Decision, Thursday Oct 15: Administrator appointed for 26 condo corporations

October 15, 2026 · Condominium Owners Network

At a glance

Administrator appointed. Justice Steele signed an order today, October 15, appointing Brian Antman as administrator of 26 condominium corporations. It takes effect immediately.
The boards are disbanded until further order. The administrator now has the powers and duties of each board.
Owner meetings within 30 days to elect a “shadow” board for each corporation.
Back to court within 45 days to report and ask to be discharged, so each corporation can return to self-governance.
Owners who disagree can file materials before the October 22 hearing on the opposed corporations.

What the judge decided

Justice Steele released her written endorsement and signed the order this afternoon. She found that the test for appointing an administrator under section 131 of the Condominium Act is met for the unopposed corporations:

There is unquestionably a “demonstrated inability of the board[s] to manage the corporation[s]” because there are no boards.

She also weighed the cost of an administrator against the cost of doing nothing:

While there are costs associated with appointing an administrator, there are also significant potential costs with not having insurance or having utilities disconnected, among other things.

On timing, the judge noted counsel’s point that owner meetings need at least 15 days’ notice and that the Condominium Act has no way to shorten that. In her words, these corporations would otherwise be “rudderless until early to mid-November.”

On notice, she said she was satisfied that notice has been given, given how public the SIREG insolvency proceedings are. The order also has a “comeback” clause (paragraph 19) that lets anyone with standing ask the court to change or set aside the order.

Which corporations are covered

The order lists these 26 corporations:

Brant Standard Condominium Corporation No. 105
Essex Standard Condominium Corporation No. 168
Lambton Condominium Corporation Nos. 11, 12 and 40
Middlesex Condominium Corporation Nos. 353 and 357
Middlesex Standard Condominium Corporation Nos. 505, 506, 507 and 508
Niagara North Condominium Corporation No. 142
Nipissing Standard Condominium Corporation Nos. 47, 48, 49 and 54
Oxford Standard Condominium Corporation Nos. 115, 129 and 130
Perth Standard Condominium Corporation Nos. 36, 38 and 41
Waterloo Standard Condominium Corporation Nos. 397, 418 and 515
Wentworth Standard Condominium Corporation No. 435

Leeds Standard Condominium Corporation No. 48 was taken off the list. Essex Standard Condominium Corporation No. 168 and Lambton Condominium Corporation No. 11 were added after they stopped opposing.

If your corporation is not on this list, the order does not cover it. The opposed corporations are scheduled to be heard on October 22.

What the administrator can do

The order gives Mr. Antman the powers and duties of each board. Among other things, he is authorized and required to:

set a budget and collect common expenses, by monthly payments, special assessments or both;
carry out required maintenance and repairs;
get and keep the insurance required by the Condominium Act and each corporation’s documents;
take control of the bank accounts and the corporation’s records;
pay the corporation’s proper expenses;
hire a condo manager, auditors, engineers, lawyers or other professionals; and
do a reserve fund study and a funding plan.

Anyone holding property or records of these corporations must tell the administrator and hand them over on request. SIREG, its chief restructuring officer and the Proposal Trustee must reasonably cooperate with him, at the administrator’s cost.

Shadow boards and the 45-day limit

Within 30 days of the order (by about November 14), the administrator must call a meeting of owners in each corporation to elect a shadow board. A shadow board has no decision-making power of its own. It meets regularly with the administrator to learn how the building runs, so it can take over later.

As soon as possible after the shadow boards are elected, and in any event within 45 days (by about November 29), the administrator must report back to the court and ask for an order discharging him and returning each corporation to self-governance.

Costs

The administrator bills each corporation at $375 an hour, subject to the court reviewing his accounts.
His fees, his lawyer’s fees and other proper expenses are paid by the corporation the work was done for.
Each corporation must repay the legal fees of the Owner Group members who own units in it, once proof is provided.
SIREG and the related companies in the insolvency are not liable for any of these costs. The corporations can still try to recover the money from others.

What happens next

You should get a copy of the order. Once the administrator receives each corporation’s list of owners, he must serve a copy of the order on every unit owner.
October 22: the motion for the opposed corporations is scheduled to be heard. Owners in the 26 covered corporations who want to set aside all or part of the order can file materials, including affidavits, before then. The judge called this a “fixed comeback date.”
By about November 14: owner meetings to elect shadow boards.
By about November 29: the administrator reports back to court.

Documents

We’ll share more as it becomes available.

This is general information only, not legal advice. Questions? Email owners@condoownersnetwork.com.