The official statement was that it was only quarantine. But even back then, there were multiple accounts and videos of people being visited by police and ordered to be sent there, forced to vacate their houses. Not only at this one location.

I recall reading about how a very similar facility was being built in Canada, in one of the Western provinces. I don't remember if it was British Columbia, Alberta or Manitoba, but around there. Fortunately, the trucker convoy happened before it was completed.