Overview

• Prosecutor Filippo Spiezia has opened a knowledge-gathering file with no suspects to verify potential violations of building and urban-planning rules.
• The Culture Ministry requested a detailed account of the permitting process, placing the Soprintendenza’s authorizations under ministerial scrutiny.
• Developers Hines and Blue Noble state that façade materials and colors were submitted to and approved by the Soprintendenza, though the darker, reflective tops differ from earlier renderings and are now in question.
• Earlier municipal decisions, beginning with a 2013 deliberation and a 2018 recovery plan, set permissive parameters and divided the site into three blocks before CDP sold the property in 2020 to the current investors.
• The redevelopment introduces roughly 150–156 luxury units geared to short-term tourist stays, with the city granting use for affitti brevi in March, as activists and figures such as Eike Schmidt consider a notification to UNESCO.