One South Florida building that has raised alarms is Crestview Towers , about seven miles north of the Surfside condo. Concerns over the structural integrity of condo buildings go beyond the highrise residents of Florida's 1,350 miles of coastline. About 30 million people live in condo buildings across the US, according to the Community Associations Institute. "We know that there may have not been proper maintenance or quality control," he said of the Surfside condo building. The north tower, a sister of Champlain Towers South, had the same design architect and structural engineer.

Source: CNN July 17, 2021 18:45 UTC