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Inside the Tumultuous Years Before the Florida Condo Collapse Patricia Mazzei, Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Alexandra E. Petri and Stephanie Saul © Scott McIntyre for The New York Times Chris Jeffers placed flowers on a barricade fence that has become a makeshift memorial near the site of the Champlain Towers South collapse site in Surfside, Fla. SURFSIDE, Fla. — Elena Blasser kept her two-bedroom, two-bath condo in the Champlain Towers South as a beachside gathering place for family reunions. She adored the ocean and the small town of Surfside, Fla...

Emails, letters, notes and presentations from meetings of the residents’ association board revealed infighting after an engineer found in 2018 that the building had “major structural damage” and recommended necessary but costly repairs. Members raised concerns that the board was acting too slowly. In late 2019, five members of the seven-person board resigned in two weeks, citing frustration with the drawn-out debate. “The building is falling apart,” wrote Marcelo Pena, a former board member, according to the New York Times. “Somebody can seriously be injured or k...

Miami condo collapse: reports reveal board’s long debate over repairs Lauren Aratani © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Marco Bello/Reuters New reports have detailed long debate among condo board members at Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, over extensive and costly repairs the building was expected to undergo before it collapsed on 24 June. Emails, letters, notes and presentations from meetings of the residents’ association board revealed infighting after an engineer found in 2018 that the building had “major structural damage” and recommended necess...