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UniCredit Headquarters & offices · Milan, Italy
UniCredit · Milan, Italy
Italy's tallest skyscraper became UniCredit's head office in 2013, pulling 4,000 people out of 26 Milan offices and into three glass towers.
The towers by César Pelli, the wooden pavilion with a nursery next door, the benefits and 155 years of headquarters history — from Genoa to Piazza Cordusio to Piazza Gae Aulenti. Every number from UniCredit's own releases and the architect's project page.
- 231 mTower A, Italy's tallest building
- 26 → 5Milan offices after the 2013 move
- 16 weeksminimum paid maternity leave, Group-wide
- €2,770productivity bonus per employee, Italy (2025)
Sources: UniCredit press releases (14 Dec 2012, 30 Sep 2013, 10 Feb 2026) · unicreditgroup.eu “Our Well-being” · Pelli Clarke & Partners project page
Companies / Italy / Banking / UniCredit
THE HEADQUARTERS · UNICREDIT TOWER · 2013
Three curved glass towers built around a “new idea of what an office is”
UniCredit Tower is a block of three towers by César Pelli on Piazza Gae Aulenti, a raised circular square in the Porta Nuova district. Inside, about 30% of the space is common areas — meeting rooms, informal lounges and an auditorium — and single offices were almost entirely replaced by open, transparent work areas, cutting space from 17 to 11 m² per person. Direct sunlight reaches 90% of the occupied spaces, and all rainwater is reused.
- 231 m — Italy's tallest building
- Design: César Pelli (Pelli Clarke Pelli)
- LEED Gold
- ≈ 30% common areas
- 11 m² per colleague (was 17)
- Sunlight reaches 90% of occupied spaces
The three towers and Piazza Gae Aulenti
UniCredit Tower is a block of three towers by César Pelli on Piazza Gae Aulenti, a raised circular square in the Porta Nuova district.
Inside UniCredit Tower (2015)
Inside, about 30% of the space is common areas, and single offices were almost entirely replaced by open, transparent work areas.
The UniCredit Pavilion
Next to the towers, a wooden, seed-shaped building by Michele De Lucchi opened in 2015, with a 700-seat auditorium.
Facts: UniCredit press releases (14 Dec 2012 and 30 Sep 2013) · Pelli Clarke & Partners project page “Porta Nuova Garibaldi & UniCredit Headquarters”.
Porta Nuova, Milan
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| UniCredit Tower (Tower A) — head office | Piazza Gae Aulenti 3, 20154 Milan, Italy |
| UniCredit Pavilion (next to the towers, opened 2015) | Piazza Gae Aulenti, Milan, Italy |
| Former head office, kept as a business area (2013) | Piazza Cordusio, Milan, Italy |
Source: unicreditgroup.eu General Company Info · press releases of 30 Sep 2013 and 20 Jul 2015 · See them on the map ↓
Source: Pelli Clarke & Partners project page (size, architect of record, completion; it gives the height as 229 m) · UniCredit press releases 30 Sep 2013 (231 m, LEED Gold) and 20 Jul 2015 (Pavilion)
Benefits (Italy and Group-wide)
Group-wide minimum of paid leave for mothers in every market.
Group-wide minimum of paid leave for fathers, taken voluntarily.
For 2025, up 11% on the year before; includes €88.70 for dental cover and a one-off €120.
The bonus can be credited to a welfare account for health, well-being and training services.
Raised to €10 a day from 1 January 2027.
Mini-Tree day-care in the UniCredit Pavilion for children aged 3 to 36 months (2015).
Temporary life insurance on employees' mortgages confirmed through 2027.
Health benefits, psychological support services and programmes on nutrition, fitness and resilience.
Source: unicreditgroup.eu “Our Well-being” · UniCredit press releases, 10 Feb 2026 (agreement with unions, Italy) and 20 Jul 2015 (UniCredit Pavilion)
What UniCredit says it does for its people
A Group-wide minimum: at least 16 weeks of paid leave for mothers and at least 4 weeks for fathers.
In Italy the full productivity bonus is paid even during absences for serious oncological illness or protection programmes for women victims of violence.
95% of colleagues in Italy use Conto Welfare for health, well-being and training services for themselves and their families.
Permissions for the birth of a relative, a wedding, buying a house or an educational opportunity.
Flexible working hours and remote working, adapted to different groups of employees.
Support for physical, mental, social, financial and career well-being, including psychological support services.
Source: unicreditgroup.eu, “Our Well-being” · UniCredit press release, 10 Feb 2026 (Italy)
Who works here
employees (headcount, Dec 31, 2025)
work in Italy
countries with UniCredit employees
clients served
Source: unicreditgroup.eu “About us” (employees per geographical location, headcount at 31.12.2025; Bosnia counted once). Total summed by eciffo.
Office history: from Genoa to Italy's tallest tower
- 1870 Banca di Genova is founded in Genoa
Local nobles, bankers and merchants found the Banca di Genova with 2 million lire of capital; Marquis Camillo Pallavicini is its president.
Source: UniCredit, “Our history” timeline
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1895 Renamed Credito Italiano
The Banca di Genova takes over Banca Vonwiller in Milan, raises its capital from 5 to 14 million lire and becomes Credito Italiano, to signal a programme across the whole of Italy.
Source: UniCredit, “Our history” timeline
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1907 Headquarters move to Piazza Cordusio, Milan
Credito Italiano moves its headquarters from Genoa to Milan, on Piazza Cordusio. The legal office stays in Genoa.
Source: UniCredit, “Our history” timeline
Palazzo del Credito Italiano, Piazza Cordusio, 2012 · Goldmund100 / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1998 UniCredito Italiano is created
Credito Italiano merges with Rolo Banca 1473 and UniCredito (the savings banks of Verona, Turin and Treviso) to form UniCredito Italiano.
Source: UniCredit, “Our history” timeline
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2012 UniCredit Tower presented
The three-tower complex in Porta Nuova is shown to the press as the future Group headquarters for 4,000 colleagues, part of a plan to cut Milan offices from 26 to 5 and save about €25 million a year.
Source: UniCredit press release, 14 Dec 2012
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2013 Head office moves to Piazza Gae Aulenti 3
From 30 September 2013 UniCredit S.p.A.'s headquarters is UniCredit Tower, Tower A. The Piazza Cordusio building is kept as a business area.
Source: UniCredit press release, 30 Sep 2013 (the online timeline lists the opening under 2014)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2015 The UniCredit Pavilion opens next door
A wooden, seed-shaped building by Michele De Lucchi, built in one year, one month and ten days, with a 700-seat auditorium, an art walkway, the Mini-Tree nursery and a meeting space called the Greenhouse.
Source: UniCredit press release, 20 Jul 2015
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
| Annual report | HQ space (sq ft) | m² | As described |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 move | −592,000 | −55,000 | Office space given up in Milan by moving into the towers |
Map: how the headquarters moved
Founded in Genoa, UniCredit's parent bank moved to Milan in 1907. Its head office has since gone only about 2 km north, from Piazza Cordusio near the Duomo to the Porta Nuova towers.
- 1 · 1870Genoa — Banca di Genova founded (first office address not published)
- 2 · 1907Piazza Cordusio, Milan — Credito Italiano headquarters move from Genoa to Milan
- 3 · 2013UniCredit Tower, Piazza Gae Aulenti 3 — Head office in Tower A, Porta Nuova
Addresses: UniCredit “Our history” timeline · press release 30 Sep 2013 · General Company Info. Genoa is shown at the city centre.
What UniCredit does
UniCredit calls itself a pan-European commercial bank serving more than 20 million clients across Italy, Germany, Austria and Central and Eastern Europe.
Three Group product factories — Corporate, Individual and Payment Solutions — serve every market.
Source: UniCredit 4Q25 and FY25 Group Results press release (Feb 2026) · unicreditgroup.eu “About us” · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
€18.0B → €24.5B
31,568 of them in Italy
Calendar years. Revenue (total revenue, € billions): UniCredit FY21–FY25 Group Results press releases. Employees: headcount by country on unicreditgroup.eu, summed by eciffo; earlier years not shown. Multiple calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Chief Executive Officer, appointed with the new board in 2021.
Presented UniCredit Tower in 2012 and opened the UniCredit Pavilion in 2015.
Banca di Genova was founded in 1870 by Genoese nobles (Pallavicino, Balbi), bankers (Quartara, Polleri) and merchants (Lagorio, Dodero, Bacigalupo).
Source: UniCredit “Our history” timeline · press releases of 14 Dec 2012 and 20 Jul 2015
UniCredit: questions people ask
Where is UniCredit's headquarters?
At UniCredit Tower, Piazza Gae Aulenti 3 – Tower A, 20154 Milan, in the Porta Nuova district. It is both the registered office and the head office.
Source: unicreditgroup.eu General Company Info
Who designed UniCredit Tower?
César Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli (now Pelli Clarke & Partners) was the design architect and master planner; Adamson Associates International was architect of record. The complex was built by Hines.
Source: Pelli Clarke & Partners project page · UniCredit press release, 30 Sep 2013
How tall is UniCredit Tower?
UniCredit gives Tower A's height as 231 metres, making it the tallest building in Italy. The architect's page lists 229 m (751 ft), and other UniCredit texts say 230 m.
Source: UniCredit press releases 2012 and 2013 · Pelli Clarke & Partners
How big is UniCredit's headquarters?
The architect gives the project size as 1,410,071 sq ft (131,000 m²). When it opened, the towers took about 4,000 staff and let UniCredit give up about 55,000 m² of office space in Milan.
Source: Pelli Clarke & Partners · UniCredit press release, 30 Sep 2013
When did UniCredit move into the tower?
UniCredit S.p.A.'s headquarters moved to UniCredit Tower on 30 September 2013, and the move of about 4,000 staff was completed by mid-October 2013.
Source: UniCredit press release, 30 Sep 2013
Is UniCredit Tower a green building?
Yes. It is LEED Gold certified, with 22.5% energy savings, 37.3% less drinking water used, 100% of rainwater reused and 93% of building-site waste recycled.
Source: UniCredit press release, 30 Sep 2013
Where was UniCredit's old headquarters?
In Piazza Cordusio, Milan, where Credito Italiano moved its headquarters from Genoa in 1907. The historic building was kept as a business area after the 2013 move.
Source: UniCredit “Our history” · press release, 30 Sep 2013
What benefits does UniCredit offer?
Group-wide, at least 16 weeks of paid maternity leave and 4 weeks of paternity leave, flexible hours and remote working. In Italy, a 2025 productivity bonus of €2,770 that can go into the Conto Welfare account, and a €10 meal voucher from 2027.
Source: unicreditgroup.eu “Our Well-being” · press release, 10 Feb 2026
Is there a nursery at UniCredit's headquarters?
The Mini-Tree day-care centre opened in 2015 in the UniCredit Pavilion next to the towers, with room for 60 children from 3 to 36 months, for employees' families and the local community.
Source: UniCredit press release, 20 Jul 2015
How many people work at UniCredit?
72,110 people at the end of 2025 by eciffo's sum of UniCredit's country headcounts, including 31,568 in Italy and 9,880 in Germany.
Source: unicreditgroup.eu “About us”
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