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Europa

63 Keefer Pl, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver

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Risk read
Elevated · Governance & council conduct
1
decisions
20202020
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5
issues
1/1
owner wins

What this building’s record shows

Europa has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (20202020), surfacing 5 distinct issues across 4 categories. The dominant theme is governance & council conduct, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated elevated. Owners prevailed in 1 of 1 decisions; total awards on record: $225.

Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.

Governance & council conduct

Elevated severity2 decisions

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.

Governance Issues · 1Special Assessment · 1

Building systems & safety

Elevated severity1 decision

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.

HVAC Systems · 1

Common property & use

Elevated severity1 decision

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.

Boundary Issues · 1

Maintenance & upkeep

Low severity1 decision

Deferred repairs and general upkeep. Minor on their own, but alongside structural cases they reinforce a picture of a building falling behind.

Maintenance Deficiency · 1

The decisions

Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.

2020 BCCRT 690
2020-06-22Owner won$225

Owners disputed a strata bylaw requiring individual maintenance of heat pumps, contending these units were common property. The tribunal determined the heat pumps functioned as an integrated system constituting common property, ruled the bylaw unenforceable, and required the strata corporation to cover tribunal costs.

Who runs this building

Colyvan Pacific Property Management

Across 74 buildings, this manager has 23 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 6.23 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.