(The New York Times/File) People look toward the collapsed Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida, June 25, 2021. (The New York Times/File)Fixing it, the condo board eventually concluded, would cost an estimated $15 million. Amid a growing number of gleaming new condo towers, Champlain Towers South started to look dated. “When they were drilling for the piles, Champlain Towers was trembling,” said Spiros Dimitropoulos, a renter for five years. In all, six of seven board members resigned, five of them in the two weeks leading up to Oct. 3, 2019.

Source: Indian Express July 04, 2021 05:37 UTC