NEW STREET GRIEF
“A suggestion was made that we paint our balcony railings a lighter colour to give a better exterior appearance to the building. We know that we cannot have the work done from the balconies since they are unsafe and the railings in some cases have rusted right through, and in many cases, are no longer attached to the floor slab or to the building wall.” 2014 NOTICE FROM PROPERTY MANAGER WILSON BLANCHARD MANAGEMENT INC.
“(A board member) stated that the Corporation is able only to carry out normal operating items and repairs to the building, and that legal costs have severely eroded the Corporation’s resources.” MINUTES FROM 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
“An owner asked why a contractor had attended the building with a boom truck to remove concrete from balcony slab edges. (The property manager) explained that an owner had emailed her a photo of the corner of a balcony slab edge, where a piece was in danger of imminent failure. Accordingly, Tritan Contracting was called on an urgent basis to remove the loose piece of concrete.” MINUTES FROM 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING “No Statements of Defence were filed by Walbrook Construction or H.R. Peele. It is understood that these Defendants no longer exist. In turn, every Defendant that filed a Statement also filed a ‘Crossclaim,’ holding another Defendant liable for the structural deficiencies. Restated, all of the participating Defendants are now suing each other.” 2011 LETTER TO TENANTS FROM SMITHVALERIOTE LAW FIRM LLP
“The Corporation maintains Com
prehensive All Risk Coverage on the property in the amount of $9,504,872.00. This amount is representative of the approximate cost to rebuild the entire corporation to the original ‘as built’ state in the event of a peril. This does not cover the building structural issues as currently identified.” 2011 LETTER TO TENANTS FROM PROPERTY MANAGER WILSON BLANCHARD MANAGEMENT
“It is our opinion that the subject condominium building occupied by (the condo corporation) at 2411 New Street, Burlington was not originally constructed to the requirements of the 1965 National Building Code of Canada … It is also our opinion that prior to the building being converted to a condominium residence, the City of Burlington should have confirmed that the building complied with the 1997 Ontario Building Code …” 2014 CCI GROUP STRUCTURAL SLABS REPORT PREPARED FOR SMITHVALERIOTE LAW FIRM