Summarecon vows to build public facilities
Summarecon vows to build public facilities
JAKARTA (JP): PT Summarecon Agung, the giant developer that manages the Kelapa Gading real estate complex in North Jakarta, has promised to build social and public facilities as required by regulations.
Deputy Governor for Administrative Affairs Idroes said Summarecon's board of directors have given their word that the developer will build the mandatory facilities in blocks A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I in the Kelapa Gading real estate complex.
Once completed, these facilities, worth an estimated Rp 300 billion, will be turned over to the North Jakarta mayoralty, Idroes said.
The pledge came immediately after Mayor Suprawito announced that his office was suspending all processing of building permits for Summarecon, which he accused of neglecting its obligations.
All developers are required by regulation to provide such facilities as roads and gutters, houses of worship, schools and parks.
Angry members of the City Council estimated that Summarecon owes the mayoralty some Rp 1 trillion worth of facilities.
Idroes said his estimate of the Rp 300 billion worth of facilities excludes roads and gutters. "Although the administration is not setting a deadline for the allocation of those facilities, we expect it will be done as soon as possible," he told Antara news agency.
He added that the developer is required to hand over 28 parks worth Rp 86 billion before Independence Day on Aug. 17.
The city administration has ordered the North Jakarta Mayoralty to keep an eye on the company to see whether or not it is keeping its promise.
Idroes said the city administration will take even stronger action if Summarecon continues to neglect its obligations.
Mayor Suprawito had earlier threatened to rescind the nine land procurement permits currently held by Summarecon and possibly even file a lawsuit against the developer.
Idroes said the city administration will assist the developer in getting the building permits for the public and social facilities. Some of the existing facilities that were built without the necessary permits will have to be torn down, he said, citing a clinic as one example.
Summarecon is not the only developer in North Jakarta that is in hot water. On Friday, the mayoralty announced similar punishment for the management of Concord 2000, another expensive housing complex.
Radji Pramono, secretary to the North Jakarta Mayor, said developers have managed to ignore the regulations on social and public facilities for so long because the rules do not stipulate penalty for violations.
Even the legality of the decision to deny certification services to Summarecon and PT Quartalintas Sembada, the developer of Concord 2000, have been questioned by the City Council.
According to Antara there are 37 companies in North Jakarta that have not yet fulfilled their obligation to build and hand over facilities worth Rp 2.4 trillion to the city administration. (yns)