Report: Emails show Fla. condo owners reached out to city about building renovations but were ignored

July 3, 2021 carleyshaffer1 US 0

TOPSHOT - This aerial view, shows search and rescue personnel working on site after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, on June 24, 2021. - The multi-story apartment block in Florida partially collapsed early June 24, sparking a major emergency response. Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett told NBCs Today show: My police chief has told me that we transported two people to the hospital this morning at least and one has died. We treated ten people on the site. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

This aerial view, shows search and rescue personnel working on site after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, on June 24, 2021. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Newly uncovered emails show the owners of the collapsed Florida condo were ignored by city officials over a lengthy period of time.

The new reports show building officials of the Champlain Towers South condominium reached out to the Surfside Building Department back in May regarding the need for space to conduct renovations, but were never given a response.

The lack of correspondence prompted condo building manager, Scott Stewart, to accuse the city of “holding us up.” The requested renovations included repairs to a concrete slab under the pool deck and planters.

SURFSIDE, FLORIDA - JUNE 27: Search and Rescue teams look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 27, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. Over one hundred people are being reported as missing as the search-and-rescue effort continues. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Search and Rescue teams look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 27, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The building department finally reached out to the owners regarding the logistics of the repairs on June 23, just 14 hours before the building collapsed.

Emails dated April 2020 also show owners had questions about the building’s 40-year assessment more than a year before the assessment was due. Residents had reportedly been told in 2018 the building was in “good shape.”