Amazon and the Brothers of Italy, what happens in the Marche
The board of directors of the Marche Interport met the governor of the Acquaroli Region (FdI): at the center of the table the investment of Amazon to build the largest logistics center in central Italy in Jesi. Facts, names, numbers
Focus on the Amazon operation to create the large hub in Jesi at the center of the meeting between Interporto Marche and the Region.
“The presence of Amazon at the Interporto delle Marche is an absolute necessity and can no longer be extended for the development of the economic fabric. We want to attract investments in an area bent by the crisis and natural disasters and we are ready to do our part, without any hesitation ”. This is the appeal of the president of the Marche Interport, Massimo Stronati, who yesterday met the governor of the Marche Region Francesco Acquaroli (Brothers of Italy), according to a note, taken up by Ansa .
In fact, only the green light from Interporto Marche (the company that manages the central hub of regional logistics infrastructures, together with the port and airport) is missing for the establishment of Amazon in the territory of Jesi, with a large logistics hub for over 60 thousand square meters.
Interporto Marche spa is subject to management and coordination by the Region, as well as being owned for over 95% by Svem, a body entirely controlled by the Region.
As Il Sole 24 Ore explained last March on the Amazon dossier, everything is in the hands of the Interporto company "which does not find the economic agreement for the sale to Scannell, general contractor of Amazon, of 27 thousand square meters of land it owns, a little more than a third of those needed by the e-commerce giant to build the hub. On Jesi, the Americans are ready for a total investment of around 250 million and Interporto has requested over 6 million for the sale of building rights and for the granting of easements. A figure, the latter, considered excessive by the potential buyer ".
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THE INVESTMENT OF THE AMERICAN E-COMMERCE COLOSSUS
Let's start from the beginning. In 2020, Amazon's interest emerged in the settlement in the territory of Jesi, with a large logistics hub of over 60 thousand square meters.
In particular, the e-commerce giant would be moving through an American real estate investment company, Scannell, which together with the Dpa presented an expression of interest to Interporto for the purchase of building rights and easements in an area of 50 hectares.
“The goal is to see the mega hub built, which provides for 5 million urbanization charges for the Municipality, in 2024”, the Resto del Carlino recalled this summer. It will be a logistics warehouse of 60 thousand square meters covered, the largest hub in central Italy which foresees an investment of 250 million euros by Amazon.
Furthermore, through the push of Amazon, the logistics distribution center will develop direct and indirect jobs throughout the Marche region.
AT WHAT POINT IS THE AMAZON PROJECT IN THE MARCHE
Last March the Ministry of Ecological Transition announced the exclusion of the Via procedure (Environmental Impact Assessment) for the establishment of the e-commerce platform in the interport area, and the Province also gave the authorization to the practice.
“Now that the communication of the Province about the exclusion of the road has been notified – the Municipality of Jesi wrote on 22 March – the administrative procedure for the settlement of Amazon has officially been completed. "At this point the Municipality of Jesi is waiting to finally be able to adopt the variant, a measure that can be brought to the council only with the consent of all the interested parties".
Therefore, only the definitive consent of Interporto Marche is missing, underlined the municipal administration.
WHAT IS INTERPORTO MARCHE SPA
Interporto Marche SpA is a joint-venture of public-private capital established by regional law no. 6. As stated on the website , "the company operates with the aim of promoting the development of intermodality in central Italy by making use of the concentration of the main infrastructural nodes (port-airport-freight village) in a few kilometers, in what is defined: the Logistics Platform of the Marche ".
THE SHAREHOLDERS
The majority of the share capital is public – it is always read on the website – and belongs to the Marche Region. The latter participates indirectly through Sviluppo Marche Spa (Svim), its wholly owned subsidiary. The company structure also includes Sviluppoumbria which expresses the vice presidency of the company; Banca Marche Spa; Banca Popolare di Ancona Spa and some public bodies including the Province of Ancona and the Municipalities of Jesi and Ancona. The division of shares is completed by some private companies, including RFI – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.
THE RENOVATION PUNISHED LAST YEAR
But the parable of the Marche Interport has not always been ascendant. In 2021 the Region in fact provided for the reorganization of the Interporto company thanks to the capital increase and private investments. "We have saved an infrastructure that had cost the Marche 120 million euros and which is now free to plan its future" declared the president of the Region Francesco Acquaroli in July 2021.
“The reorganization of Interporto is the result of intense work: the first step was to obtain, from the European Union, the green light for the capital increase of 8 million euros by the Marche Region. At the same time, Interporto, in close collaboration with the regional offices, approved the 2021-2024 recovery plan ”explained the note from the Region.
In addition, "The Ministry of Infrastructure has financed the last mile of connection of the port of Ancona for 99 million euros and has started investments of 4.5 million euros for the enhancement of logistics in the Interporto area" added the note regional. “These actions have already attracted private investments, such as Amazon, which intends to make the Interport the main logistic center in southern Europe, with important repercussions on the employment and competitiveness level for the whole territory” concluded the note from the Marche Region.
THE POSITION OF THE INTERPORTO DELLE MARCHE COMPANY
Returning precisely to the Amazon project, as already mentioned the last word belongs to the freight company, controlled precisely by the Marche Region governed by President Acquaroli (FdI).
Last July the meeting was held in the presence of the mayor Lorenzo Fiordelmondo, the board of directors of Interporto Marche chaired by Massimo Stronati and the managing director of Scannel International, Nick Deek. From the table emerged the common will to proceed swiftly so that all the conditions necessary for the signing of the contract between Interporto Marche and Scannnell for the construction of the Amazon logistics hub emerged.
But there is still no news in this regard and yesterday there was a meeting between Interporto Marche Spa and the Governor of the Marche Region Francesco Acquaroli.
"Enhancing intermodal transport means giving a boost to the economic development of the entire region and represents the future of sustainable mobility" said Massimo Stronati, President of the Marche Interport, on the sidelines of the meeting with the Governor.
According to Stronati, “Amazon's presence at the Marche Interport is an absolute necessity that cannot be extended for the development of the economic fabric. We want to attract investments in an area bent by crisis and natural disasters and we are ready to do our part, without any hesitation. We have large spaces and infrastructures available for production activities – he underlined – and a strategic role that sees us at the center of a logistic system made up of the Port of Ancona, the Marche Airport and the railway system ”.
THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNOR MARCHIGIANO (FDI)
For his part, President Acquaroli praised the Interporto Board of Directors which has taken over “a complex situation. I am sure that the company has done everything possible to clear the field of criticalities. This investment represents a driving force for the local economy and for all the Marche region ".
So all the subjects mentioned so far agree on the importance of the Amazon project, but to date the negotiation has not yet been concluded.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/amazon-e-fratelli-ditalia-che-cosa-succede-nelle-marche/ on Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:39:05 +0000.