1188 Howe St, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver
See the whole Downtown Vancouver risk profile →The Genesis has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (2019–2019), surfacing 3 distinct issues across 3 categories. The dominant theme is water, envelope & structural, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 1 of 1 decisions; total awards on record: $870.
Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.
Water ingress, roof, and building-envelope failures are the most expensive problems a condo faces, and they’re what drive large special assessments. Structural cases on record are the strongest reason to commission an engineer’s review of the envelope.
Electrical, HVAC, elevators, and fire safety. Disputes here point to aging or contested infrastructure — confirm the status of major systems and whether any fire-safety orders are outstanding.
How the corporation is actually run — records access, meetings, bylaw enforcement, transparency. Repeated governance cases signal a contentious or opaque council, and that colours every decision made about your money and your building.
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
Water damage occurred when a bathroom leak from an upper strata lot caused ceiling damage to the unit directly below. The tribunal determined the upper unit owner was liable for repair costs of $634.56 plus associated fees, totaling $870.26. Insurance coverage details were ruled irrelevant to the liability determination.
Across 118 buildings, this manager has 86 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 3.01 per 100 units. A manager’s portfolio-wide rate is a signal of how they run buildings generally, beyond this one address.
Sourced from published tribunal decisions and analysed by PropTrust. Not legal advice. Verify with the corporation and a licensed professional before purchase.