$500m business center still requires permit
$500m business center still requires permit
JAKARTA (JP): The proposal for the construction of a business center on the existing site of the city police headquarters in South Jakarta has not as yet been submitted to City Hall.
Governor Surjadi Soedirdja told reporters yesterday that the administration, therefore, has not changed the city planner's site plan.
According to city planning, only government offices are allowed to stand on the 14.5 hectare plot, where the city police headquarters now stands.
Governor Surjadi Soedirdja told reporters yesterday that private developer PT Mandala Pratama Permai has not yet filed a complete, concrete proposal to his office.
PT Mandala Pratama Permai and the National Police have signed a deal over the city police headquarters' plot. The deal says the company is granted the right to develop 6.5 hectares of the 14.5- hectare plot into a commercial center.
The company, controlled by Hutomo Mandala Putra, son of President Soeharto, will build a business center, hotel, apartments, shopping centers and other facilities.
In return, the city police will get a new 24-story office building complete with up-to-date equipment on the remaining land. The company will also provide the city police with 50 hectares of land in Serpong in Tangerang for a housing complex for police families.
The whole project, including land compensation for the police, will cost Mandala Pratama Permai Rp 1.1 trillion (US$500 million).
Obligation
Surjadi said the developer is obliged to officially ask city administration to change the city planner's site plan before starting the project.
The city administration also needs a copy of the barter agreement from the Ministry of Finance.
City councilors have commented on the barter deal. They said the changing of the site plan should get approval from the city council.
The vice speaker of the council, Ismunandar, said that the city administration has never discussed the police headquarters location with the councilors. "We have no idea about the possible change in the site plan," he said.
Chairman of the Armed Forces faction, Nawadji, said that everybody should abide by the rule in such a case. He said the city administration must take action as soon as possible.
"The city administration should be responsive in making the developer follow the standard procedure," Nawadji said.
A reliable sources told The Jakarta Post early this week that police will start moving out of the headquarters next month to clear the way for the project.
The sources said the police will temporarily use the veteran's building, the Granadha building, located across from the headquarters.
The new police office is scheduled for completion next year.
The 33-year-old Jakarta Police headquarters is located in a strategic location, just south of the Semanggi cloverleaf intersection, facing onto both Jl. Jenderal Sudirman and Jl. Gatot Subroto.
Currently, prices of land in the area, known as the Golden Triangle, could reach around Rp 4 million (US$1,758) per square meter.(yns)