Since 1981, when residents began moving into Village Woods Retirement Community, thousands of senior citizens have come to the sprawling former Holiday Inn near Crete to spend their later years. Now, three months after the announcement Village Woods will close, the doors to that campus are locked, rooms are emptied and the lights are shut off. Missing from the building are the 84 residents and .
Weeks after residents of Village Woods Senior Living Community near Crete were told the facility would close due to recently discovered structural damage in the main building, questions remain about next steps for employees and residents. A news release announcing the closure stated concrete spalling was discovered in many of the rooms. The cost of repairs as well as the disruption they would .
leyla santiago with the details on that. reporter: a new report. an independent review of champlain tower south budget. the review done just over a year before the building collapsed wasn t a good one. the 99-page report underscores the building s anemic financial reserves combined with the need for structural repairs. the review included a diligent visual inspection of the building incorporated with an engineering analysis done prior to the reserve report. it shows that several components of the building had zero years of remaining useful life, including the entrance deck and garage where some experts have said concrete spalling may have contributed to the fatal collapse. news like this for the families, whose loved ones haven t been recovered, not easy to hear. i don t understand how that happens with a building that collects so much maintenance fees, every single year, over 40 years. how how does that even
independent review of champlain towers south s budget. the review, done just over a year before the building collapsed, wasn t a good one. the 99-page report underscores the building s anemic financial reserves combined with the need for structural repairs. the review included a diligent visual inspection of the building incorporated with an engineering analysis done prior to the reserve report. it shows that several components of the building had zero years of remaining useful life, including the entrance deck and garage where some experts have said concrete spalling may have contributed to the fatal collapse. news like this for the families whose loved ones haven t been recovered, not easy to hear. i don t understand how that happens with a building that collects so much maintenance fees every single year over 40 years. how does that even happen? reporter: also significantly detailed in the report was the fact that the facade and balconies of the building had
concrete spalling cracking, that means the rebar holding it together is rusting and deteriorating beneath the surface. we also have some sound from the reporter who broke the story on the photographs that were obtained by the miami-herald showing some of that damage. let s hear what she had to say. as he went into the pool equipment room along the south side of the building, he also saw serious corrosion of rebar that had been exposed from cracked concrete in the beams underneath the pool. and so all of that is signs of some sort of water intrusion. he didn t know where the water came from. he didn t know if it was from the pool or the sea or rain water that just hadn t evaporated. i could tell you it wasn t raining that hard that day. the flooding normal. but what he said to me is he s been in some scary buildings on beach. but even then this was stood out to him for the amount of water.