Conn Lodge Sale Concerns Tenants

2010 Barclay is currently up for sale at Macdonald Commercial Real Estate, where the $8,500,000 listing entices potential buyers with the phrase "Significant upside on rents" - leaving some tenants wary about their future in the building under a new owner in the current West End rental climate.


The online property listing also makes public a detailed breakdown of square footage, rent and parking fees for each suite as of August 2008 (click to enlarge):


What do you think? Comments are welcome below.

More info:
WestEnder.com: The Fight for Apartment Life
Renters at Risk: Tenants Evicted by the Hundreds
BC Residential Tenancy Branch: Rent Increase Information
Residential Tenancy Act

Sources:
Goodman Report - Property Listing (cached page)
Goodman Report - CONN LODGE INFO PACKAGE (PDF)
(archived PDF)

Bedbugs at 2010 Barclay?

In early 2009, the bedbugregistry.com website received a report of bed bugs at 2010 Barclay Street:

Submitted by "duder" on 01/05/2009

Terrible landlords, did not want to fix the problem. Found out I was getting bites, they told me it was not their problem. Which is also an answer I got from them on some other issues. I promptly moved out.

What do you think? Comments are welcome below.

More info:
Vancouver's Bedbug Plague
Wikipedia: Bed Bugs

Source:
Bedbug Report for 2010 Barclay (cached page)

Binner Noise Reduced, Thankfully

Conn Lodge residents with inside-facing frontage are delighted with the removal of half the recycle bins in the parking alley, reducing the disturbing bang and clang of local binners by a theoretical 50%.

Kudos go out to Touchstone Property Management for apparently making this happen.

What do you think? Comments are welcome below.