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How many dilapidated vacant buildings does Vancouver have? The city doesn’t know - BC | Globalnews.ca

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Vancouver city council ordered the demolition of the Dunsmuir Hotel earlier in December .

The city blamed the owner, Holborn Properties , for neglecting the structure for more than a decade .

But Andy Yan , director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program , says the case hints at a larger problem.

He says the city has few tools to address buildings of this nature.

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