Central Government Buildings In Jakarta Can Be HOsted By Private Companies After The Capital City Officially Moves East Kalimantan

Illustration of vehicles crossing a direct neighboring lane with a row of buildings on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman Jakarta. (Between)

Head of the DKI Jakarta Cipta Karya, Land and Spatial Planning (Citata) Heru Hermawanto explained the fate of central government-owned buildings after the State Capital (IKN) moved from Jakarta to East Kalimantan (Kaltim).

When the relocation of the capital city is officially carried out, buildings and central government offices are clearly vacated. Therefore, the government plans to open space to lease abandoned buildings to private companies.

"Later there will be some government assets that will be abandoned. The government wants that it can be optimized to be utilized. For offices, for example," Heru told reporters, Thursday, January 5.

Along with that, the DKI Provincial Government has revised the rules regarding the zoning spatial detail plan (RDTR) in Jakarta. In the old rules, the spatial planning is quite saklek. For example, government zones are prohibited from being used for activities other than government.

When the capital city will be moved to Nusantara, Kalitim, the provincial government will follow up on the direction of the central government by setting the zone for offices.

"In the past, our RDTR said that all government zoning was red and nothing could be done. We were asked by the Ministry of Finance to compile from the previous red zone the government into an office office, so it was more neutral," said Heru.

However, Heru continued, when Jakarta was no longer the capital city, the management of these buildings was still held by the central government.

"The assets are still the central government, unless donated. However, the government wants it to be optimized, to be utilized. What is clear is that the manager is still the central government," he explained.

For information, the DKI Provincial Government has formed a small team to discuss spatial planning after it is no longer an IKN. The DKI Provincial Government is a support team that prepares spatial data before and after the transfer of IKN.

The formation of the small team was initiated when Acting Governor of DKI Heru Budi Hartono held a meeting with the Minister of National Development Planning (PPN/Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa at DKI Jakarta City Hall in November 2022.