On Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona, ​​at the intersection with Carrer d'Aragó, stands one of the area's most prominent buildings. It was built in 1930 by the architect Joan Padró Fornaguera to serve as the headquarters of the burgeoning chemical company Anónima Cros. Many years later, when the company relocated, the building housed several tenants, including the Fashion Café—a restaurant promoted by various [unclear - possibly "businesses" or "restaurants"]. top models at the time—and the telecommunications company Amena—Retevisión's mobile phone subsidiary—until the multinational fashion company Burberry moved in in 2001. Although for a time the Spanish subsidiary of this firm was owned by Catalan shareholders, the Mora family, it cannot be overlooked that the key figure in the company was its founder, the British Thomas Burberry.