Off-Topic Miami Beach apartment building deemed unsafe

[JD08]

‘Devastating': North Miami Beach Residents Race to Clear Out Apartments Deemed Unsafe

Families were racing to move their belongings out of their North Miami Beach apartments Tuesday, a day after the city ordered an emergency evacuation following a report that deemed the building “structurally unsound.” The residents of Bayview 60 Homes were ordered out Monday by city officials...

www.nbcmiami.com

 

[TheOriginalCane]

So, if the residents have to evacuate, are the repair crews out too? Is it now a tear down?

I'd imagine the first step will be to see if they can stabilize things enough for engineers to evaluate whether anything is fixable, though it sounds like "not". Kinda strange, as they somehow thought it was fixable previously. It's a smaller building (by comparison) and old, so I'd be willing to guess that tear-down is the best option.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

Bad engineering can be deadly.

 

[SpikeUM]

I'd imagine the first step will be to see if they can stabilize things enough for engineers to evaluate whether anything is fixable, though it sounds like "not". Kinda strange, as they somehow thought it was fixable previously. It's a smaller building (by comparison) and old, so I'd be willing to guess that tear-down is the best option.

Between insurance and real estate prices at the upper end, this is actually good news for the owner. The housing shortage nationwide is acute, and South Florida's rents have increased by an average of 52% y/y. That is not a typo.