Suburbs in the sky are unusual because they're not very space-efficient, but fortress-like apartments-atop-mall complexes are quite common in Jakarta. Here's o

Suburbs in the sky are unusual because they're not very space-efficient, but fortress-like apartments-atop-mall complexes are quite common in Jakarta. Here's one of the first, the Ciputra Mall complex (mall, hotel, apartments), which any visitor to Jakarta will have seen because it's right next to the highway from the airport: https://travel.detik.com/travel-news/d-2146644/selama-banjir-hotel-ciputra-tidak-terima-pesan-kamar- https://travel.detik.com/travel-news/d-2146644/selama-banjir... And its newer, flashier cousins Ciputra Worlds 1 (built), 2 (u/c) and 3 (planned): http://www.ciputraworldjakarta.com/cwj1/ http://www.ciputraworldjakarta.com/cwj1/