SLA to re-launch tender for Old Admiralty House site

The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has announced the re-launch of a public tender for the Old Admiralty House site, which is part of the former British naval base in Sembawang.

SLA has terminated the contract with the YESS Resorts and Country Club, which had used the site in 2007 for a monthly rent of $40,000. It converted the site into a country club.

This was the first time that a preserved national monument was released for tender by the SLA. YESS had proposed to redevelop the site into the multi-purpose Admiral Country Club, which features entertainment activities and family-oriented leisure.

However, SLA said it had terminated the contract after YESS failed to pay its monthly rents, despite repeated warnings. But SLA agreed to allow all the sub-tenants to remain on the site until early-2011.

SLA said it will take over the operations of the site until the re-launch of the public tender.