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Pondok Indah Mall

shopping mall in South Jakarta, Indonesia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ2551707 ↗
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Pondok Indah Mall (Indonesian: Mal Pondok Indah), abbreviated as PIM, is a large shopping mall complex located in the Pondok Indah suburb of South Jakarta, Indonesia. In January 2017, it was recognised by Forbes as one of the top five shopping malls in Jakarta. The Pondok Indah Mall complex comprises three large main buildings, the older 3-storey PIM 1 and the 5-storey PIM 2, and the newest building, the 4-storey PIM 3. PIM 1 and 2 are interconnected via two elevated multi-storey pedestrian walkways (North Skywalk and South Skywalk), which are also tenanted by specialty shops. PIM 3, which was officially opened in 2021, is interconnected to the other two buildings by a walkway located near the north skywalk, in the PIM 2 building. PIM 1 also includes an extension named Street Gallery.

Each three main buildings (PIM 1, 2, and 3) have different tractions: PIM 1 provides a complete shopping concept with a supermarket on the ground floor and a vast food court, PIM 2 is more focused on upper-class aficionados with numbers of luxurious fashion and lifestyle brands, and PIM 3 becomes the balancer of the concept of both PIM 1 and 2. PIM 1 and 2 each house a cinema complex, both operated by Cinema XXI. There is also an open-air water theme park located adjacent to PIM 1, right behind Street Gallery.

The Pondok Indah Mall complex has been further developed into a mixed-use development termed as the 'Pondok Indah City Center', which includes apartment towers, office towers, and the InterContinental Jakarta Pondok Indah Hotel & Residences which is adjoined with PIM 2 and comprises approximately 300 hotel rooms and 180 serviced residences.

Architecture

The architectural style is that of an understated elegant conventional mall, with flooring continually updated until its present condition of polished Indonesian marble and granite.

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