Metropole, Jakarta

Other tenants including a Starbucks coffeehouse chain, a bakery and an upscale Indonesian restaurant on the second floor.

[2] Two additional buildings are attached to the rear of the structure, with one being used as one of the cineplex and performance space, and the other housing offices and a supermarket, and later changed to a sanitary fittings manufacturer showroom.

The first movie shown during its opening in April 1951 was Annie Get Your Gun starring Betty Hutton.

[6] Around 1960, the cinema's name was changed to Megaria during the presidency of Sukarno, who carried out an anti-Western policy and thought that the word metropole was too foreign.

The oldest movie theater in Jakarta is Grand Theater, established in 1930 on the corner of Jalan Kramat Raya and Jalan Kramat Bunder, however, it is in an extremely poor condition and has survived by offering low budget movies (usually horror or erotic).

Although the city government did not oppose the sale and allowed for a possible change in the building's function, it forbade the new owner from altering the appearance, ornaments, or main structure.

The previous ground floor tenants are replaced by a bakery and several new shops, while the former billiard hall on the second floor is now occupied by a new tenant; Roemah Kuliner, an upscale restaurant with food hall system, dedicated to serving authentic Indonesian cuisine.

[1] After the renovation, the 21 Cineplex also used to own and operate XXI Garden Cafe located in the building.

[8] The secondary building on the east side however, which previously hosts Hero Supermarket, has been transformed as the showroom for Grohe, a German-based sanitary fittings company.

Megaria building, c. 1960–1980