Its name comes from the fact that, from 1997 to 2022, it housed the Lima Stock Exchange, after which the building was acquired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Directorate General for Peruvian Communities Abroad and Consular Affairs[2] (Spanish: Dirección General de Comunidades Peruanas en el Exterior y Asuntos Consulares) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is headquartered in the building since August 3, 2023.

[4] In 2018, as part the U.S. delegation visiting Lima to attend the 8th Summit of the Americas, Ivanka Trump, daughter of then U.S. President Donald Trump, made an official visit to the building in order to take part in a meeting between delegations of both countries.

[5] The building was put on sale by real estate company Binswanger Perú in 2019, at a price of US$ 6,98 million.

[3][6][7] The ceremony, headed by foreign minister Ana Gervasi, coincided with the 202th anniversary of the foundation of the ministry.