Development of the land at Paper Mill farm began shortly after the inaugural meeting of the Club in April 1919. The ten-acre facility was acquired and decisions had then to be made regarding who would be entrusted with the Club's design and construction.

Mr. James Miller who had offices at Blytheswood Square in Glasgow was a celebrated local architect and had designed Glasgow's Central and St. Enoch stations along with the Grand Hotels at Turnberry and Gleneagles. He was appointed architect for the Club's design and layout. The construction responsibility was passed to Maxwell M. Hart Ltd of Buchanan Street which had established itself, as the leading creator of bowling greens, tennis courts, croquet lawns, pitches and golf courses both in the UK and internationally, including the prestigious Circolo Golf Course in Venice.

The intent was to create a first-rate multi-sport outdoor venue that would become a focal point for all the workers' recreational needs. The site's ample space would permit two pitches for football, cricket, and hockey mainly but would also host athletic and field events. Other playing surfaces included two bowling greens, four tennis courts, and a quoits pitch. Two separate pavilions, a football/cricket pavilion to serve the large pitches, a bowls/tennis pavilion and a greenkeeper's house would comprise bricks and mortar to support the Club's playing activities.

By early September 1919 the football pitches were complete and already staging matches from the Public Works League - a league topped at that point by the Weir footballers. Several ladies' hockey games had graced the smaller pitch. Turf was laid later that month on the new bowling greens and Mr. David Hutchison as groundsman was appointed in November to look after the entire facility.

The Weir Bulletin records that the Contractor was readying to leave the site in March 1920 despite the annoyance of minor flooding from the Cart in the previous month. In May 1920 the Weir Tennis team hosted their first visitors, the local Cathcart Club whose own courts were at that time sited on Clarkston Road across from the railway line from the Cathcart Bowling Club. A narrow victory was noted in favour of the more experienced visitors.

Formal opening of the ground was set for 5th July 1920, an event that would be attended by some 1,500 visitors. Initial membership fees to join the Club were set at 3 shillings pa or 15 pence to post-decimalisation readers.

Despite the harrowing setback of a severe flood in early August 1920 which severely damaged the bowling greens and tennis courts, the Club's members showed commendable resilience and energy and by September both bowlers and tennis players were once again enjoying their sport.

Contact between members was assisted in the winter months by an annual dance evening. The first such event took place in the then Marlborough House (now the Shed) in Shawlands on the evening of 25th November 1920 and close to two hundred members attended. The annual dance would become a popular feature of the Club for many years to come.

The pavilions became the focus for much social activity beyond the sport conducted outdoors with whist drives, choir practice, first aid training, and drama rehearsals becoming regular evening and weekend features.

Over time, the sport of quoits would decline both nationally and locally in the Albert Park and its pitch located behind the tennis courts would be eventually given over to a putting green. Track and field events would likewise become less popular but the sports of football, cricket, tennis, and bowls would become permanent features of the Club throughout its first century.