Immoral, illegal, and pub uses are banned for 10,000 years under the tenure conditions on the sale of the former Salvation Army Citadel building on Belfast's Dublin Road, which is being offered for sale by tender by agents Brown McConnell Clark. In keeping with the anti-alcohol and clean-living philosophy of the Salvation Army, the tenure conditions attached to the 10,000-year-lease state include: "Prohibiting use for the sale only of alcohol, ie, pub or off-licence. Any immoral or illegal purposes."
However, the covenant does not restrict use for a licensed restaurant and planning has been obtained for a commercial development including ground floor retail/restaurant use, the agents point out. The 6,000 sq ft site is being sold with development potential and it is understood a guideline price of around £1.5 million sterling is being quoted. The property is at the junction of Dublin Road and Marcus Ward Street and is in the centre of a rapidly developing area.