Speculators Are Already Rushing to Buy Land Around Indonesia's New Capital

  • Industry association says land prices already rising in Borneo
  • Private, state firms to be deployed to build new capital city
Forest in East KalimantanPhotographer: Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images
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Indonesia’s plan to build a $33 billion new capital from scratch on the island of Borneo has sent real-estate developers scrambling for land in the vicinity of the proposed city. And the industry’s representative body says that’s already pushing up prices.