Marunda cleared for low-cost apartments<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Jakarta administration is preparing a site in Marunda, North
\nJakarta for the development of low-cost apartments next year,to
\nbe built in cooperation with private developers.<\/p>\n
A senior official with the City Housing Agency, Suparman, said
\non Tuesday his agency had been readying a 12-hectare area in
\nMarunda for the apartment blocks.<\/p>\n
"With three blocks to a hectare, the entire site can
\naccommodate 36 blocks," said Suparman, who chairs the planning
\ndivision of the agency.<\/p>\n
Each block will have between 100 and 300 units.<\/p>\n
He said the administration would focus on the development of
\nlow-cost apartments in Marunda next year, while the agency would
\nprepare further sites for similar projects.<\/p>\n
According to agency data made available to The Jakarta Post,
\nthe administration has acquired 56.31 hectares of land across the
\ncity, of which 48.94 hectares, or 83 percent, will be used for
\nthe development of low-cost apartments.<\/p>\n
Much of the acquired land is not ready for construction.<\/p>\n
In addition to Marunda, some locations that are ready for
\nconstruction include Karet Tengsin, Central Jakarta (1.95
\nhectares for one block of 292 units) and Jl. Pinus Elok,
\nPenggilingan in East Jakarta (2.14 hectares for nine blocks of
\n900 units).<\/p>\n
Governor Sutiyoso's administration has planned to expedite the
\ndevelopment of more than 50,000 units of low-cost apartments for
\nthe poor by 2010 by dragging developers, which are yet to fulfill
\ntheir obligations to build social facilities for the public, into
\nthe project financing. The administration will assist through
\nproviding the land.<\/p>\n
According to prevailing regulations, every developer -- which
\nis willing to build housing or commercial premises on a
\n5,000-square-meter area and above -- has to dedicate 20 percent
\nof the built area for public facilities or non-commercial
\ninfrastructure. Or, the developer can settle the obligation with
\ncash.<\/p>\n
Those facilities include schools, sports centers, places of
\nworship, markets, parks and playgrounds. Such facilities cannot
\nbe converted into building premises for commercial purposes and
\nhave to be handed over to the local administration within five
\nyears.<\/p>\n
Between 1990 and 2005, 163 developers failed to build public
\nfacilities or non-commercial infrastructure or pay off their
\nobligation, equal to Rp 894.68 billion in total.<\/p>\n
However, City Secretary Ritola Tasmaya said the administration
\nwould focus on pursuing those developers who had obligations in
\nthe last five years between 2001 and 2005.<\/p>\n
"It will be much easier for us to track down new developers
\nthan those developers whose obligations are due before 2000 as
\nmany of them are no longer active or have moved to unknown
\naddresses," Ritola said.<\/p>\n
Between 2001 and 2005, only 27 developers are yet to make good
\non their obligations valued at Rp 264.87 billion, equal to 18
\napartment blocks, he said.<\/p>\n
Chairman of the Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Real Estate
\nDevelopers Association (REI) Tulus Sawoso said earlier last week
\nthat only 30 of the total 163 indebted developers were members of
\nthe REI.<\/p>\n
Tulus, however, said his organization would approach its
\nmembers to find out why they had not met their obligations.<\/p>",
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