Overview
- The century‑old La Favorita building at Sarmiento and Córdoba shut its doors on June 30 when Café Mokka served the last coffee and remaining tenants began removing stock and fixtures.
- By early July the interior was largely vacated and shopfronts were being dismantled, with trucks and vans hauling merchandise out and upper floors already dark.
- Owners of the property and the commercial operator Onatisur are in an unresolved legal fight after the management contract was declared extinct, and a prejudicial mediation is set for July 28 ahead of a possible eviction trial.
- The parties trade sharply different financial claims: Onatisur has offered to execute a US$300,000 guarantee and asserted other credits, while the fideicomiso owners demand about 300 million pesos for unpaid rent and required pre‑notice.
- Local business owners and workers face immediate losses as small tenants close and staff lose posts, and the building’s stalled revival — blamed on falling consumption, a broken escalator that limited access to upper floors, and an unattractive retail mix — leaves the property’s future uncertain with reported interest from a Uruguayan firm and a Buenos Aires–based group of Asian/Chinese capital.