Arexpo, a publicly controlled company, is tasked with engaging with extensive areas in need of regeneration throughout Italy, to encourage their transformation into vibrant places by way of successful private-sector partnerships. The role of the company is to provide support in all phases of the process of transforming complex areas, from analysis, organization, and planning to design and implementation, also providing procurement support and facilitating dialogue and the formation of partnerships with private operators interested in investing on specific contexts.

Arexpo is a gateway to Italy, each project carried out by AREXPO implies the direct commitment of the national and local governments. Arexpo relies on a network of relationships with national and international partners of excellence in the fields of finance, urban development, higher education, research, and innovation.

Majority shareholders are public institutions: Ministry of Economy and Finance, Lombardy Region, Municipality of Milan, Metropolitan Milan, Municipality of Rho.