UpTown-MIND, the new innovation district
Italy’s future is taking shape in the new approach of the UpTown-MIND district, a place offering innovation in culture, technology and development.
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The only district that combines home and work, well-being and health, investment and innovation.
There is a strong synergy between UpTown Milan and Mind, the new Italian Silicon Valley. Directly connected with UpTown, MIND is going to see every day, thousands of professionals, students, researchers and entrepreneurs meet, thanks to the presence of the best Italian experts in scientific and food research as well as in technology and innovation.
The area will also host the new Galeazzi Hospital health centre - to be ready in 2023 - as well as the Scientific Campus of the University of Milan - that will open its doors in 2004.
An extraordinary example of Italian innovation.
As a result of our remarkable and singular experience, today a new urban centre is being built, offering a modern and innovative way of living. In this district, the citizens of the future will have at their disposal everything they need; they will be able to avoid driving, but still be connected to the most important metropolitan and international public transport networks; and they will be able to balance their personal wellbeing with a healthy, serene and sustainable lifestyle designed for the whole family.
These are the reasons why UpTown Milano became the first national project registered in 2019 to obtain a GBC Quartieri® certificate, reaching the first of the four steps to achieve this goal.
From Smart City to Wellbeing City
Health, food research, training and new technologies combined with the quality of life, offered by UpTown smart district, will make this urban centre one of the most advanced areas in Europe.
UpTown-MIND
The park, with its 30 hectares and 10 kilometres of cycle and walking paths, is currently a fully enjoyable area where you can practice sports and spend time outdoors. Crossed by a waterway from north to south, the landscaping and natural features of the park recall the drainage patterns that characterised the agricultural use of the area in the 19th century.
Galeazzi Hospital
will be operational in 2021
State University
4 scientific faculties
Human Technopole
research centre with 4 scientific areas
60000 people
will be attracted around the area
Over 55 companies
among the most innovative companies in both Italy and Europe
15.000 sqm
al ricettivo
30.250 mq
manufacturing activities
305.000 sqm
for the tertiary and management sectors
UpTown District
The park, with its 30 hectares and 10 kilometres of cycle and walking paths, is currently a fully enjoyable area where you can practice sports and spend time outdoors. Crossed by a waterway from north to south, the landscaping and natural features of the park recall the drainage patterns that characterise The Milanese Plain.
Shopping Mall
UpTown Mall is a living place where even shopping becomes a unique experience and not just an ordinary purchase. A place where digital and physical, future and tradition meet. With its unique selection of new brands and experimental stores, it focuses on the fashion world, by offering excellence and new experiential formats. In addition, there is an innovative Urban Farm on the roof of one of the main structures and the latest generation multiplex cinema, as well as an area dedicated to bars, and all types of restaurants.
70.000 m² GLA
+150 Shops and Services
40 Food Concept
100.000 mq of innovative and engaging entertainment
1 Multiplex Cinema
4.000 Parking spaces
20.000 m² of green urban farm
Educational District
UpTown MIND's drive towards the future stems from its focus on education. Three nursery schools, one of which is bilingual (Italian and English), are present in the District together with a large School Complex that will be one of the largest state schools ever built in the City of Milan. The Complex will welcome 920 students, divided into four different pavilions: the Nursery School, the Primary School, the Gymnasium - approved for competitive activities - the Secondary School, classrooms and outdoor sports equipment, along with a didactic fruit and vegetable garden. A bilingual mini-nursery school opened in 2019, and a nursery school for fifty children will open in 2021, and in the MIND area, in 2023, the Scientific Campus of the University of Milan will open to over 18,000 students.
Hub Information Point
Conference Hall
Health Centre
Farmers' market
CAF (Tax Assistance Centre);
Drop Off point
Personal Services
Volunteer Centre
Bar and Ice Cream Shop
Outdoor event spaces
The cascina
Putting people first means listening to the community that lives and works in the neighbourhood, in order to meet their relationship needs and strengthen their sense of belonging and identity. This is why the Cascina has become the heart of the District's ecosystem of services. It houses the Health Centre, a Tax Assistance Centre (CAF), a zero- waste food shop, a pizzeria, a brewery, an ice cream shop and a rotisserie.
The seventeenth-century Cascina Merlata is also the gateway to the neighbourhood and the entire park and residential area. Restored on the occasion of Expo 2015 and fully operational since then, thanks to its many local entertainment events, it already attracts a large audience of visitors throughout the year, from all over the Region.
EuroMilano has guaranteed a successful and innovative management of this space through an alliance with the area's real estate promoters, united by an agreement called "Cascina Merlata Partnership".