This aerial view, shows search and rescue personnel working on site after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, on June 24, 2021. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
Newly uncovered emails show the owners of the collapsed Florida condo were ignored by city officials over a lengthy period of time.
The new reports show building officials of the Champlain Towers South condominium reached out to the Surfside Building Department back in May regarding the need for space to conduct renovations, but were never given a response.
The lack of correspondence prompted condo building manager, Scott Stewart, to accuse the city of “holding us up.” The requested renovations included repairs to a concrete slab under the pool deck and planters.
Search and Rescue teams look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 27, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The building department finally reached out to the owners regarding the logistics of the repairs on June 23, just 14 hours before the building collapsed.
Emails dated April 2020 also show owners had questions about the building’s 40-year assessment more than a year before the assessment was due. Residents had reportedly been told in 2018 the building was in “good shape.”
Source: One America News Network
