SLA launches tender for master tenancy of historic Moulmein Road site
The tender opens on May 28, 2025, and closes on Aug 6, 2025, with an allowable tenure of 5+4 years.
Comprising more than 40 buildings spread across a spacious park-like compound, the site has a total gross floor area of around 139,700 square feet (sq ft).
Situated near the Novena area, it is well-connected to key transport nodes – close to the Central Expressway and a short walk to Novena MRT station.
As part of efforts to repurpose state-managed buildings into vibrant spaces for Singaporeans to enjoy, the historic site is to be turned into a contemporary lifestyle destination catering to a range of lifestyle uses, SLA said.
Given its prime location, SLA envisions 2 Moulmein Road as a dynamic lifestyle hub that will cater to families and multi-generational communities.
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The transformed site will include a variety of offerings such as co-living spaces, an art gallery, as well as wellness, health and fitness, education and pet-friendly services, it noted.
Around 41,900 sq ft will be allocated for food and beverage and retail offerings, among others, it added.
As an institution in Singapore's healthcare history, 2 Moulmein Road was first established as the site of the Middleton Hospital in 1913. It later evolved into the Communicable Diseases Centre, which played a key role in combating major diseases in Singapore – smallpox, cholera, diphtheria, and more recently severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2003.
It was closed in 2018 when the National Centre for Infectious Diseases transited to a new site within the Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The site continued to support Covid-19 operations within the hospital, until it was returned to the state in 2023.
Tenderers are encouraged to propose innovative concepts that integrate the site's heritage and character with sustainability and inclusive placemaking, SLA said.
Proposals will be evaluated based on price (40 per cent) and quality (60 per cent), with a higher weightage placed on the quality component to encourage compelling concepts and forward-looking proposals from prospective tenderers, it noted.
SLA added that interested tenderers can submit proposals via its state property online information portal, at https://app.sla.gov.sg/spio.
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