Bank Mandiri Will Soon Groundbreaking At IKN, This Is The Leak

JAKARTA - The activity of laying the first stone or groundbreaking for the fifth phase in the State Capital (IKN) of the Archipelago will soon be carried out.

Head of the Archipelago Capital Authority (OIKN) Bambang Susantono said Bank Mandiri was one of the banks that would conduct the groundbreaking.

"So, their leak (Bank Mandiri) will be groundbreaking. They will also be groundbreaking in the next 1-2 months, as well as forcing," said Bambang after being met at the Nusantara Fair event held by OIKN in Jakarta, Friday, January 26.

Bambang added, for the exact time the groundbreaking will be informed further. "The time is still being discussed," he said.

On the same occasion, Mandiri Deputy President Director Alexandra Askandar also admitted that there would be a groundbreaking plan for Bank Mandiri's construction at IKN in the first quarter of 2024 as conveyed by the Head of the IKN Authority.

"So, as our presence here is a manifestation of how Bank Mandiri supports the government's efforts to realize IKN and also especially in terms of the IKN Authority, and if the leak was possible when we are waiting together, yes," he said.

Alexandra added, later the construction of Bank Mandiri will implement the green building concept according to the IKN concept.

In addition, later on, Mandiri will also implement services at digital-based IKN.

"Because at IKN, right, everything has a green base. It must be the same, we will also perform and also provide digital-based services," he said.

In addition, Bambang added that apart from Bank Mandiri, groundbreaking will also be carried out from other banking sectors.

"We will see at the upcoming groundbreaking. Right, BI already, LPS already and OJK have not. Then, God willing, there will be several banks including I apologize for leaking (Mandiri)," he concluded.

As for now, there have been four groundbreakings by private investors at IKN which have been going on for four periods, namely stages 1,2,3 and 4.

Groundbreaking phase 1 takes place in September 2023, phase 2 will be held 1-3 November 2023, the third stage will be carried out on 20-21 December 2023.

Then for the fourth stage of groundbreaking itself, it was only carried out on January 17, 2024.

As of January 2024, the total investment value that has been included in the IKN project has reached IDR 47.5 trillion.