An evacuated building in North Miami Beach, just five miles from the deadly Surfside collapse, remains empty after the city turned down two new polls that found it safe.
Residents of the 156-unit Crestview Towers building ordered on Friday to move after the building was declared “structurally and electrically unsafe” are allowed to bring their belongings but cannot stay, WPLG-TV said in a report on Thursday .
“The city, we act responsibly,” said Arthur Sorey, City Manager of North Miami Beach, to the point of sale. “We want [residents] be sure.”
“I know everyone is frustrated,” said Sorey, “but they weren’t safe in this building.”
The Crestview building, which is nine years older than the collapsed Champlain Tower South in Surfside, was deemed safe by a condo association attorney earlier this week, citing new technical reports.
A resident of the Crestview Towers Condominium carries some belongings with him when he leaves the building that has been considered unsafe.Giorgio Viera / AFP / Getty Images
Police patrol outside Crestview Towers, which was evacuated after an inspection sparked by the fatal collapse of the Champlain Towers found the building structurally and electrically unsafe.Lynne Sweet / AP
But North Miami officials turned down two new surveys submitted by the association’s board, saying they did not meet the standards of the required 40-year recertification process and did not address the issues that forced the evacuation.
In the meantime, about 300 displaced residents are allowed to go into the building for just 15 minutes on Friday to collect their belongings, the WPLG said.
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