This includes office equipment such as a chair and a desk for the director, a telephone line, a filing cabinet, office boy service and a cleaning service. There is a meeting room that can be used alternately with other tenants. Usually, each tenant is given a schedule for this room. Bigger rooms are also available for rent.
The serviced office concept has developed over the years, with services becoming more complete and more sophisticated. It is not just empty rooms that are leased but complete office services. Besides CEO Suite, there are several other serviced office providers in Jakarta, like The Executive Center in the Sudirman area and Marquee Executive Offices, which manage office space on the 11th floor of the Mayapada Building (Sudirman) and the 28th floor of Menara Karya (HR Rasuna Said). In the works is the company’s premises on the 28th floor of Talavera office park (TB Simatupang).
Cost efficiency is indeed one of the things that makes serviced offices attractive. Marquee rates, for example, start at Rp 11 million per month for a 170-square-meter room, which is large enough for four people. This rate includes furniture, reception service, electricity, air-conditioning, cleaning service and around-the-clock security.
Meanwhile, for a virtual office the rate is between Rp 800,000 and Rp 1.9 million a month, depending on the features and facilities. A virtual office enables you to enjoy virtually all facilities of a permanent office without having to pay rent for the building. At the same time you can enjoy the prestige of having an office at such an address.
Marquee provides an individual phone line with a trained secretary. The secretary answers, on your behalf, all incoming telephone calls and takes messages or forwards calls to you. You can also use the meeting room any time. This room is large enough for 38 people. In addition, you can enjoy other instant office facilities such as a scanner, a photocopier and a fax machine. Audio-visual equipment is also available.
“In short, our service is highly customized. We serve to suit our client’s needs,” said Lena Thong, director of Marquee Executive Offices.
Marquee, whose motto is “one-stop business solutions” is an Indonesian company with global affiliations in 230 strategic locations in major cities across the globe. In Jakarta, Marquee not only chooses strategic sites but also buildings of the highest standing. The Menara Karya building, which it manages, has earned the Award of Excellence in Architecture (Arquitectonica) from The Miami Chapter of The American Institute of Architects.
Menara Karya was developed in 2006 by a business group quite famous in the development of office buildings. The group also developed the Cyber Building (1995) and Menara Kadin (1997). Currently the company is developing Cyber2. This office building, located at the junction of HR Rasuna Said – Prof Dr Satrio and Jl. Denpasar Raya, is of the latest design and will have the latest facilities.
“Designed by a reputable architect company, AVRP of USA, the building is a reflection of the latest technology supported by connectivity,” said Cynthia Sulistyo, marketing manager of Cyber2. And Cyber2 is the next project for Marquee. What is to be said here is that serviced offices are not the kind of business that you can do just for fun. “What we provide is the best. The best building. Number-one facility. Professional human resources. Business made easy,” Lena Thong said. (Burhan Abe)
The Jakarta Post, January 22, 2008
