Plaza Indonesia is a shopping center and hotel complex on Jalan M.H. Thamrin in Central Jakarta, near the Selamat Datang Monument. Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum designed the mall, and PT Plaza Indonesia Realty owns it. Construction began on March 4, 1987, and the mall opened on March 1, 1990. The Grand Hyatt followed on April 4, 1991.
The mall has about 1.13 million square feet (105,072 m²) on seven floors, with more than 450 stores. A 2009 extension added 42,325 square meters of gross floor area. The Grand Hyatt rises 30 floors and 400 feet (122 m). The Keraton at the Plaza has 48 floors above ground and reaches 738 feet (225 m). A demolished entertainment building was Deconstructivist.
The site was the Asoka Hotel, opened in 1962 for the Asian Games. The extension stalled for about nine years after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. The article gives no hours.
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