![]() ![]() ![]() All 419 apartments were taken soon for a reported total of $750 million, as the condo tower opened in 2009 with much fanfare - right after the housing market had crashed.Īnd why not? Complete with a health club, spa, a 75-foot indoor lap-pool, in-house cinema, and a restaurant and wine bar run by celebrity chef Michael Mina - the building constructed by Millennium Partners was all things luxury. When the building came up in 2008, there was a long line of buyers looking to own a piece of it. Patient Doing Well Millennium Tower And The Sinking Feeling Signage outside of 58-storey Millennium Tower in San Francisco, California | Photo: Getty ImagesĪLSO READ | In A ‘Historic’ First, Doctors Perform Transplant Of Pig Heart Into Human. If it continues to tilt at the current rate, the building’s elevators may stop working in a few years’ time and the plumbing will be rendered non-functional, The Guardian reported Tuesday, quoting engineer Ron Hamburger, who is looking after the project. While the tilting had started earlier, it is being said the ongoing work of fixing the sinking issue has aggravated this other problem. The ritzy tower is now leaning 26 inches. Engineers working on stabilising the building, however, claim that residents can continue to live there, and that there is no danger of it collapsing, the report said.īut the work to stabilise the building appears to have triggered another concern. ![]()
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