Un Paese sempre più vecchio e sempre più ignorante
di Francesco Billari
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After three years of investigations, searches, listening and analysis of documents, today, 16 July 2025, the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office requested house arrest for councillor Giancarlo Tancredi and businessman Manfredi Catella, founder and ceo of the Coima group. Another four requests concern pre-trial detention in prison. Here are the addressees of the six measures.
A well-known name in Milanese politics, Tancredi is now councillor for Urban Regeneration in the city council. He has been placed under house arrest. A former technical manager of the municipality, he has for years been considered one of the directors of the city's urban transformation, having closely followed major operations such as CityLife and Porta Romana.
According to the investigators, Tancredi allegedly favoured certain authorisation procedures for real estate projects linked to private operators clearly identified in the investigation. His role as an interface between the administration and the business world places him at the centre of the alleged 'system'.
A visionary entrepreneur and one of the protagonists of 21st century Milanese town planning, Catella is the founder and ceo of Coima, a real estate investment and development company. His company is responsible for the Porta Nuova project, including the famous Library of Trees, as well as the redevelopment of the Scalo di Porta Romana, today the site of the future Olympic Village.
According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, Catella is accused of a system of privileged relations with public officials to obtain preferential lanes in projects. A house arrest was requested for him. The measure was notified while he was leaving for a planned trip. Searches covered Coima offices and personal communications.