The city posted an unsafe structure notice at the oceanfront, 164-unit Port Royale Condominium and shortly before 5 p.m., the condo board sent residents a mandatory order to vacate the building by 7 p.m., the Miami Herald reported.
An engineer discovered that a concrete beam in the garage level of the 1971 building had shifted significantly from its original position. The condo tower is currently undergoing a recertification which is required at the 50-year mark in Florida.
“I got here at like 5:15 and everybody was scrambling. I was super confused,” a 27-year-old renter named Katie told the Miami Herald.
Florida city officials and engineers alike have been on high alert of any structural damage in waterfront towers after 98 people died when a Surfside residential tower collapsed in June 2021.
The Champlain Towers South was undergoing its 40-year recertification process when it collapsed
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