Seafield apartments (Vancouver)

Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver / Pendrell Street, 1436
 place with historical importance, apartment building

Heritage apartment block built in 1931.

The building was purchased by Gordon Nelson Investments Inc in July 2008. Tenants fought against eviction notices and a 73% rent increase. GNI sold the building in February 2011 after the Residential Tenancy Branch ruled that the owners acted in bad faith.
www.straight.com/article-168017/renovation-threatens-re...
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/...

In 2017, the B.C. government abolished the geographic rent increase clause of the province's Residential Tenancy Act.
globalnews.ca/news/3907167/rent-hike-loopholes-ndp/
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