535 Nicola St, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver
See the whole Downtown Vancouver risk profile →Bauhinia has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (2019–2019), surfacing 3 distinct issues across 3 categories. The dominant theme is financial disputes & fees, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated elevated. Owners prevailed in 0 of 1 decisions; total awards on record: $113.
Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.
Special assessments and fee disputes hit owners directly — a single levy can run tens of thousands per unit. A pattern here means the building’s finances have been contested. Ask for the reserve-fund study and the levy history before you offer.
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.
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.
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
The applicant challenged the strata corporation's parking regulations and charging fees related to electric vehicle use. The tribunal required the strata corporation to produce documentation regarding charging permissions and costs, plus surveillance footage of property damage, while rejecting arguments about procedural violations and discriminatory treatment.
Across 1,141 buildings, this manager has 304 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 1.2 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.