PT Radar Ruang Riang, the company behind South Jakarta’s beloved public creative space M Bloc, announced via its Instagram account @posblocjkt that it will open two more public creative spaces: Pos Bloc PasarBaru in Central Jakarta and JNM Bloc in Yogyakarta. 

Pos Bloc Pasar Baru is a collaboration between M Bloc and Pos Indonesia. Just like how M Bloc makes use the space in Peruri complex, Pos Bloc is going to make use Filateli building in Pasar Baru. The revitalisation project also aims to empower local small and micro businesses by providing pop-up store spaces in the facility.

JNM Bloc is a collaboration between M Bloc and Jogja National Museum. The Yogyakarta-based project is considered an adaptive solution for creative workers during the pandemic and aims to empower different-abled artists as well as small and micro business owners in the province.

PT Radar Ruang Riang is seeking to open Pos Bloc PasarBaru on 17 August. According to its post, if everything goes in accordance with the timeline, it will start tapping into Surabaya and Medan soon.