Mega Kuningan is a business district with an integrated mixed use development concept, located at

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sub-district in

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, Indonesia. 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

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. 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 several countries. Mega Kuningan is divided into eight large blocks, which are subdivided into 44 sub-blocks.

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,

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which was also handed over by the government to RNI.

Important buildings

The embassies of

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, and

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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 Ciputra World Jakarta is a mixed development complex, which is built by PT. Ciputra Development Tbk, located on Jalan Prof. Dr. Satrio, Setiabudi, South Jakarta, Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, Indonesia. With a total land area of 15 hectares, Cipu ...

, a mixed development complex consists of an upscale shopping mall, apartments, office tower, and a five star property of

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. There are offices of many local and multinational companies within Mega Kuningan. Those Important buildings in the area include: *

World Capital Tower World Capital Tower is a skyscraper at Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, Indonesia. The skyscraper has total floor area of 70,000 sq.meters with retail & entertainment space. The tower, which is 270 meter-tall, has 54 floors. It is one of the tallest ...

* BTPN Towers * Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Mega Kuningan * JW Marriott Jakarta * Embassies of ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *Bellagio Mansion *Oakwood Premiere Cozmo Mega Kuningan *Noble House ** Embassy of

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(33rd floor) *Menara Prima 1 *Menara Sunlife (Menara Prima 2) *Menara Dea I *Menara Dea II *Menara Rajawali ** Head office of

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** Embassies of: *** (25th floor) *** (9th floor) *** (20th floor) *** (12th floor) *** (9th floor) *The Hundred *The East Tower ** Embassy of

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(11th floor) *Plaza Mutiara *RDTX Tower *Satrio Tower *Somerset Grand Citra *Best Western Mega Kuningan * Branz Mega Kuningan * 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 Transjakarta (stylised in all-lowercase, often erroneously called Busway, sometimes shortened as TJ and branded as TiJe) or Jakarta BRT is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Jakarta, Indonesia. The first BRT system in Southeast Asia, it commenc ...

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: *

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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 –

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* 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

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and

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lines of the

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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

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Hotel and the second time on 17 July 2009 at the JW Marriott and

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Hotels.

References

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