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1500 Alberni St

1500 Alberni St, Vancouver · West End

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Risk read
Elevated · Governance & council conduct
1
decisions
20202020
span
4
issues
0/1
owner wins

What this building’s record shows

1500 Alberni St has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (20202020), surfacing 4 distinct issues across 2 categories. The dominant theme is governance & council conduct, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated elevated. Owners prevailed in 0 of 1 decisions; total awards on record: $5,000.

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 · 1Insurance Issues · 1

Common property & use

Elevated severity2 decisions

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 · 1Renovation/Alteration · 1

The decisions

Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.

2020 BCCRT 651
2020-06-11Corporation upheld$5,000

The strata corporation imposed a $5,000 insurance deductible on a unit owner following a balcony fire caused by a cigarette discarded by the owner's visitor. The tribunal determined the owner was liable for their guest's negligent actions according to strata bylaws and confirmed the deductible assessment was valid.

Who runs this building

Macdonald Commercial

Across 4 buildings, this manager has 1 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 0.54 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.