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Since 1981, when residents began moving into Village Woods Retirement Community, thousands of senior citizens have come to the sprawling former Holiday Inn near Crete to spend their later years. Now, three months after the announcement Village Woods will close, the doors to that campus are locked, rooms are emptied and the lights are shut off. Missing from the building are the 84 residents and ...

Weeks after residents of Village Woods Senior Living Community near Crete were told the facility would close due to recently discovered structural damage in the main building, questions remain about next steps for employees and residents. A news release announcing the closure stated concrete spalling was discovered in many of the rooms. The cost of repairs as well as the disruption they would ...

Leyla santiago with the details on that. >> reporter: a new report. an independent review of champlain tower south budget. the review done just over a year before the building collapsed wasnt a good one. the 99-page report underscores the buildings anemic financial reserves combined with the need for structural repairs. the review included a diligent visual inspection of the building incorporated with an engineering analysis done prior to the reserve report. it shows that several components of t...

The weather also poses a risk for rescuers. theres fear of lightning strikes as the teams move through this rubble and steel. we are also learning about more red flags raised about the buildings structural integrity before the collapse. less than three months ago the head of the condo association board sent a letter to residents warning that the structural damage in the building had gotten significantly worse since it was spelled out in that 2018 inspection report. quote, when you can visually s...

Walkthrough of -- of the property. initially, walked through the lobby, walked through the pool area. didnt notice anything particularly alarming. he was being escorted by a building employee, who then walked him downstairs to the north part of the building. and in the garage, below. and thats where he -- he told us that he saw deep-standing water in the parking garage that he -- he found odd and concerning. he asked the employee what it was about, at the time. the -- the employee said it was pr...

Surfside, florida just before it chanced las ed collapsed last week. a pool contractor talking about the nightmare he fund tound thi basements building. >> i walked through the pool area, didnt notice anything particularly alarming. he was being escorted by a building employee who then walked him downstairs to the garage below and that is where he told us that he saw tdeep standing water that he found concerning. and then he was led to the south side under the pool area, still in the garage, too...

The collapse. hindsight here, should the alarm bells have rung much more urgently? >> i think so. its been several years and reading through the report, there was evidence of the concrete spalling, cracking and corrosion on the rebars and whats really concerning is it was happening in the basement, extend beyond the footprint of the building so above the basement is exterior the outside and the report said there was no slope so the water would pond until it evaporated and calcium cash night in t...

Its been several years since that report came out, and reading through the report, there was evidence of the concrete spalling, cracking and corrosion on the rebars and whats really concerning is it was happening in the basement, the basement covers the whole block, so it extends beyond the footprint of the building. so above the basement is exterior, the outside and the report said there was no slope to the slab so it was ponding water. so the water would stay on there until it evaporated, and ...