05/15/2025
For those of you who know me in the real estate industry, you may have heard me say that condos, especially high rises, are for the birds! There are reasons for this. By popular request, I am going to do a miniseries on this topic here on Facebook in the coming days.
Here is the first lesson in the miniseries. In 2021, the Chaplain Towers South in Seaside, Florida (in the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area), up and collapsed in the wee hours of the morning. 96 people died in the collapse. Why did this happen? This is where our conversation starts!
You can read about the incident in the link below. There are also news reports as it made national news.
On June 24, 2021, at approximately 1:22 a.m. EDT, Champlain Towers South, a 12-story beachfront condominium in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, United States, partially collapsed, causing the deaths of 98 people.[9] Four people were rescued from the rubble, but one died of injuries shortly aft...
