Medellin to Build Latin America’s Largest Technology District
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MEDELLIN, Colombia Construction is underway on a technological and scientific district that will occupy 114 hectares (280 acres) in the heart this northwestern Colombian metropolis, part of efforts to consolidate its status as Latin Americas most innovative city.
The Science, Technology and Innovation District will be built in an area covering three neighborhoods on Medellins north side home to 60,000 people in a bid to coax large multinationals into setting up regional headquarters there.
Juan Pablo Ortega, managing director of the Ruta N corporation, which is developing the technology district, told Colombia.inn in an interview that the project marked a commitment to urban space and entrepreneurial talent and was aimed at consolidating Medellin as the innovation capital of Latin America in 2021.
In 2012, the City of Eternal Spring was chosen by the Urban Land Institute, the Wall Street Journal Magazine and Citigroup as the worlds most innovative urban area.