City Property Management and Control Agency head, Hari Sasongko, said Wednesday the agency issued the order because of "unresponsive behavior" by the shopping mall's management.

"This morning (Wednesday morning), I signed a letter asking Pasaraya to immediately close its parking structure," he said at City Hall.

"We gave them one week from now to comply with the agency's order. Otherwise, we'll take action to enforce it."

The order was delivered three days after the agency sent a fourth warning letter to the shopping center, Hari said.

He said the agency took the step because Pasaraya management failed to submit its new design for renovations to the unsafe parking structure.

"Pasaraya management, which has yet to submit its design, has not responded to our calls, nor provided any explanations," he said.

The Pasaraya parking area was among eight structures the agency declared unsafe in February after inspecting 22 structures between Jan. 25 and Jan. 30.

The agency said the eight parking structures had yet to meet the minimum safety standards stipulated in a 2007 agency regulation on building structures and geotechnology planning.

The eight buildings were predominantly shopping centers, including Senayan City and Cempaka Mas International Trade Center, both in Central Jakarta, and Plaza Semanggi in South Jakarta.

The agency required all eight to submit their new designs within a month of the notification.

Their designs must be approved by an agency-appointed team in charge of advising on building structures before any renovations are carried out.

Among the eight, only Pasaraya has not submitted a design. Of the other seven, Mangga Dua International Trade Center in North Jakarta has been approved, according to agency data.

Pasaraya spokeswoman Julie Retno said her company had received only "a warning letter from the agency, not a closure order".

"Therefore, we will not close our parking building," she said.

Julie said the parking structure was being renovated.

"This work won't be finished instantly," she said.

When asked whether Pasaraya had submitted a new design to the agency, Julie said the company had carried out studies for the design.

"We have also shown our design to agency officials," she said.

On Tuesday, the agency announced nine out of 194 parking structures it had inspected failed to meet the agency's safety standards.