34 Powell St, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver
See the whole Downtown Vancouver risk profile →The Globe has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (2022–2022), surfacing 3 distinct issues across 2 categories. The dominant theme is water, envelope & structural, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 0 of 1 decisions; total awards on record: $0.
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.
Deferred repairs and general upkeep. Minor on their own, but alongside structural cases they reinforce a picture of a building falling behind.
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
An owner sued the strata corporation over roof maintenance failures that allegedly caused water infiltration in their unit during September 2019 and June 2020. The tribunal rejected the case as it was brought beyond the two-year statutory deadline, noting that pursuing the matter in provincial court first did not extend the limitation period.
Across 77 buildings, this manager has 29 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 1.9 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.