Singh’s next project in Key West was the Roosevelt Annex, a protected enclave of single-family homes and townhomes situated on the western shore of the island and sited for exquisite views of the setting sun over the Gulf of Mexico.

Roosevelt Annex continues to be a unique and exclusive tropical resort community, featuring an intimate neighborhood of homes surrounded on three sides by water and achieving rare tranquility and beauty.

The scale and scope of Singh’s real estate acquisition and development projects had grown enormously since his modest beginnings in Maine. By 1994, he had spent 15 years in a relentless cycle of non-stop work on project after project and his material success had been remarkable.

As work on The Key West Golf Club was getting underway, Singh had another life-changing experience when Ann Johnston introduced him to the work and thought of the acclaimed scholar, peace activist and Zen Buddhist Master Thich Naht Hanh. Johnston gave Singh several books by Hanh, most notably the well-known Peace is Every Step.

Such was Singh’s enthusiasm and appreciation for Hanh’s work that he would eventually edit several of the scholar’s later books, including Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers (1999); Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames (2001); No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life (2002); Creating True Peace (2003) and Taming the Tiger Within (2005).

In 1997, 600 people from Florida and around the nation gathered at the Key West Golf Club for a silent weeklong retreat hosted by Singh and guided by Thich Naht Hanh.

~Pritam Singh

“Around Singh, one sometimes needs to stop, press rewind

 and take it all in once more slowly.” Time Magazine