The requirement for regular inspections that was shelved 11 years ago is back on the table along with a slew of other rigorous, and potentially costly, measures designed to come as close as possible to preventing another catastrophe like Champlain Towers.
Condo owners across country feel uneasy after Surfside collapse 04:37 (CNN)Salomon Gold expects to celebrate his 90th birthday next month in his Champlain Towers North condo in Florida, where for decades he has enjoyed views of the turquoise blue waves of the Atlantic lapping on Surfside Beach. You know how much they charge in the hotel next door for a night? One thousand dollars, said Gold, wearing a driver s cap over bespectacled eyes and sporting a thick, white mustache on his balcony, his wife Cila at his side. I have it here for free.
Since the partial collapse last month of the twin Champlain Towers South killed at least 100 people just down the block, some residents in Gold s building have chosen to evacuate. Not him.
After Surfside tower collapse, condo residents in Florida and beyond wonder if they need to worry
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By Rosa Flores, Jason Morris and Ray Sanchez, CNN
Salomon Gold expects to celebrate his 90th birthday next month in his Champlain Towers North condo in Florida, where for decades he has enjoyed views of the turquoise blue waves of the Atlantic lapping on Surfside Beach.
“You know how much they charge in the hotel next door for a night? One thousand dollars,” said Gold, wearing a driver’s cap over bespectacled eyes and sporting a thick, white mustache on his balcony, his wife Cila at his side. “I have it here for free.”
Condo owners across country feel uneasy after Surfside collapse
Residents of the tens of millions condo buildings in the US particularly on the coast have been feeling anxious and unnerved since the deadly Champlain Towers North collapse last month. CNN s Rosa Flores reports.
Posted: Jul 17, 2021 1:50 PM
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Salomon Gold expects to celebrate his 90th birthday next month in his Champlain Towers North condo in Florida, where for decades he has enjoyed views of the turquoise blue waves of the Atlantic lapping on Surfside Beach. You know how much they charge in the hotel next door for a night? One thousand dollars, said Gold, wearing a driver s cap over bespectacled eyes and sporting a thick, white mustache on his balcony, his wife Cila at his side. I have it here for free.
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