This building complex, built in 2003, is owned by a corporation in Chicago. It houses seniors in various stages of health. The twin towers (you can see a bit of one tower in the photo) and garage building have been having their own "health" issues. The complex has already gone through what I would estimate as millions of dollars in repairs. The appearance of the entire complex started to appear crackled about two years ago. Contractors came in a few months later and have worked on scraping the shell, putting on another layer of sheathing, and then they re-stuccoed etc. They are still working on the job as you can see from the photos. There is still Scaffolding around parts of the buildings. Is it safe to say something was very wrong with the workmanship or building supplies? Could this example be an isolated incident or are we going to see the building frenzy of the last 5 years reverberate with massive repairs and lawsuits for shoddy workmanship or inferior building supplies?
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Sheetrock! Lennar! 'nuff said.
I'd say that's going to be your new boom "service industry". Repairing the shoddy, makeshift construction of the carpetbagger developers who made their profits and fled - same as here, same as everywhere they build. Incidentally, most throw up a few units, then bankrupt, so there is no one to sue for the missing quality. That's why you're supposed to have inspectors not on the take.
Lennar is not a carpetbagger, he's a local guy. His contaminated sheetrock should keep Lennar busy for a while and maybe break the bank. Unless the developers get their bailout and demise of DCA/wetland protection some will go belly up. Good ridence to shoddy overdevelopment.
Blogger geniusofdespair said...
Maybe the unions will get all the work fixing the shoddy workmanship. That could be a bigger boom than the stadium. Andres Villarreal, the city of Miami Beach's former building code compliance officer and Mohammed Partovi, a one-time chief structural plans examiner are accused of taking bribes. Who knows what shoddy stuff they approved that will come back to bite the owners of Miami Beach Condos/buildings.
I think we are heading for a BIGGER and more painful disaster than Hurricane Andrew. It will cost more in both lives and cash.
South Dade was pretty quiet about their 17 years of recovery, I am not so sure that the more northern end of the county will tolerate that kind of treatment from the county government.
I am sure that the commissioners who blew-off the needs of the South Dade population and claimed that the South End people were lucky because of the economic benefits of the storm (was it not the Latin Builders that reaped the benefits of that?) will be screaming for help.
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