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Spectrum 4

602 Citadel Parade, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver

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Risk read
High · Water, envelope & structural
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20192019
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What this building’s record shows

Spectrum 4 has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (20192019), surfacing 3 distinct issues across 3 categories. The dominant theme is water, envelope & structural, and the highest-severity issue on record is rated high. Owners prevailed in 1 of 1 decisions; total awards on record: $25,892.

Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.

Water, envelope & structural

High severity1 decision

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.

Water Damage · 1

Governance & council conduct

Elevated severity1 decision

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.

Insurance Issues · 1

Maintenance & upkeep

Low severity1 decision

Deferred repairs and general upkeep. Minor on their own, but alongside structural cases they reinforce a picture of a building falling behind.

Maintenance Deficiency · 1

The decisions

Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.

2019 BCCRT 1243
2019-10-31Owner won$25,892

The strata corporation obtained a $25,000 insurance deductible from the respondent after the respondent's tenant carelessly attached an item to a sprinkler head, triggering water discharge that damaged several units and shared areas. The tribunal determined the tenant failed to exercise reasonable care and ruled the respondent must cover the deductible under strata regulations.

Who runs this building

Rancho Management

Across 152 buildings, this manager has 64 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 2.97 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.