Colonial architecture for new Menteng hotel<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A new three-star hotel in the elite Menteng
\nresidential district in Central Jakarta is to be built to
\nresemble a house from colonial times.<\/p>\n
The project, on a 2,553-square-meter plot on Jl. Probolinggo,
\nwill be jointly undertaken by city-owned developer PT Pulo Mas
\nJaya and the Sahid Jaya Group, a leading Indonesian hotel chain.<\/p>\n
The latter will also manage the facility.<\/p>\n
"I believe that the Sahid Jaya Group is a reliable partner
\nbecause of its experience in the hotel business," Pulo Mas Jaya
\nPresident Iman Sunario told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
The Sahid Jaya Group owns and manages 24 hotels in Indonesia
\nand one each in Singapore and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
The 121-room hotel will have nine stories and two basement
\nfloors.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Governor Surjadi Soedirdja, who inaugurated the
\nproject's ground-breaking ceremony yesterday, said the hotel
\nwould complement the spatial plan for Menteng, where colonial
\nhouses coexisted with modern structures.<\/p>\n
"Jakarta should not have only modern hotels, but also
\nclassically-design ones to remind people of the history of
\nBatavia," he said, referring to the name of Jakarta during the
\nDutch colonial era.<\/p>\n
Sahid Jaya Group Vice President Yanti Sukamdani Hardjoprakoso
\nsaid the Rp 27 billion ($10.8 million) project will be completed
\nin 18 months and the hotel would be fully operation in February
\n1999.<\/p>\n
"We will probably name the hotel as Sahid Menteng," Yanti
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Pulo Mas Jaya will hold 70 percent of the shares in the
\nproject and Sahid the rest, she said.<\/p>\n
Construction was originally scheduled to start in June but it
\nwas delayed to allow 24 families who had lived in the apartment
\nbuilding on the site to find new homes.<\/p>\n
The old building was torn down last month. (07)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/colonial-architecture-for-new-menteng-hotel-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }