Agung Podomoro Accelerates IKN Supporting Projects In Balikpapan And Samarinda

Marketing Director Agung Podomoro, Agung Wirajaya. (VOI/Maria Trisnawati Pongo)

JAKARTA - Agung Podomoro expressed his readiness to support the government's plan to accelerate the development of the State Capital (IKN), Nusantara by accelerating the construction of property projects in two buffer cities for IKN, Balikpapan and Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Marketing Director Agung Podomoro, Agung Wirajaya explained, the property projects in the two cities are projected to be a supporting city for IKN development which is expected to stimulate the new economy and strengthen the economy of the region. We have built property projects in Balikpapan and Samarinda East Kalimantan for more than a decade. As a developer, our commitment for more than 53 years remains the same, namely helping the government in expanding economic turnover in the regions, including also in IKN," explained Agung Wirajaya quoted Thursday, April 20. The current Agung Podomoro property project in Balikpapan is Borneo Bay City Balikpapan, which is a residential complex with the concept of a superblock, consisting of apartments, commercial areas, malls, offices, hotels, and shophouses.

Built on an area of 4.9 hectares on the edge of Balikpapan Bay, this area is intended for medium, upper middle, and tourist consumers.

With the active development in Balikpapan as a modern city, he continued, the various potential cities are very worthy to continue to be developed. "Agung Podomoro wants to show that Balikpapan can be a new investment destination as a business and tourism city in Indonesia," he added.

Then in Samarinda, continued Agung, Agung Podomoro developed the Mediterranean Hill Samarinda project. The Premiere Hills super premium area is a development of the Mediterranean Hill of Samarinda which has become a new icon in Samarinda City.

Located right in the city center, The Premiere Hills has qualified accessibility to the Balikpapan-Samarinda toll road and APT Pranoto International Airport. With this established accessibility, The Premiere Hills also offers connectivity to major economic areas in East Kalimantan such as Balikpapan, Bontang, Tenggarong, and Berau.