however, world war i had ended, and most former soldiers wanted to go home. the hospital was reinvisioned as a private club; the medical equipment was donated to a hospital in west palm beach. there was a main building, eight separate villas, tennis courts, a parking garage across the street, and a yacht basin. the club opened on 25 january 1919. paris singer was the president of the club and he decided who could become a member. for its second season in 1920, mizner supervised the construction of a nine-hole golf course and the landscaping of the club's 60 acres. he also built via mizner, an addition on worth avenue with eleven apartments and sixteen shops.