It is the first Brazilian technology park to expand following
the BOT (Build, Operate And Transfer) model
The Belo Horizonte Technological Park (BH-TEC) announced the consortium that won the tender opened in November to build the next 16 thousand m² building, next to the existing Institutional building. PHV Engenharia leads the consortium, in partnership with CODEMIG Participações and HET Construções e Participações. With this, BH-TEC will be the first technology park in Brazil to carry out its expansion following the BOT (Build, Operate And Transfer) model, widely used in parks in the United States. The total investment is approximately R$ 60 million and the forecast is that the works will be completed within two years.
Meet the Model
The bidding model was developed under the coordination of the Minas Gerais Development Bank (BDMG). The strategy adopted, considering that the land belongs to UFMG, establishes that the winning bidder will make the real estate investment in the BOT model. The building, once built, will be owned by the University, but the partner will have the concession to operate it for 30 years, counting from the date of obtaining the construction permit. After this period, ownership will be transferred to the University, which will maintain the Park, but earning full rental income.
Altogether, in Brazil, there are around 80 Technology Parks in various stages of development, among them, 28 are already in operation. The Parks have as a common objective economic development based on innovation, however, each institution has its own operating model.
Although very common in the United States and United Kingdom, the Technology Park development model with the participation of the private sector in real estate projects has not yet been used in Brazil. According to the CEO of BH-TEC, Ronaldo Pena, the pioneering spirit directly influenced the events opened previously by BH-TEC.
“We published a total of four bids over the course of 3 years and in each of them we were always looking for improvement to adapt to the reality of the real estate market. In this process, we had very significant support from BDMG, which coordinated all the modeling work for the bid”, he says. Also according to Pena, the success of this tender opens the doors both for the real estate sector to operate in a new market, and for the country's parks to resolve their real estate issues, without burdening public budgets. “This first deal in a Brazilian Park will reveal to the real estate sector the great potential of Technology Parks”, he concludes.
For the technical director of PHV Engenharia, Rogério Pinto, although the real estate market is not familiar with innovation environments, PHV Engenharia became interested in the project not only as a business opportunity, but also because it understands the importance of the science movement. , technology and innovation for economic development. “We believe that Belo Horizonte has an entrepreneurial profile and that BH-TEC will be the fundamental vector for this type of growth. We trust the Park's proposal and, together with CODEMIG Participações and HET Construções e Participações, we are sure that it will be a winning bet”, he says.
The president of BDMG, and new Chairman of the Board of Directors of BH-TEC, Prof. Marco Aurélio Crocco emphasizes the Bank's support for the expansion of the Park, since the beginning, in coordinating the modeling of the bidding project. All of this in accordance with the Bank's innovative feature and the State's support for BH-TEC. “Now, with the expansion, we will change the scale of the Park. Being able to receive more companies, we will be able to reformulate the Park's strategy”, he concludes.
Inaugurated in 2012, BH-TEC currently houses 17 technology-based companies, the National Association of Biotechnology Companies (ANBIOTEC) and three technology centers from UFMG, CT Carbon Nanomaterials, CT Web and CT Vaccines. Over these four years of operation, the companies in the Park have already shown considerable results: they launched 182 new products or services and 69 new processes, invoiced more than R$ 229 million, invested more than R$ 23 million in R&D and paid more than R$ 37 million in taxes.
Meet the Model
The bidding model was developed under the coordination of the Minas Gerais Development Bank (BDMG). The strategy adopted, considering that the land belongs to UFMG, establishes that the winning bidder will make the real estate investment in the BOT model. The building, once built, will be owned by the University, but the partner will have the concession to operate it for 30 years, counting from the date of obtaining the construction permit. After this period, ownership will be transferred to the University, which will maintain the Park, but earning full rental income.
Altogether, in Brazil, there are around 80 Technology Parks in various stages of development, among them, 28 are already in operation. The Parks have as a common objective economic development based on innovation, however, each institution has its own operating model.
Although very common in the United States and United Kingdom, the Technology Park development model with the participation of the private sector in real estate projects has not yet been used in Brazil. According to the CEO of BH-TEC, Ronaldo Pena, the pioneering spirit directly influenced the events opened previously by BH-TEC.
“We published a total of four bids over the course of 3 years and in each of them we were always looking for improvement to adapt to the reality of the real estate market. In this process, we had very significant support from BDMG, which coordinated all the modeling work for the bid”, he says. Also according to Pena, the success of this tender opens the doors both for the real estate sector to operate in a new market, and for the country's parks to resolve their real estate issues, without burdening public budgets. “This first deal in a Brazilian Park will reveal to the real estate sector the great potential of Technology Parks”, he concludes.
For the technical director of PHV Engenharia, Rogério Pinto, although the real estate market is not familiar with innovation environments, PHV Engenharia became interested in the project not only as a business opportunity, but also because it understands the importance of the science movement. , technology and innovation for economic development. “We believe that Belo Horizonte has an entrepreneurial profile and that BH-TEC will be the fundamental vector for this type of growth. We trust the Park's proposal and, together with CODEMIG Participações and HET Construções e Participações, we are sure that it will be a winning bet”, he says.
The president of BDMG, and new Chairman of the Board of Directors of BH-TEC, Prof. Marco Aurélio Crocco emphasizes the Bank's support for the expansion of the Park, since the beginning, in coordinating the modeling of the bidding project. All of this in accordance with the Bank's innovative feature and the State's support for BH-TEC. “Now, with the expansion, we will change the scale of the Park. Being able to receive more companies, we will be able to reformulate the Park's strategy”, he concludes.
Inaugurated in 2012, BH-TEC currently houses 17 technology-based companies, the National Association of Biotechnology Companies (ANBIOTEC) and three technology centers from UFMG, CT Carbon Nanomaterials, CT Web and CT Vaccines. Over these four years of operation, the companies in the Park have already shown considerable results: they launched 182 new products or services and 69 new processes, invoiced more than R$ 229 million, invested more than R$ 23 million in R&D and paid more than R$ 37 million in taxes.
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