Plaza Indonesia is located in central Jakarta

Central Jakarta

Central Jakarta is one of the five cities which form Jakarta, Indonesia. It had 898,883 inhabitants at the 2010 Census.Central Jakarta is the smallest in area and population of the five cities of Jakarta. It is the administrative and political center of Jakarta and Indonesia...

 and is often referred to as PI. Plaza Indonesia is the first high end shopping centre in Indonesia.

It opened its doors in 1990. Plaza Indonesia is located on the prominent corner of Jakarta's famous landmark, the selamat datang (welcome) statue. Still leading as one of the finest shopping centres in the country, it was previously occupied by Indonesia's first Sogo

Sogo

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 flagship department store as well as numerous international fashion labels and jewelries including Gucci

Gucci

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, Versace, Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton

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, Balenciaga

Balenciaga

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, Bally

Bally

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, Bvlgari, Christian Dior

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, Christian Louboutin

Christian Louboutin

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, Emporio Armani, Fendi

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, Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani

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, Ermenegildo Zegna

Ermenegildo Zegna

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, Givenchy

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, Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

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, Jimmy Choo

Jimmy Choo

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, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alberta Ferretti

Alberta Ferretti

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, Lanvin

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, Cartier

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, Max Mara

Max Mara

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, Mont Blanc

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, Red Valentino, Prada

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, Valentino, Aigner

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 and many more. and the latest being Zara

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's Indonesia flagship store. Some of the new stores are opening in April 2010, such as versace

Versace

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, vinoti living, etc.

Its cafes and restaurants include Sushi Tei, Imperial Treasure and Dome (coffeehouse)

Dome (coffeehouse)

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. In 2003, the mall expanded and opened Plaza Indonesia Entertainment X'nter

Entertainment X'nter

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, linked by a bridge to the original shopping centre. 2007 saw the development of Keraton Grand Hyatt Residence and a new office tower located above another new extension of the shopping centre. Grand Hyatt Jakarta is also a part of this mixed-use development and is a prominent landmark in the city.

Sogo

Sogo

Sogo Co., Ltd. is a department store chain that operates an extensive network of branches in Japan. It once owned stores in locations as diverse as Beijing in China, Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, Taipei in Taiwan, Jakarta, Medan, Bandung & Surabaya in Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Singapore,...

 closed its flagship department store at Plaza Indonesia on February 28, 2007. The previous Sogo Supermarket however is still operating after being redeveloped into the Sogo Food Hall. The west wing of the previously occupied space has been renovated, featuring Indonesia's first Debenhams

Debenhams

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 department store and a Marks and Spencer store. The former main department store space reopened in September 2007 as luxury boutiques and restaurants.