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Collapsed condo's neighboring building offered payment after complaints Michael Kaplan © SURFSIDE, FL - June 29: A view of the Champlain Towers South, where the 12-story beachfront condomin... Condo Collapse in Surfside Florida near Miami The developers of Eighty Seven Park, the luxury building next to Champlain Towers South, proposed a payment of $400,000 to the association for the now-collapsed condo in exchange for expanded construction hours, a commitment to never publicly oppose the project or the developer, and an agreement to release the developers from all liability...

Developer of luxury condos offered next-door Surfside building $400,000 amid complaints over construction, documents show Rebecca Tan, Tik Root, Beth Reinhard © Octavio Jones for The Washington Post The Eighty Seven Park building is seen behind Champlain Towers South on June 30. The developer of a luxury Miami Beach high-rise next to the Surfside condominium building that collapsed last week was offering to pay $400,000 to the condo association of the older, smaller building two years ago, at a time when some homeowners were complaining about the proximity of the new buil...

1990s  A study published last year in the journal Ocean and Coast Management by a Florida International University Professor showed the East side of the barrier island slowly sinking at a rate of one to three millimeters per year. However, the professor, in a recent news release, said settling alone would not cause a building collapse.  The sea level rise study was from FIU’s Institute of Environment. Professor Simon Shimon Wdowinski partnered with a professor from the University of Padua.   “When we measure subsidence or when we see movement of the buildings, it’s worth checking wh...