On 18th February 2000 Beach Road Camp was officially closed for good, it was built in early in 1930 and home to the Singapore Volunteer Corps (SVC) and later doubled as the Singapore Military Forces (SMF). After Singapore gained independence in 1965 (SVC) was the People's Defence Force (PDF) while the infantry regiment which consists of 2 battalions at that time was placed under the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Beach Road Camp being the Headquarters of the PDF which also housed several units of the SAF the SAF Provost Company and the SAF Court Martial Centre was set up in 1967. The site was sold by public tender to a consortium led by local developer City Development for the Beach Road Camp and the NCO Club into today's South Beach Development consist of Hotels, office and retail spaces and residential accommodation.
