 In 1999 ENABieF, the state organization that managed the former assets of railway companies, gave over control of Rosario Central Station to the Municipality of Rosario.The municipal administration decided to restore the building, preserving most of its outer appearance, and employing it as the seat of the Center Municipal District, as part of its decentralization programme.The District Center, named "Antonio Berni" (honouring the local eponymous painter), serves an area of 20.37 km² with a population of 261,047.