Sarinah Building

Sarinah Building
Sarinah Building
Gedung Sarinah
	Sarinah Department Store after its renovation
Record height
	Tallest in Indonesia from 1962 to 1967[I]
Preceded by	position created
Surpassed by	Wisma Nusantara
General information
Type	Commercial
Architectural style	International style, Postmodernism
Address	Jalan M. H. Thamrin No. 11; Gondangdia, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Indonesia
Coordinates	6°11′15″S 106°49′26″E / 6.187587°S 106.823829°E
Opened	August 1966 (renovated in 2020-2022)
Owner	Sarinah
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Perentjana Djaja; Obayashi Corporation;
Developer	Government of Indonesia; C. Itoh & Co.;
Main contractor	Obayashi Corporation
Other information
Public transit access	M.H. Thamrin
Website
	www.sarinah.co.id

Sarinah Building (Indonesian: Gedung Sarinah) is a 74-metre tall 15-floor department store in Gondangdia, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Indonesia. It was the first skyscraper to be built in Jakarta.

Sarinah is located at the intersection of Jalan Kyai Haji Wahid Hasyim and Jalan M. H. Thamrin. It was Jakarta's first modern department store, famous for having Indonesia's first escalators (installed by Hitachi), for being air-conditioned and for having electronic cash registers.^[1]

History

PT Department Store Indonesia "Sarinah" (former company name of Sarinah) first piled the foundation of Sarinah building on 23 April 1963.^[2] The building was built by Obayashi Corporation and state-owned construction company Adhi Karya, using Japanese war reparation funds.^[3]^[4] The building was handed over to Sarinah on 22 December 1965,^[2] coinciding with Mother's Day, and was inaugurated on 15 August 1966.

In the 1990s, after leasing out some of its space to McDonald's (its first branch in Indonesia) and Hard Rock Cafe (which later moved to Pacific Place Jakarta), Sarinah managed to rejuvenate itself as a popular place for young people.^[1]

Expansion

Two forty-one story towers are planned to be built in the area to complement the existing shopping center. The new towers will house high end restaurants; offices; and venues for meetings, conferences, and exhibition halls. The existing building will undergo major renovations to restore the originality of the building. The expansion project is expected to start by July 2020 and is projected to be completed in its entirety by mid-2022.^[5]

For the renovation to be carried out on the existing building, the management ordered all tenants of to close in a 30 April 2020 memo. Notably the closing of the first McDonald's in Indonesia at the Sarinah location on 10 May 2020 attracted a considerable crowd and legal rebuke for violation of social distancing laws in effect for the endless COVID-19 pandemic at the time.^[6]^[7]

After completion of renovations on the existing building, it was opened to public on 22 March, 2022.^[8]

2016 terrorist incident

On 14 January 2016, multiple explosions and gunfire occurred near Sarinah.^[9] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility.^[10] 8 people were killed, 4 civilians and all 4 attackers.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b Merrillees 2015, p. 107.
^ ^a ^b DBG (17 August 2021). "Gedung Sarinah". Setiap Gedung Punya Cerita. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
^ Rimmer & Dick 2009, p. 179.
^ Shimizu 2008, p. 158.
^ "Historical retailer Sarinah to build 40-story building". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^ "End of a McEra: Indonesia's First McDonald's Restaurant in Jakarta's Sarinah to Close Permanently". Coconuts Media. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ Sausan Atika (11 May 2020). "McDonald's Sarinah tribute backfires as fans defy social restrictions". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ "Sarinah Shopping Center as public platform to be creative: minister". Antara News. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "Blasts, gunfight in Indonesian capital; at least three dead". Reuters. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^ Penny Spiller; Claudia Allen; Alastair Lawson; Tessa Wong; Saira Asher; Heather Chen; Simeon Paterson; Naziru Mikailu (14 January 2016). "As it happened: Jakarta attacks". BBC News. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^ "Jakarta attacks: Convicted militant named as attacker". BBC News. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

Cited works

Merrillees, Scott (2015). Jakarta: Portraits of a Capital 1950–1980. Jakarta: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 978-602-8397-30-8.
Rimmer, Peter J.; Dick, Howard (2009). The City in Southeast Asia: Patterns, Processes and Policy. Singapore: NUS Press. ISBN 978-9971-69-426-5.
Shimizu, Hiroshi (2008). Japanese Firms in Contemporary Singapore. Singapore: NUS Press. ISBN 978-9971-69-384-8.

[FOOTNOTEMerrillees2015107-1] Merrillees 2015, p. 107.

[sgpc-2] DBG (17 August 2021). "Gedung Sarinah". Setiap Gedung Punya Cerita. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

[FOOTNOTERimmerDick2009179-3] Rimmer & Dick 2009, p. 179.

[FOOTNOTEShimizu2008158-4] Shimizu 2008, p. 158.

[5] "Historical retailer Sarinah to build 40-story building". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

[6] "End of a McEra: Indonesia's First McDonald's Restaurant in Jakarta's Sarinah to Close Permanently". Coconuts Media. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[7] Sausan Atika (11 May 2020). "McDonald's Sarinah tribute backfires as fans defy social restrictions". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[8] "Sarinah Shopping Center as public platform to be creative: minister". Antara News. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[Reuters-9] "Blasts, gunfight in Indonesian capital; at least three dead". Reuters. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[BBC2-10] Penny Spiller; Claudia Allen; Alastair Lawson; Tessa Wong; Saira Asher; Heather Chen; Simeon Paterson; Naziru Mikailu (14 January 2016). "As it happened: Jakarta attacks". BBC News. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[bbc-named-11] "Jakarta attacks: Convicted militant named as attacker". BBC News. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

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