909 Mainland St, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver
See the whole Downtown Vancouver risk profile →Yaletown Park 2 has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 3 times (2019–2024), surfacing 4 distinct issues across 4 categories. The dominant theme is governance & council conduct, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 1 of 3 decisions; total awards on record: $16,101.
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.
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.
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 was held responsible for flood damage in July 2022 after failing to properly maintain a common property drain pipe despite prior maintenance recommendations. However, the strata was not found liable for a subsequent October 2022 flood as it had taken reasonable remedial action following the first incident.
The strata corporation claimed the owner's tenants violated short-term rental and smoking bylaws on 24 occasions and requested $4,800 in penalties. The tribunal confirmed only 4 infractions (1 short-term rental and 3 smoking violations), awarding $800 in fines plus additional costs totaling $923.05. Most allegations were rejected due to inadequate notice procedures and lack of supporting evidence.
The strata corporation pursued $4,600 in penalties against the owner for unauthorized short-term rentals conducted by the tenant. The tribunal awarded $3,400 for 17 confirmed bylaw violations, while dismissing $1,200 in fines due to improper notice procedures by the strata.
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.