2024-03-14 08:00:00
“You learn from a mistake but you can also make money. All you need is cunning and ambition,” say some of those who know. A phrase that describes how we arrived at the capital of Neuquén. Because? We are talking regarding before 1880, when these lands were a wasteland of 1,300,000 hectares that no one was looking. That year, surveyors Edgardo Moreno and Carlos Encima carried out the measurement of the lands to later be auctioned at a public auction. We must not forget that Patagonia came from the misnamed “desert campaign”.
The measure was implemented in 1884 but had a series of deficiencies that had to be resolved later. “The lands had been classified for grazingdemonstrating the lack of knowledge regarding soil fertility and its suitability for agriculture,” says a study carried out by the Social History Group of the National University of Comahue.
It must be remembered that in those years, the Confluencia area did not have a future. But someone saw her. “Speculation was perhaps the most obvious motive that arose in the acquisition of the lands of the future capital. Only in 1985, when it was known that the railway line would reach the Confluence, there was a revitalization of interest in those lands,” says the study.
Of the total lots, 60% remained in the hands of its original owners, the rest were transferred, or once once more auctioned off. But there were landowners who saw it. One of them was Casimiro Gómez who not only bought but took advantage of the short vision of others to keep land at a low cost.
In 15 years, the land appreciated by 50%. And so this man became one of the three owners of the Confluencia territory. In 1904, with the decision to move the capital of the Neuquén Territory to these places, Gómez became an illustrious person. The story goes that he donated the land for the settlement of the new capital. And it is partly true, he gave up 12,930 hectares for that, but 70% of the shares of his estate remained his property.
Gómez, who lived in Buenos Aires, always maintained ties with local powers.. He was a partner of Governor Bouquet Roldán and “very close” to the president of the Municipal Council, Abel Cháneton. With the latter he reached an agreement so that the company (New Spain) that he had formed, “would achieve the granting of loans from the municipality, the regular payment of taxes and fees and the sale of lots to the municipality. Until 1919, this society played an important role in the political and economic dynamics of the capital city,” reads the UNCo Gehiso study.
With this history, the real estate market is not a matter of modern times. Neuquén Capital knows it.
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