2255 W 4th Ave, Vancouver · Kitsilano
See the whole Kitsilano risk profile →Capers Building has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2019–2019), surfacing 3 distinct issues across 3 categories. The dominant theme is governance & council conduct, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated elevated. Owners prevailed in 1 of 2 decisions; total awards on record: $123.
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.
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.
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 residential section of a mixed-use strata disputed a $37,110.42 security patrol expense allocation, contending commercial units should bear the full cost. The tribunal determined security services constitute valid common expenses benefiting all strata lots and rejected the reimbursement claim.
The tribunal determined that bylaw changes passed in March 2015 were void due to improper voting procedures that excluded commercial section owners despite legal requirements for their participation. All subsequent bylaw modifications were also invalidated, with previous bylaws being reinstated. The owner's request for reimbursement of parkade resurfacing expenses was denied.
Across 170 buildings, this manager has 14 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 1.34 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.