Miami building officials ordered the emergency evacuation of an eight-story condominium building on Aug. 9 after determining that unauthorized contractor repairs were putting residents at risk by worsening known structural problems.
The directive followed a visit by city inspectors to the 138-unit building, known by its address, 5050 NW 7th Street. There, they found an unnamed contractor carrying out unauthorized first-floor column repairs that Miami Building Director Asael Marrero told local reporters, “degraded” the building’s structural integrity.