Cambridge Lofts

Known Issues (news/court)

[lawsuit_or_court - owner vs board dispute / oppression] An owner sued the condo corporation for damage to signage and unauthorized façade changes made in August 2011; the court granted summary judgment dismissing the claim as statute-barred, finding the limitation clock started in August 2011 and settlement negotiations (including a $1,525 settlement offer) did not toll the limitation period. (2014-08-20); [lawsuit_or_court - special levy / assessment] Parking unit owners challenged special levies totaling $165,000 ($15,000 per unit) allocated specifically to parkade restoration costs under bylaw 4.06.1, in addition to a $335,000 structural repair levy assessed against all owners by unit factor; the Court held the bylaw validly permitted this differential allocation, found the Board's decision reasoned and not oppressive, and granted the condo corporation a redemption order with a six-month redemption period, solicitor-client costs, and pre-judgment interest at the judgment rate from the date of the levy. (2026-10-13); [lawsuit_or_court - owner vs board dispute / oppression] After a unit purchased through a judicial sale in 2011 was later found to be 147 square meters (not the 226 square meters listed on the condo plan), the purchaser sued the condo corporation for overpayment of condo fees/special levies based on incorrect unit factors; the condo corporation sought to add the purchaser's lawyer as a third party roughly 11 months after the filing deadline, and the court dismissed the appeal, upholding the Master's refusal to extend time due to inordinate, inexcusable delay, prejudice, and insufficient evidence of an air of reality in the proposed claim, also finding the Contributory Negligence Act did not extend the filing timelines. (2016-09-27)