The owner challenged a $1,000 renovation charge imposed by the strata corporation, claiming the fee violates provisions of the Strata Property Act. The case summary is incomplete, preventing determination of the tribunal's final ruling on the fee's validity.
Marinaside Resort
1077 Marinaside Cres, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver
See the whole Downtown Vancouver risk profile →What this building’s record shows
Marinaside Resort has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2019–2021), surfacing 3 distinct issues across 3 categories. The dominant theme is governance & council conduct, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated elevated. Owners prevailed in 1 of 2 decisions; total awards on record: $1,022.
Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.
Governance & council conduct
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.
Common property & use
Boundaries, parking, and renovation disputes — who controls and can alter shared space. Usually lower-stakes individually, but frequent cases show ongoing friction between owners and the board.
Maintenance & upkeep
Deferred repairs and general upkeep. Minor on their own, but alongside structural cases they reinforce a picture of a building falling behind.
The decisions
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
The strata corporation charged the applicants $797.42 for elevator repairs plus a $200 penalty, claiming the owner caused the damage. The tribunal determined the owner entered the elevator two minutes after it had already malfunctioned, with video evidence showing no damage was caused by the owner.
Who runs this building
Across 152 buildings, this manager has 64 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 2.97 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.