Meikarta is a planned

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

project in Indonesia, which is aimed to become a modern city of international scale. The township is being developed by PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk in Cikarang,

Bekasi Regency Bekasi Regency () is a regency () of West Java Province, Indonesia. Its regency seat is in the district of Central Cikarang. It is bordered by Jakarta Special Region (the administrative cities of North Jakarta and East Jakarta) and by Bekasi ...

. The township has land area of about 500 hectares. The project was officially launched on 17 August 2017. The project is located on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road. Meikarta expects to serve as the residential area of other industrial estates in

Cikarang Cikarang is a large industrial, commercial and residential town which includes the administrative headquarters of Bekasi Regency, West Java, Indonesia. The biggest industrial estate in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical Unite ...

region such as

Kota Jababeka Kota Jababeka is an integrated industry-based township development in the town of Cikarang, Bekasi Regency, which is within Greater Jakarta. Owned by Kawasan Industri Jababeka (which was originally established to develop the township), it is locat ...

and MM2100. Total investment for development of the township is about Rp 278 trillion (US$21.11 billion).

Planned facilities

Other than residential facilities, the township will have business district, hospital, hotels, international and national schools, universities, IT hub, industrial research center, international exhibition center, stadium, library, art center, and shopping malls. The project consist of 200 skyscrapers, which will cost about $30 billion. At first phase 84 towers of residential towers will be built, each of which will be 42-story. In the first phase of the development there will be 250,000 apartment units which can accommodate up to 1 million people. The township has 100-hectare central park, which is claimed to be the largest park in Indonesia. There is a lake spreading over 25-hectares in the park. There will be a botanical garden and a zoo, which each will have 25 hectares of land. The remaining space around the lake will be kept open for sporting activities, as a meeting point and a playground. ''Orange County'' is the CBD of Meikarta. Orange County will have 12 apartment towers, 1 iconic tower as high as 61 floors with 5 star hotel, offices and service apartments. Meikarta has claimed to have connection with the ongoing Jakarta-Bandung high speed rail project, though the closest station is Karawang HSR Station which is to be located in neighboring

Karawang Regency Karawang Regency is a Regency (Indonesia), regency ''(kabupaten)'' of West Java, Indonesia. The town of West Karawang, Karawang is its administrative centre. The regency covers an area of 1,911.09 km2 and had a population of 2,127,791 people ...

Controversy

It reaped protests from several parties, including the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, Indonesian Consumer Institution Foundation (YLKI) and Deputy Governor of West Java

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because it lacks necessary permission. As of December 2018, the project is under investigation by

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(KPK) due to the alleged gratification from the developer to Bekasi regent for the land permit. Neneng Hassanah Yasin, the Bupati regent at that time, has been arrested after being accused to receive Rp 13 billion from a Lippo Group executive. Billy Sindoro, a Lippo Group executive, has also been arrested for the case. The CEO of the company,

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, has also been questioned by the KPK for his role in the case. As of December 2018, the trial is still ongoing for the suspects. Despite the case, the developer is still continuing the construction of the project and continues to market the property in festivals and in shopping malls.

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Planned facilities

Controversy

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