fX Sudirman

fX Sudirman
Address Jalan pintu satu Senayan, Sudirman, South Jakarta
Opening date 21 July 2008
Website http://fxsudirman.com/

fX Sudirman previously known as Lifestyle X'nter (fX) is a shopping mall in Sudirman, South Jakarta. The mall is spread across the first eight floors of the building, and includes fashion, food, beauty, entertainment and business meeting facilities.[1]

The building also contains apartments above the mall level 8, including hotel accommodation by Harris Hotel.[2][3] The tenth floor contains a gym, pool and tennis court.

On November 2008 the building received a bomb threat sent to Indonesian police SMS number 1717, U.S. Embassy and Australian Embassy.[4]

History

fX Sudirman was first established and officially open on February 2006 as Sudirman Place by PT Aneka Bina Lestari who manages it with a concept that melds family mall and boutique mall.[5] Although there were already two big malls (Senayan City and Plaza Senayan) close to the area, the owner was confident that the mall going to be very successful considering its strategic location, being easily reached from patrons arriving from several direction.[5] When it was first established, around a hundred tenants agreed to open in the new mall, however less than ten tenants opened at the launch, namely Nichols Edward, Bali Deli, Zuma, and Starbucks.[5] Most of the tenants cancelled their agreement to open in the mall, or closed soon after opening because the mall suffered from a lack of visitors.[5] According to Bagus Y. Prastowo, GM Advertising and Promotion FX Plaza, the family mall concept with 100 tenants wouldn't work because its size (30 thousand m2) was as too small compared to the other malls close by with 150 thousand m2 space,[5]

providing a mini market while there's hypermarket next door.

Sudirman Place officially closed on November 2006.[5] The building management was then taken over by PT Plaza Lifestyle Prima (Group PT Plaza Indonesia Realty Tbk/PIR) who saw potential based on its location, provided it could be positioned in the market as complimentary to the malls nearby. After three months comparative study, a further six months was taken to create the new concept for the mall.[5][5] The new management uses overseas building designer DENTON CORKER MARSHALL and its architect Budiman (Principal Architect), the same company who designed Plaza eX.[5] After actively promoting it creatively and intensively, Henny Udi Marketing Director from PT Plaza Lifestyle Prima as the sister company of Plaza Indonesia Realty (PIR) manages to increase tenant occupancy rate from 25 percent to 97 percent.[5]

It is reopened on July 2008 as fX Plaza.[5] The previous tenants were encouraged to stay with one condition that they should follow the "new concept", or their contracts were settled "peacefully", according to Henny Udi (Leasing Director).[5] When it is first opened, the new concept manages to attract five thousand visitors daily to the mall. The mall provided 20 Mbit/s free wifi in every floor,[5] with over 200 access points.[6][7]

On June 2011, the apartment is taken over by Tauzia Hotel Management and operated its seventh hotel chain (Harris Hotel) and introduce it as "Harris Suites" inside fX Sudirman. It has 88 rooms and uses an already established facility for the apartment.[8]

On July 2012, the mall celebrates four years since the reopening.[9]

Land dispute

fX building is part of land dispute surrounding Gelora Bung Karno area.[10] According to Hakam Naja as the Head of Indonesia Country Asset Working Committee the funding received from fX mall is supposed to go to the country's asset instead of Indonesian National Sport Committee (KONI).[10]

fPod

When it is re opens in mid 2008 the building "new concept" also offered 11 closed meeting places known as "fPod".[5] Each fPod has a different design, by 10 Indonesian national and international architects, including Ridwan Kamil, Leonard Theosabatra, Alvin Tjitowirjo, Willis Kusuma, and Avianti Armand.[5] fPod include audio-visual equipment, wifi, and songs for guests wishing to use the fPod for karaoke.[5]

Events

fX was the venue for Social Media Festival (SocMedFest) 22–24 September 2011, which attracted 3,000 attendees, making it the largest social media festival in Indonesia,[7][11] and featured a broad range of organisations using social media effectively, from commercial enterprise to non-profit humanitarian purposes.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ Soedarjo, Alvin Darlanika (6 July 2008). "fX Lifestyle X'nter combines business with pleasure". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Lily Glorida Nababan (19 November 2011). "Profile: Marc Steinmeyer: Building hotels with creativity and innovation". The Jakarta Post.
  3. ↑ Robert Adhi Kusumaputra (18 June 2010). "Marc Steinmeyer: Tauzia Kembangkan Harris dan Pop Harris". Kompas (in Indonesian).
  4. ↑ (Indonesian) Detiknews: Sudirman Place Building Bomb Threat
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 "Revitalized Thanks To Repositioning" (in Indonesian). SWA. 4 December 2008.
  6. ↑ Harten, Alan. "Huge Indonesian Mall gets total Wi-Fi solution". techwatch.co.uk. Techwatch: Tech News. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Social Media fest, Wadah Pengguna Jejaring Sosial Berkumpul!". Rileks.com. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  8. ↑ (Indonesian) Kompas Travel: Harris Suites fX Sudirman Now Operational
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 (Indonesian) Media Indonesia: Government Asset Used Via Unclear Contract
  11. ↑ Freddie Chandra S.Kom. "Glenn serukan perdamaian lewat twitter". Analisa. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  12. ↑ "Media Sosial untuk Bantu Sesama". Kompas. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  13. ↑ "Trik Media Sosial Jaring Pengikut". Kompas. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2012.

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