A commercial tenant faced fines for violating strata bylaws by allowing excessive noise from customers using outdoor seating and operating beyond mandated 11 p.m. closure times. The tribunal determined the strata corporation's penalty enforcement was appropriate and lawful, rejecting the tenant's defense that neighboring establishments follow different operating standards.
The New Yorker
1066 Hamilton St, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver
See the whole Downtown Vancouver risk profile →What this building’s record shows
The New Yorker has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 1 times (2019–2019), surfacing 2 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: $0.
Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.
Governance & council conduct
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.
Livability
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.
The decisions
Every tribunal decision linked to this building, newest first.
Who runs this building
Across 1,141 buildings, this manager has 304 tribunal cases on record — a dispute rate of 1.2 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.