To Build 1,000 Flats on KAI Land, Astra Awaits Land Readiness

PT Astra International Tbk will build 1,000 units of flats for low-income residents (MBR) and middle-income residents (MBT). The flats will be constructed on land owned by PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI in the area of Jakarta Kota Station, West Jakarta.

Astra’s Chief of Corporate Affairs, Boy Kelana, stated that the integrated vertical housing is planned to be built on a plot of 0.65 hectares or approximately 6,500 square metres, currently used as a parking area and KAI’s Griya Karya, precisely on Jalan Lada Dalam, Tamansari Subdistrict.

The construction of the flats will use a corporate social responsibility (CSR) scheme. Each unit is designed to have two bedrooms and one bathroom with an area of about 35 square metres. Boy said the project will be realised soon after the land’s legal status is confirmed as state-owned.

“It will be built soon after confirmation that the land is state-owned is available,” Boy said during a press conference in Jakarta on Sunday, 5 April 2026.

Nevertheless, the Head of the State-Owned Enterprises Regulator (BP BUMN), Donny Oskaria, assured that construction can begin this year. Meanwhile, the Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP), Maruarar Sirait, stated that the flat project is built on KAI-owned land, with coordination involving several related parties.

“We are preparing the scheme for flats built from CSR financing. The land remains state-owned, then the private sector builds it, and it is returned to the state,” said Minister Ara.

KAI’s President Director, Bobby Rasyidin, assessed that the project location has good potential for housing development. The area near Jakarta Kota Station has promising growth prospects in the next 10 to 15 years, making it a good form of future housing.

The construction of the flats is part of the government’s efforts to realise the priority programme of building 3 million homes to reduce the national housing backlog.

The housing will be prioritised for low-income residents (MBR) and middle-income residents (MBT). “Yes, commercially this is quite good. Secondly, it is quite far from the railway embankment,” he said.