Work starts on Kopassus mall<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The construction of a Rp 63-billion (US$26.5
\nmillion) shopping center to serve soldiers and residents started
\nyesterday in Cijantung, East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Maj. Gen. Prabowo Subianto, chief of the Army's special force
\n(Kopassus), officiated at the commencement of construction of the
\n16,000-meter-square building called Graha Cijantung.<\/p>\n
The shopping center will be jointly owned by Kopassus and
\nprivate developer PT Graha Haji Masagung. It will stand on a 2.5-
\nhectare plot owned by Kopassus.<\/p>\n
Kopassus and the private developer each have a 50 percent
\nstake in the five-storied project.<\/p>\n
Graha Cijantung will offer a slight discount to soldiers.
\nMilitary members of several other units are also based near the
\nproject.<\/p>\n
Prabowo said, \"The Army's special force intends to cater to
\nsoldiers and low-income people in the surrounding area.\"<\/p>\n
The Cijantung district is home to 516,000 people.<\/p>\n
Djohan Pahlawan, director of PT Graha Haji Masagung, said the
\neastern part of the shopping center will be allocated to street
\nvendors and operators of small shops which previously stood along
\nthe Kalibaru river in East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Djohan said the shop owners would be given priority because
\nthey had rented shops in the area before construction began.<\/p>\n
\"They will not pay higher rent than they used to,\" he said,
\nadding that 60 percent of the shops in the plaza had been sold.<\/p>\n
Shop prices range from Rp 6 million to Rp 9 million per square
\nmeter.<\/p>\n
Priority<\/p>\n
Djohan said the plaza will provide playing grounds for
\nchildren, entertainment centers and movie theaters.<\/p>\n
The plaza will also have a public health center, a medical
\nlaboratory and a drugstore.<\/p>\n
He said the plaza was Kopassus' first.<\/p>\n
Two similar shopping centers are being built for the Marine
\nCorps in Jakarta and Surabaya.<\/p>\n
The one in Jakarta, worth $7.64 million, was started in the
\nMarine Corps complex in Cilandak, South Jakarta, last month. (07)<\/p>",
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