The first stone of the building was laid in 1907 and it would be officially inaugurated on March 14, 1919, beginning its operation as a modern postal, telegraph and telephone distribution center. After some architectural evolutions on the exterior of the building, it began to house the municipal offices of the Madrid City Council at the end of 2007, moving its offices from the Casa de la Villa and Casa de Cisneros, both located in the Plaza de la Villa. This reform of the beginning of the 21st century in the building also included a cultural area called “CentroCentro”.