Construction underway for Scottish community centre at View Royal's Craigflower Manor House National Historic Site
https://victoria.citified.ca/news/construction-underway-for-scottish-community-centre-at-view-royals-craigflower-manor-house-national-historic-site/

55 parking spots for a hall with a capacity of 500?

Before the end of the year, View Royal residents and community organizations will be able to take advantage of a state-of-the art community centre, courtesy of the Victoria Highland Games Association.

The Craigflower Community and Performing Arts Centre is under construction and association president Jim Maxwell said it will be complete by the end of August and open to the public in September if all continues to go well.

“It’s extremely exciting, the whole group is looking forward to it,” he said. “It’s a lot of work getting it together and it will be a lot of work operating it, but it is such a spectacular site.”

https://www.vicnews.com/community/scottish-community-centre-set-to-open-this-fall-in-view-royal/

‘It is spectacular’: $4M Scottish centre opening soon in View Royal

https://www.vicnews.com/news/it-is-spectacular-4m-scottish-centre-opening-soon-in-view-royal/

The 10,000-square-foot, $4.37-million building features a large common area with a professional-grade sprung dance floor, plenty of washrooms, a bar, greenroom, meeting room, storage spaces and an outdoor amphitheatre. A kitchen is in the plans, but won’t be operational immediately due to supply issues with the cooking appliances.

The design is specially chosen by the association to reflect historical Scottish architecture. The entire structure is a single-story circle featuring massive exposed wood beams arranged similarly to a Celtic knot in the centre of the building.

The exterior is to be clad in stone, with large windows facing the historic Craigflower Manor next door. Opposing windows offer views of the water, and the entire building is slightly sunk into the earth so as not to completely disrupt views of the manor from the street.

This place sounds terribly colonial. It should be shut down immediately.

Why is Scotland even still allowed?