to respond to the growing and
diversified demand for accommodation as
an alternative to traditional hotels.
135,000 sq.m. are available for the project.
Owned by the City of Torino, the site also
offers a property of historic value, the
Cascina Continassa, which can be
restructured to host activities to serve the
whole project.
CONTINASSA AREA - HOLIDAY PARK
Land area 332,000 sq.m.
Area available for the project 135,000 sq. m.
CONTINASSA AREA
STADIO DELLE ALPI
Owner City of Torino
Dora
Delle Alpi Stadium
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BASSE DI STURA PARK
New development and regeneration programme
BASSE DI STURA PARK
The “Basse di Stura Park” is identified in the
Master Plan as an urban and river park. It is
located in the north of the city of Torino.
With an area of approximately 1,500,000
sq.m., it stretches for about 3 kilometres
along the right bank of the river Stura (about
1,900,000 sq.m. if the entire river area is
considered).
The use of the area is very mixed, marked by
the presence of businesses, disused
industrial sites and waste treatment plants.
The Master Plan of the City of Torino aims to
drive action to improve, reclaim and enhance
the environment through:
1. safety measures against possible flooding
of the river Stura;
2. reclamation of polluted areas;
3. termination of polluting activities;
4. identification of zoning areas for the Park.
The urban park with its four functional areas
may be created both by specific public
initiatives and in ways that involve private
resources (such as project financing, the
establishment of an Urban Transformation
company or other solutions). Reclamation
work is currently underway following the
guidelines of the Environmental Reclamation
Implementation Plan which, through public
resources, also allows the acquisition of the
areas to be reclaimed.
BASSE DI STURA PARK
River area 465,000 sq.m. (31 %)
Agricultural area 328,000 sq.m. (22%)
Equipped area 441,000 sq.m. (29%)
Theme area 263,000 sq.m. (18 %)
Dora
Basse di Stura Area
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