Mega Kuningan

Mega Kuningan
Mega Kuningan
Business district
	The view of Mega Kuningan
	Coordinates: 6°13′51″S 106°49′32″E / 6.230730°S 106.825680°E
Country	Indonesia
City	Jakarta
Metro	Jakarta
Named for	Kuningan Regency
Area
• Total	0.54 km2 (0.21 sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Indonesian & English
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (WIB)

Mega Kuningan is a business district with an integrated mixed use development concept, located at Setiabudi sub-district in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[1] The CBD is surrounded by some of the main roads in Jakarta (Jalan Sudirman, Jalan Gatot Subroto, Jalan Rasuna Said, Jalan Satrio), and is located within the Golden Triangle of Jakarta.^[2]

Mega Kuningan was developed as an integrated diplomatic and business area equipped with international standard infrastructure and utility networks. In addition to commercial property, there are also embassies of six countries. Mega Kuningan is divided into eight large blocks, which are subdivided into 44 sub-blocks.^[3]

History

This area began its history in 1990, when Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia (RNI) received a fund from the government in the form of an area of 311,930 square meters in East Kuningan, Setiabudi, South Jakarta, which was previously managed by the Indonesian Ministry of Finance. RNI then established a joint venture company with PT Abadi Guna Papan to develop the land into this area. The cattle farm located on the land was also moved to another land in Pondok Ranggon, Cipayung, East Jakarta which was also handed over by the government to RNI.

Important buildings

The embassies of China, Kuwait, Mongolia, Pakistan, Qatar, and Thailand are located in Mega Kuningan. The area and its surrounding also hosts many other embassies, diplomatic missions, and official residence of ambassadors. Mega Kuningan area is also the location of Ciputra World Jakarta, a mixed development complex consists of an upscale shopping mall, apartments, office tower, and a five star property of Raffles Hotels & Resorts. There are offices of many local and multinational companies within Mega Kuningan. Those Important buildings in the area include:^[4]

World Capital Tower
BTPN Towers
Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Mega Kuningan
JW Marriott Jakarta
Embassies of
- Armenia
- China
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Libya
- Lebanon
- Morocco
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Qatar
- Syria
- Thailand
- Tunisia
Bellagio Mansion
Oakwood Premiere Cozmo Mega Kuningan
Noble House
- Embassy of Uruguay (33rd floor)
Menara Prima 1
Menara Sunlife (Menara Prima 2)
Menara Dea I
Menara Dea II
Menara Rajawali
- Head office of Rajawali Corpora
- Embassies of:
  - Denmark (25th floor)
  - Finland (9th floor)
  - Norway (20th floor)
  - Peru (12th floor)
  - Sweden (9th floor)
The Hundred
The East Tower
- NET. headquarters
- Embassy of Mexico (11th floor)
Plaza Mutiara
RDTX Tower
Satrio Tower
Somerset Grand Citra
Best Western Mega Kuningan
Branz Mega Kuningan^[5]
Pollux Sky Suites
Mega Kuningan Office Parks
Sopo Del Tower
Verde Two Complex
Diamond Tower Mega Kuningan

Access

The Mega Kuningan can be accessed from the main gate on Jalan Professor Dr. Satrio in the north and from Jalan HR Rasuna Said in the east.

Transportation

Bus Routes

TransJakarta

The Mega Kuningan can be reached by various modes of transportation, such as TransJakarta which passes through Jalan HR Rasuna Said and Jalan Professor Dr. Satrio. The following list is the TransJakarta route that passes through the area around Mega Kuningan:

BRT corridors
- Corridor Pulo Gadung – Patra Kuningan
- Corridor Ragunan – Dukuh Atas 2
- Corridor Ragunan – MH. Thamrin via Kuningan
- Corridor L13E Puri Beta - Latuharhari
Non-BRT feeder routes
- Corridor 6C Tebet Station - Departemen Kesehatan
- Corridor 6D Tebet Station - Bundaran Senayan
- Corridor 6H Lebak Bulus - Senen
- Corridor 6K Patra Kuningan - Karet
- Corridor 6M Manggarai Station – Blok M
Royaltrans
- 6P Cibubur Junction - Kuningan
- B13 Summarecon Bekasi - Kuningan
- D31 South City Cinere - Kuningan

Other buses

Sinar Jaya AC149 Tanah Abang-Bekasi (via KH Mas Mansyur - Prof. dr. Satrio - Kp. Melayu - UKI - Bulak Kapal)
Mikrolet M44 Kampung Melayu-Karet (via Tebet - Casablanca - Prof. dr. Satrio)

Rail transport

The area is also served by both Cibubur and Bekasi lines of the Jabodebek LRT at the Kuningan LRT Station at Jalan HR Rasuna Said.

Incidents

Mega Kuningan was affected by terrorist attacks, first on 5 August 2003 at the JW Marriott Hotel and the second time on 17 July 2009 at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Condoms, underwear clog sewer in embassy district". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
^ "Foreign developers eye local prospects". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ "Pengembang Jepang Incar Mega Kuningan". Kompas. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ "Persaingan Superblok di Mega Kuningan Makin Sengit". Kompas. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ "Jelang 2019, Tokyu Land Rilis Proyek Rp 2,2 Triliun di Mega Kuningan". Kompas. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ "FACTBOX: Five facts about Islamic militant Noordin Top | International". Reuters. 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
^ "Sydney Morning Herald". Smh.com.au. 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2019-06-10.

[1] "Condoms, underwear clog sewer in embassy district". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

[2] "Foreign developers eye local prospects". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

[3] "Pengembang Jepang Incar Mega Kuningan". Kompas. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

[4] "Persaingan Superblok di Mega Kuningan Makin Sengit". Kompas. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

[5] "Jelang 2019, Tokyu Land Rilis Proyek Rp 2,2 Triliun di Mega Kuningan". Kompas. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

[6] "FACTBOX: Five facts about Islamic militant Noordin Top | International". Reuters. 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2019-06-10.

[Sydney_Morning_Herald-7] "Sydney Morning Herald". Smh.com.au. 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2019-06-10.

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