Central Park in

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is a mixed-use complex including a shopping mall, an office tower, three apartment buildings, and a hotel covering an area of about located in the district of

Grogol Petamburan Grogol Petamburan is a district (Indonesian ''kecamatan'') of West Jakarta, Indonesia, roughly bounded by the West Flood Canal to the east, Angke Canal to the west and to the north, and Jakarta-Merak Tollway to the south. It has an area 1,130 ...

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developed by the Agung Podomoro Group and part of

Podomoro City Podomoro City is a mixed superblock at Grogol Petamburan in Jakarta, Indonesia. The integrated complex has a land area of 25 hectares with 12 residential tower, 155 shophouses 2 shopping malls, one office tower, one shopping arcade & one 5 star ho ...

development. Central Park is currently the 17th largest building in the world based on floor area.

History

Central Park Jakarta was inaugurated on 9 September 2009, on the site of Integrated Mega Projects of Podomoro City that was located in

. The main principle was Singaporean

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, while American DYXY acted as the interior designer, and American Bennit Design Group as the landscape consultant. The main contractor for the complex was Total Bangun Persada. It was named after the original

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. Central Park Jakarta is situated in between

Mall Taman Anggrek Mal Taman Anggrek, translated to "Orchid Garden Mall" in English (also known as MTA or TA), is a shopping mall in Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta, Indonesia. The mall is named after a real orchid garden within the now-demolished Orchid Hotel site, ...

and

Mall Ciputra Mall Ciputra (formerly Citraland Mall, abbreviated CL) is a mall in Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta, Indonesia. It was opened in February 1993. In addition to branded shops, restaurants, and a department store, there is a supermarket, a cinema, ...

Architecture

Neo Soho, a new shopping center icon by Agung Podomoro Land with an eight-storey “store within-a-store” concept, has been built and connects to Central Park through the iconic Eco Sky Walk. The shopping mall features a musical fountain at the park area with daily shows. It also features a large outdoor park, with some tenants, named Tribeca Park.

Tenants

The shopping mall has anchor tenants such as Sogo (the largest SOGO in Indonesia),

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Transmart,

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, Zara, Topman, Marks & Spencer, Hugo Boss, Bershka, and others. The Jakarta Aquarium & Safari, one of the biggest aquariums in the city, is also located inside the shopping mall.

Awards

* Asia Pacific Highly Commended Retail (Asia Pacific Property Awards 2011). * National Best Retail Development (Asia Pacific Property Awards 2011).

Incidents

Fire

In November 2016, the cladding on the Neo-Soho tower ignited. A similar fire at

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occurred in September 2017.

Gallery

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References

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