2026 BCCRT 649 (CanLII)
2026-04-24Decided
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Metropolis
1238 Richards St, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver
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Elevated · Governance & council conduct
2
decisions
2019–2026
span
3
issues
1/2
owner wins
What this building’s record shows
Metropolis has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2019–2026), 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: $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 · 2
Common property & use
Low 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.
Parking Issues · 1
Livability
Low severity1 decision
Noise, pets, smoking, short-term rentals. Day-to-day quality-of-life conflict — lower financial stakes, but a useful window into how neighbours and the council handle disputes.
Noise Disturbance · 1
The decisions
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
2019 BCCRT 1163
2019-10-04Owner won$225
A tribunal ruled that the respondent must keep their truck within their assigned parking space boundaries after it consistently protruded 23-84 centimeters beyond marked lines. The strata corporation successfully argued their boundary interpretation was reasonable, resulting in a compliance order and $225 fee award.
Who runs this building
Awm-alliance
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.