| Old Army Headquarters පරණ යුද්ධ හමුදා මූලස්ථානය | |
|---|---|
| Colombo 3, Sri Lanka | |
  Old Army Headquarters පරණ යුද්ධ හමුදා මූලස්ථානය | |
| Coordinates | 6°55′24″N 79°50′52″E / 6.923320°N 79.847661°E |
| Type | Military Headquarters |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |  Sri Lanka Army |
| Site history | |
| In use | 1940s–2012 |
| Demolished | 2012 |
| Battles/wars | Sri Lankan Civil War |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Sri Lanka Engineers Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps Sri Lanka Rifle Corps |
The Old Army Headquarters refers to the former military headquarters complex of the Sri Lanka Army. Situated next to Galle Face Green and Baladaksha Mawatha (Lower Lake Road), the complex bordered the Beira Lake and had its main entrance at the Slave Island end of Baladaksha Mawatha, Colombo 3. The complex also included the Ministry of Defence buildings, located close to the Galle Face terminus of Baladaksha Mawatha. Apart from operational and administrative offices, it contained the centers of several regiments and corps of the Sri Lanka Army, as well as the Colombo Military Hospital and the army sports grounds.
With the plans to move the Ministry of Defence and Army Headquarters to the new Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, many of the units based there started moving out in 2012, releasing the land for commercial redevelopment which included the Shangri-La Colombo and the larger One Galle Face development project.