Sahotas

• Balmoral, Regent hotels now city property after Vancouver settles with owners

  The value of the settlement, which has been approved by council, is not being revealed. 

  Politics

  Dec 4, 2020
  
• Owners of 2 dilapidated Downtown Eastside hotels to fight expropriation in court

  The City of Vancouver took the rare step of taking control of the Balmoral and Regent hotels in November, assessing their value at just $1 each.

  Dec 5, 2019
  
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• Owners of notorious Vancouver SROs fined just $150k over hundreds of violations

  Residents have complained for years about about broken elevators, rats and mould among other issues.

  Apr 23, 2019
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• City of Vancouver files 60 charges against owners of “disgusting” Downtown Eastside SRO

  The city says the hotel's owners failed to maintain walls, ceilings, floors, and plumbed facilities.

  Jul 27, 2017
• City says Balmoral Hotel needs ‘significant amount of work’ to bring it up to code

  Given the deteriorated conditions of the building, the City anticipates a large amount of work will be necessary to return this building to the SRO stock. 

  Jul 14, 2017