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The Calypso III condo in Panama City Beach is working to repair faulty guardrails that forced guests on all but two of its 23 floors to evacuate.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) — Panama City Beach building officials have ordered the evacuation of a beachside condominium after an inspection. The order came Thursday for the Calypso Tower III and gave residents until 8 a.m. Sunday morning to vacate. “On Thursday night, February 8, 2024, the city received a concerning report from Slider […]

A luxury condominium on the affluent stretch of Beach Drive in downtown St. Petersburg that’s been home to some of the city’s most prominent residents, including former Gov. Charlie Crist, is facing millions of dollars in repairs after engineers discovered a host of major issues. The Bayfront Tower Board of Directors ordered an inspection of the building following the 2021 Champlain Towers ...

It’s been two years since the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside collapsed in the early morning hours, destroying half the building’s units instantaneously and killing 98 people. The tragedy forced a legislative overhaul of condo safety rules that raised the bar for building inspections and maintenance. As condo associations across Florida scramble to bring buildings up to the new ...

The collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, last June sent shock waves through the state and around the country, as condominium construction and maintenance came...

South Florida real estate attorney Bill Sklar on a Florida task force examining condo laws after the Surfside collapse to determine if changes are needed. Engineers say it can take just 30 years for condominium buildings to reach a point when owners can no longer delay making critical repairs. In the Miami region, two out of every three condo buildings are more than 30 years old, according to data compiled by real-estate data firm Zillow for The Wall Street Journal. In at least seven other Fl...

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