As we are quickly approaching a new year, we’ve taken a look back at the condominium legal landscape in Ontario over the past year. As usual, it has been an interesting year. Here’s our list of the some of the…
Condo Corporation Unfairly Disregards Unit Owner- “Pay and Display” Parking
A dispute about whether commercial parking units in a condominium could be operated on a “pay and display” hourly basis, led a unit owner in Ottawa to commence an application under section 135 of the Condominium Act (the “Act”) for…
Who Gets the Deposit When an Agreement of Purchase and Sale Ends?
In a recent case, the purchaser of a condominium unit was successful in getting a court order compelling the vendor/developer to return the deposits paid by the purchaser, after the transaction failed to close. The purchaser agreed to purchase a…
Foreign Ownership of Condominiums in Canada
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (“CMHC”) recently released data concerning foreign ownership of condominium units in Canada. The survey conducted by CMHC indicates that foreign ownership in Canada increased in 2015 over 2014 in Toronto Centre (from 4.3% to 5.8%),…
Vote Now for Best New Toronto Residential Condo in 2105
Urban Toronto is conducting a poll to select Urban Toronto’s favourite residential building in 2015. There are three categories of buildings determined by building height. To vote, just click on the artist-rendition pictures of the five buildings in each category…
Condo Unit Owners Sue Developer
In a recent case, 2384125 Ontario Inc. v. The Diamond at Don Mills Developments Inc., twenty-five commercial condominium unit owners collectively sued the condominium developer for a total of $7,000,000, claiming that they were induced by misrepresentations by the developer…
Downsizing to a Condominium
A recent article in the Globe & Mail concluded that retirees who downsize from a house to a condominium will often not see a huge reduction in their monthly living expenses for property taxes, insurance, utilities and maintenance and repairs.…
Holiday Decorations in Condominiums
We’re in the midst of the Christmas holiday season and people are getting in the festive mood! Before putting up any holiday decorations on the exterior of their units, condo residents should be checking their condo documents to see if…
Standard of Care for Condominium Directors
In a previous post, we reviewed a case, Ballingall v. C.C. C. No.111, about an acrimonious dispute between resident unit owners and investor/landlord unit owners regarding the single family restrictions in the condominium documents. As well as considering the law…
Student Condominiums
In a recent blog post we reviewed a case involving a dispute between resident owners and investor owners who were leasing their units on a short-term basis, primarily to university students. This type of conflict frequently arises in condominium buildings…
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