Press release

Historic Site at 2 Moulmein Road Launched for Tender to Create Vibrant Lifestyle Hub in the heart of Singapore

28 May 2025

Singapore, 28 May 2025 – The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has launched a Price and Quality (PQ) tender for the master tenancy of a cluster of State properties at 2 Moulmein Road. Once a cornerstone of Singapore’s public healthcare system, the site is now poised for a new chapter as a contemporary lifestyle destination comprising a range of lifestyle uses as part of efforts to repurpose State-managed buildings into vibrant spaces for Singaporeans to enjoy.

From Legacy to Lifestyle: Iconic State Properties Steeped in Medical History

2 Occupying a prominent location near Novena and comprising over 40 buildings across a spacious park-like compound, 2 Moulmein Road served as a pivotal institution in Singapore’s healthcare history for over a century. It was first established in 1913 as the Middleton Hospital – named after Dr. William Robert Colvin Middleton, a dedicated advocate for public health – and later evolved into the Communicable Diseases Centre (CDC), which played a key role in combating major diseases in Singapore such as smallpox, cholera, diphtheria, and more recently, SARS in 2003.

3 Beyond its medical legacy, the site bears testimony to Singapore’s evolution in disease management, urban development, and social policy. Its closure in 2018 when the National Centre for Infectious Diseases transited to a new site within the Tan Tock Seng Hospital marked the end of an era and the beginning of a new opportunity. The site remained with Tan Tock Seng Hospital and supported Covid operations till its return to the State in 2023.

Reimagining State Properties for the Community

4 The historic site, comprising more than 40 buildings with a total Gross Floor Area (GFA) of approximately 139,700 sq ft (or 12,900 sqm), is strategically located near the Novena area and is well connected to key transport nodes – near to the Central Expressway and a short walk to the Novena MRT station.

5 Leveraging the properties’ prime location, SLA envisions 2 Moulmein Road as a dynamic lifestyle hub with offerings that will cater to families and multi-generation communities. In this connection, SLA has launched a Price and Quality (PQ) tender on a 5+4-year tenure for a variety of uses including co-living spaces, wellness, health and fitness, pet-friendly services, art gallery, and educational programmes with a quantum of about 41,900 sq ft (i.e., 3,890 sqm) for F&B, retail, among others. This reaffirms SLA’s commitment to unlock new possibilities for State managed properties, realising their potential to be revitalised into spaces for Singaporeans to enjoy.

6 Tenderers are encouraged to propose innovative concepts that thoughtfully integrate the site’s heritage character while embracing sustainability and inclusive placemaking. Please see Annex A for site details and photos.

Tender Details for 2 Moulmein Road

7 The tender proposals will be evaluated based on Price (40%) and Quality (60%), with a higher weightage placed on the Quality component to encourage compelling concepts and forward-looking proposals from prospective tenderers. The quality component will include visioning, business sustainability, preservation of the properties’ heritage elements, and the incorporation of green initiatives. In addition, as 23 of the 44 blocks are subject to Additions & Alteration guidelines, tenderers are required to retain certain architectural elements such as original windows and doors, and the iconic black lion emblem at the centre’s main entrance, to respect the site’s historical fabric.

8 The tender will open on 28 May 2025 and close on 6 August 2025. Interested tenderers can visit SLA’s State Property Online Information (SPIO) portal at https://app.sla.gov.sg/spio for more information.

Creating Spaces to Connect Diverse Communities

9 Carrie Wong, Director of SLA’s Business Planning and Development Division, said: “With its rich history, convenient location and unique architecture comprising spacious interiors that overlook surrounding greens, the site at 2 Moulmein Road, exhibits great potential for creative adaptive reuse. This is a rare centrally located landmark site with a sizeable cluster of State properties that can support a wide variety of complimentary and synergistic allowable uses, and we are excited to invite like-minded visionary partners to reimagine this historically significant site as spaces that can connect across generations of Singaporeans. We hope to see creative ideas that honour the past while creating vibrant spaces for today’s communities.”

Issued by:

Singapore Land Authority

28 May 2025

Annex

Site Details

Address	2 Moulmein Road
Total Site area	Approximately 985,350.23 sq ft (or 91,541.27 sqm)
Total GFA	Approximately 139,704.66 sq ft (or 12,978.88 sqm)
Approved uses	• Office (e.g. co-working) • Serviced apartments (e.g. co-living) • Pre/post-natal care centre • Spa and wellness • Pet establishments (e.g. pet clinic/grooming) • Fitness centre (e.g. yoga/pilates studios) • Outdoor pickleball and/or padel ball courts • Commercial schools (e.g. enrichment centres,) • Corporate training • Art gallery • Urban farming • F&B* • Retail* *Retail and/or F&B uses can be allowed subject to an overall GFA cap of 41,911.36 sq ft (i.e. 3,893.66 sqm). F&B use, inclusive of any Outdoor Refreshment Area (ORA), is subject to a GFA cap of 20,955.68 sq ft (i.e. 1,946.83 sqm).
Allowable tenure	5+4 years
Total Number of Buildings	44
Total Number of Buildings subjected to A&A guidelines	23 comprising the following blocks: 1) 801 2) 803 3) 803A 4) 804 5) 805 6) 806 7) 807 8) 808 9) 809 10) 811 11) 812 12) 813 13) 814 14) 815 15) 871 16) 873 17) 874 18) 875 19) 876 20) 876A 21) 877 22) 878 23) 879