Delays and vermin pile on the problems at 1515 building in West Palm Beach.
The building’s called 1515 but the name could just as easily be the number of problems facing the demolition crew.
Faced with city demands for $50 million insurance cover for imploding the 30-storey condominium, the demolition team have started to dismantle the building by slower, more conventional means. But, as WPTV reports, those methods are causing delays and a growing number of complaints from local residents.
According to neighbors, at 7 o’clock in the morning a breakfast truck rolls in, then the break truck, then the lunch truck. It’s nothing but noise and dirt they complain.
They also say they’ve seen rats.
Big ones says Ben Levy. “It looked the size of a large cat,” he says.
Wonder if it’s the same one the rest of the industry smelled when it saw that insurance clause?
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