A security firm has filed a lawsuit against a Thind Properties entity, alleging that it has not been paid for security services it provided to one of the developer’s several distressed properties.
In a notice of civil claim dated Feb. 20, Group Security Services Ltd. claims about $145,000 plus accrued services charges and interest from D-Thind Development-Sussex Ltd. for security work performed at the financially troubled developer’s Highline property in Burnaby’s Metrotown.
The security firm says it was retained on or around June 1, 2023, at Highline at a rate of $21.50 per hour and $32.25 per hour for statutory holidays, as well as applicable taxes. It was a term of the agreement that invoices unpaid after 30 days would incur a service charge of two per cent per month.
Group Security Services says it provided security services for Highline between June 1 and Dec. 31 that year, but its monthly invoices were not paid “despite demand” for the outstanding amount of $144,604.17 “now due, owing and payable.”
None of the allegations have been tested or proven in court. The defendant is required to file a response within 21 days of being served.
The defendant is a subsidiary of Burnaby-based Thind Properties Ltd., which is dealing with a barrage of court actions across multiple projects that have become insolvent and placed into receivership.
In addition to Highline, distressed Thind projects placed into receivership or creditor protection include District Northwest in Surrey, Minoru Square in Richmond and Eclipse Brentwood in Burnaby.
On Dec. 13, a B.C. Supreme Court judge placed Highline into receivership following a petition by the project’s lender, Toronto-based KingSett Mortgage Corp., which said it was owed in excess of $300 million across multiple Thind developments.
The Highline property was also sued by its strata corporation seeking $1.1 million for strata fees allegedly unpaid for 119 unsold units.
Meanwhile, a B.C. subcontractor filed a lawsuit against the insolvent property for nearly $500,000 for work performed but only partially remunerated, it said.
Separately, Thind Properties is being sued by the City of Burnaby for $1.3 million in unpaid interest in relation to another project.
Requests for comment to plaintiff’s counsel, Thind Properties and its CEO, Daljit Thind, were not answered.
