First Nation development in East Sooke in receivership, after chronic money woes – Times Colonist

September 27, 2024

The Spirit Bay project, first announced in 2013, was intended to foster business opportunities and jobs for Sc’ianew members and establish a tax base

A receiver has been appointed for Spirit Bay Developments, the First Nation company building a community of brightly coloured homes on Beecher Bay (Sc’ianew) waterfront land in East Sooke.

The Spirit Bay project, first announced in 2013, was intended to foster business opportunities and jobs for Sc’ianew members and establish a tax base. But money problems soon arose.

Langford-based Scala Development Consultant Ltd. is owed $1.86 million for construction work — an amount confirmed in an earlier court judgment — and had asked the B.C. Supreme Court in Victoria to appoint a receiver.