Samarinda Central Plaza

Samarinda Central Plaza, commonly known as SCP, is a five-storey shopping mall in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The complex was established in 2001 by businessman Rusianto, also known as Ong To Tji, who had previously founded PT Perusahaan Pelayaran Rusianto Bersaudara, a shipping company focused on energy and coal freight. The mall is operated under PT Samarinda Central Plaza and remains associated with the Rusianto family; after Rusianto’s death, leadership passed to his daughter, Helen Rusianto. When it opened, Samarinda Central Plaza was the largest shopping mall in Samarinda and gained particular prominence because it was the first mall in the city to include a cinema facility. Its early tenant mix combined department-store retail, supermarkets, home-improvement retail, food and beverage, entertainment, and general shopping. Ramayana Lestari Sentosa, occupying space on the first and second floors, is identified as the mall’s oldest continuing tenant and has operated there since the complex opened on 9 November 2001. Cinema entertainment became one of SCP’s defining attractions. The mall originally hosted SCP 21, a four-screen cinema operated by the 21 Cineplex network, with a stated capacity of 722 seats. A second 21 Cineplex-branded facility, SCP XXI, opened on 9 March 2012 on the third floor. It contained five regular auditoriums and one VIP auditorium, The Premiere, with a combined stated capacity of 922 seats. For a period, SCP was one of the relatively few Indonesian venues to host two cinema formats from the same cinema group in one mall. SCP 21 later closed officially on 30 June 2023, leaving the cinema history of the complex centered on the remaining or later operating status of SCP XXI, for which current details are not established by the available material. The mall’s retail offer has changed over time. Hero previously occupied space on the ground floor before being replaced by Giant. That supermarket area was subsequently occupied by Farmers Market, which opened at SCP on 16 November 2017. Kawan Lama Sejahtera opened an Azko branch at the mall on 25 January 2014; the store was then branded Ace Hardware and occupied the upper-ground and first floors. These tenant changes illustrate SCP’s role as a platform for national and regional retail chains rather than as a producer of its own merchandise. SCP experienced a fire on 19 February 2011 that began on the second floor. The available account does not establish the cause. Visitors evacuated the building, and the incident became one of the major events in the mall’s recorded history. Despite this disruption, SCP continued to function as a long-standing commercial and entertainment destination in Samarinda. Its principal positioning is that of an established urban shopping center serving everyday retail, supermarket shopping, home improvement, dining, and cinema-going needs. The available reference material does not provide current visitor numbers, financial results, a formal corporate website, or a complete present-day tenant directory.

Samarinda Central Plaza was created in 2001 by Rusianto, also known as Ong To Tji. Rusianto was a businessman whose earlier commercial activity included founding PT Perusahaan Pelayaran Rusianto Bersaudara, a shipping company involved in energy and coal freight. The mall was established through PT Samarinda Central Plaza and became one of the earliest large-scale modern shopping complexes in Samarinda, East Kalimantan. At its opening, SCP was described as Samarinda’s largest mall. Its significance extended beyond retail because it introduced the city’s first mall-based cinema facility. The original cinema, SCP 21, was operated by the 21 Cineplex network and included four regular screens with a stated capacity of 722 seats. Ramayana Lestari Sentosa opened as one of the mall’s principal tenants and has remained the oldest identified tenant, operating on the first and second floors since 9 November 2001. The mall’s tenant and entertainment mix expanded over the following years. On 9 March 2012, 21 Cineplex opened SCP XXI on the third floor. This second cinema facility had five regular screens and one VIP auditorium, The Premiere, with a combined stated capacity of 922 seats. For a period, the coexistence of SCP 21 and SCP XXI made the complex unusual among Indonesian malls, as both facilities belonged to the same cinema network but represented different cinema formats. Retail occupancy also evolved. Hero previously operated a supermarket on the ground floor, after which the space was taken by Giant. Farmers Market later occupied the area and opened on 16 November 2017. Kawan Lama Sejahtera added a home-improvement store at SCP on 25 January 2014. The branch was associated with the Ace Hardware brand at the time and is identified in the available material as Azko in the mall’s later brand context; it occupied the upper-ground and first floors. A major disruption occurred on 19 February 2011, when a fire broke out on the second floor. The cause was not established in the available account. Visitors left the building during the incident. No reliable financial or operational measurement of the fire’s impact is supplied by the reference material. The original SCP 21 facility officially closed on 30 June 2023. The closure marked a change in the mall’s cinema configuration after more than two decades of association with the 21 Cineplex network. The available material does not fully document the current status of SCP XXI or provide a complete current tenant list. After Rusianto’s death, the mall remained under the family-linked PT Samarinda Central Plaza, with his daughter Helen Rusianto identified as its current leader. SCP’s enduring role is as an established Samarinda shopping center combining department-store retail, supermarkets, home improvement, household shopping, dining, and cinema entertainment. Its identity is rooted less in a standalone consumer product than in its location, tenant ecosystem, and long operating history as one of the city’s oldest malls.

• 2023

  SCP 21 closed

  [1]Samarinda Central Plazaen.wikipedia.org

  The original SCP 21 cinema officially closed on 30 June 2023.

• 2017

  Farmers Market opened

  [1]Samarinda Central Plazaen.wikipedia.org

  Farmers Market began operating in the former Hero and Giant supermarket area on 16 November 2017.

• 2014

  Kawan Lama home-improvement branch opened

  [1]Samarinda Central Plazaen.wikipedia.org

  Kawan Lama Sejahtera opened a branch at SCP on 25 January 2014 under the Ace Hardware brand context.

• 2012

  SCP XXI opened

  [1]Samarinda Central Plazaen.wikipedia.org

  SCP XXI opened on 9 March 2012 with five regular auditoriums and one VIP auditorium.

• 2011

  Second-floor fire

  [1]Samarinda Central Plazaen.wikipedia.org

  A fire occurred on the second floor on 19 February 2011, prompting visitors to evacuate.

• 2001

  Samarinda Central Plaza founded and opened

  [1]Samarinda Central Plazaen.wikipedia.org

  Rusianto founded SCP, which opened as a major shopping mall in Samarinda and included the city’s first mall cinema facility.

• 2001

  Ramayana became an opening tenant

  [1]Samarinda Central Plazaen.wikipedia.org

  Ramayana Lestari Sentosa began operating on the first and second floors on 9 November 2001 and is identified as the mall’s oldest continuing tenant.

An established, centrally located Samarinda shopping mall offering everyday retail, supermarket shopping, home-improvement products, dining, and cinema entertainment.

• Department store · 2001

  Ramayana

  Ramayana Lestari Sentosa is the mall’s oldest identified tenant. It has operated on floors one and two since 9 November 2001, providing department-store merchandise and general household and apparel retail within the complex.

• Cinema · 2001

  SCP 21

  SCP 21 was the original 21 Cineplex cinema at Samarinda Central Plaza. It opened with the mall and provided four regular auditoriums with a stated capacity of 722 seats. The facility officially closed on 30 June 2023.

• Cinema · 2012

  SCP XXI

  SCP XXI opened in 2012 as a second cinema facility operated by the 21 Cineplex network. Its configuration comprised five regular auditoriums and one VIP auditorium, The Premiere, with a stated capacity of 922 seats.

• Home improvement and hardware · 2014

  Azko

  Kawan Lama Sejahtera opened a Samarinda branch at SCP on 25 January 2014. The store was associated with the Ace Hardware brand at the time and occupied the upper-ground and first floors, offering home-improvement, hardware, and household products.

• Supermarket · 2017

  Farmers Market

  Farmers Market opened at SCP on 16 November 2017 in space that had previously been occupied by Hero and later Giant. It expanded the mall’s grocery and everyday-consumption offering.

• 2023

  Closed the SCP 21 cinemaOther

  Background

  SCP had historically hosted both SCP 21 and SCP XXI, two cinema facilities associated with the 21 Cineplex network.

  Action taken

  SCP 21 officially closed on 30 June 2023.

  Aftermath

  The closure ended the operation of the original cinema facility; the current status of SCP XXI is not confirmed in the available reference material.

  Source

• 2017

  Reconfigured the ground-floor supermarket spaceStrategy

  Background

  The ground-floor supermarket area had previously been occupied by Hero and then Giant.

  Action taken

  Farmers Market opened in the space on 16 November 2017.

  Aftermath

  The change preserved a supermarket function within the mall’s tenant mix, although later operating details are not established by the available material.

  Source

1. 1Samarinda Central Plazaen.wikipedia.org