620 Cardero St, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver
See the whole Downtown Vancouver risk profile →Cardero has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (2022–2022), surfacing 4 distinct issues across 3 categories. The dominant theme is governance & council conduct, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 1 of 1 decisions; total awards on record: $101,332.
Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.
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.
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.
The strata corporation obtained reimbursement of a $100,000 insurance deductible from the respondent following water damage caused by a malfunctioning refrigerator in their strata lot. The tribunal determined the respondent had a duty to maintain the appliance and was liable for costs including interest and fees.
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.