938 Smithe St, Vancouver · Downtown Vancouver
See the whole Downtown Vancouver risk profile →938 Smithe St has been before the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal 2 times (2021–2022), surfacing 5 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 0 of 2 decisions; total awards on record: $113.
Each category below explains what that pattern means for a buyer, with the building’s own decisions as evidence.
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.
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.
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.
The owner alleged that the strata corporation did not take adequate action to stop adjacent property owners from constructing driveways that modified shared common areas. The tribunal record is incomplete, preventing determination of the final resolution.
The applicant requested access to strata legal opinions, billing records, and complaint documentation. The tribunal granted partial disclosure of legal opinions regarding litigation and bylaw matters involving other owners from 2015 forward, with confidentiality conditions. Other records requests were denied as not mandatory under strata legislation. Partial fee reimbursement of $112.50 was awarded.
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.