1011 W Cordova St, Vancouver · Coal Harbour
See the whole Coal Harbour risk profile →Fairmont Pacific Rim has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 7 times (2020–2026), surfacing 7 distinct issues across 5 categories. The dominant theme is common property & use, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 3 of 7 decisions; total awards on record: $37,150.
Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.
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.
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.
A dispute between a strata lot owner and their strata corporation regarding alleged violations of bylaws related to short-term rental accommodations. The case involved questions about evidence and dispute-related expenses.
Two tenants were fined $73,000 by their strata corporation for allegedly violating a short-term rental bylaw. The tenants claim the fines were improperly issued and want them cancelled. The strata says Airbnb advertisements support the bylaw violations and fines.
A dispute between a strata lot owner and their strata corporation regarding parking stall issues, likely involving the usability of parking spaces and repainting requirements or responsibilities.
A strata owner's designated parking stall became very narrow and difficult to access after the strata corporation repainted parking lines in 2019. The owner sought an order requiring the strata to fix the access issues or provide an alternative parking space. This decision follows a judicial review that sent the case back to the tribunal for reconsideration.
The applicant's underground parking space became unusable after the strata corporation repainted parkade markings in 2019, which relocated and narrowed the stall against fencing. The tribunal determined this created significant unfairness and awarded $11,700.34 in total compensation including damages, interest, and fees.
The owner successfully challenged the strata corporation's unauthorized repositioning of parking markings in 2019 that rendered her designated parking space inaccessible. The tribunal ruled that the strata must restore the original parking configuration per the registered plan or supply alternative permanent parking, plus cover tribunal costs.
The respondent strata corporation imposed a $25,000 insurance deductible on the applicant owner following water damage from a blocked kitchen sink drain. The tribunal determined insufficient evidence existed to prove the owner's negligence, noting building design factors and lack of maintenance guidance, and ordered removal of the charge.
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.