Highgate Newtown Community Center, in Bertram Road, Dartmouth Park, will open “gently” on May 1, followed by an official launch on May 16.
The center signed the lease in March and the final touches must be carried out, which is when completing the new coffee and the climbing wall, before the center of £ 6.4 million can be used.
The Community Center was demolished in 2021 as part of a housing development of the Camden Council.
The 41 floors, originally planned as 21- in three blocks, were originally destined to sell in private to pay the reconstructed community center, but the house paid the council for an unveiled sum to buy the houses so that he could operate who.
He FThe Amilies have been living together with existing residents since December 2023.
The center manager Eiran Kelly said there will be a “week celebrations” before the official opening, with services that include ceramic classes and a new kitchen. Language classes, including Spanish and Mandarin, will also be in sacrifice.
He said: “There are many things for residents. This community center will be the central point that always was.
“For many people they are being together and for the ethers, meet new people.
“It’s exciting, I hope we have developed some world class for the community.”
The center director, Andrew Sanalitro, said the delays were due to problems with construction quality.
He explained that “the financing became increasingly adjusted” to comply with the adjustment bill of £ 400,000, so there are now “new relations” with the City Council of London and Islington and others.
He added: “We had no basis for a long time, so all lunch clubs and everything we do. It was an age of tok for the lease contract to agree, so we had to have a lot of money with fund collectors.
“People will know the value when they arrive through this center.”
The Camden Council provides £ 50,000 and the National Lottery is providing £ 85,000 in three years, both for refugee services to help integration.
Andrew added: “We have created a free football team that mixes with refugees and local people.
“There are women’s health, groups of women who are free.”
“It’s a fantastic adjustment,” Andrew added. “There is a lot of goodness in the world.”
