building collapse

What we know about the Miami Beach building collapse and the firms involved

July 24, 2018 10:30AM By Katherine Kallergis and Keith Larsen

The start of what was supposed to be a “flagship project” for a Brazilian billionaire developer suffered a major setback on Monday after the...
BREAKING: Miami Beach condo building collapses; demo was underway

July 23, 2018 01:45PM By Keith Larsen and Katherine Kallergis

UPDATED, July 23, 1:25 p.m.: A Miami Beach condo building being demolished collapsed Monday morning, injuring at least one person. The waterfront building at...
Crack in Miami bridge didn’t raise red flags before it collapsed

March 17, 2018 02:07PM

An engineer involved in the design of the pedestrian bridge that collapsed Thursday at Florida International University left a voice-mail message on Tuesday warning...
Northwind, partners buy the Esplanade for nearly $150M

December 08, 2016 03:30PM By Mark Maurer and Rich Bockmann

UPDATED, Dec. 9, 4:09 p.m.: Ran Eliasaf’s Northwind Group, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and the Engel Burman Group jointly picked up a 14-story...
Moses Strulowitz’s Bed-Stuy building collapses

July 14, 2015 03:21PM By Mark Maurer

UPDATED, 3:32 p.m., July 14: A four-story, mixed-use building owned by Moses Strulowitz collapsed in Bedford-Stuyvesant Tuesday afternoon, injuring three people, according to news...
Drea de Matteo loses apartment in East Village explosion

March 27, 2015 12:50PM

UPDATED, 12:34 a.m., March 28: “Sopranos” star Drea de Matteo’s apartment was a casualty of Thursday’s explosion in the East Village, which led to the collapse...
East Village building collapses after explosion

March 26, 2015 04:05PM By Claire Moses and TRD staff

UPDATED, March 27, 12:23 p.m.: A five-story East Village building collapsed Thursday afternoon after an explosion rocked the structure and caused it to partially collapse. Two...
TF Cornerstone-owned building in Hell’s Kitchen collapses

February 25, 2015 05:08PM

UPDATED, 7:50 p.m., Feb. 25: A three-story Hell’s Kitchen building owned by TF Cornerstone partially collapsed this afternoon while it was being demolished. At...
Partial collapse of West Village building forces tenants out

May 15, 2014 12:50PM

Residents were evacuated when the top portion of A Building On Christopher Street started to collapse yesterday. According to the fire department, the façade...
Landlord of partially collapsed Brooklyn building has racked up violations

July 17, 2012 11:00AM

Mousa Khalil, the owner of a Bay Ridge, Brooklyn building that yesterday had its second partial collapse in one month also owns a group...
Mob-connected construction company ousted from Columbia expansion

May 25, 2012 12:30PM

Following the collapse of a West 131st Street building in March, Breeze National, the Brooklyn-based, mob-connected demolition company that was running this project and...
Structural beams were removed at site of W’burg collapse, investigation finds

March 30, 2010 05:39PM By Sarabeth Sanders

Images from the collapse at 34 Conselyea Street (source: Brooklyn365.com) Lucille Maundrell’s three-story Williamsburg property was getting an additional floor and penthouse when the...
Williamsburg building collapses, injuring five

March 29, 2010 02:32PM By Sarabeth Sanders

(Updated: 4:01 p.m. and 4:50 p.m.) A three-story Williamsburg residential building injured five workers — one seriously — when it collapsed today just before...
Full demo set for half-collapsed Tribeca loft

December 29, 2009 12:53PM By Adam Pincus

Photos of 87 Chambers Street. From left: Chambers Street side, interior, Reade Street side, exterior wall The owner of a 19th century Tribeca loft...