Maintenance 
“For a building, the total life cycle costs associated with the exterior skin or envelope of the building will be one of the larger costs that an owner will have to face.”
—Douglas L. Watts

In 2000 and 2001, Toronto’s Municipal Licencing and Standards department issued several work orders against the corporation.

The parking garage
The city inspectors ordered the condo to remove the vehicles out of the garage and stop using it until it was sufficiently repaired to bring it up to city standards.

The garage renovations were started in the spring of 2002. The estimated cost for all the garage work was $8,000,000.

Brickwork
When it rained water leaks were entering the buildings through the buildings’ envelop. The city issued a work order demanding that the deteriorating bricks be replaced. There were reports of bricks falling off the walls.

Window locks
The corporation also had to install window locks on all the windows as a young child in an 18th floor unit fell from a window and died.

The estimated cost to repair the brickwork and install the locks was $4,000,000.


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