Cladding will be fixed on high-rise buildings in England by 2029, says Angela Rayner | Housing
Dangerous cladding on all high-rise buildings in the UK will be fixed by the end of 2029 in a government-funded scheme, Angela Rayner has vowed. The Deputy Prime Minister criticized the pace of repairs more than seven years after the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people, and announced on Monday that buildings over 18 […]
Woman falls to her death from NYC high-rise: cops
A woman fell to her death from a luxury Midtown Manhattan high-rise on Sunday morning, police said. A 911 caller reported the fall around 11:30 a.m., and officers found a woman lying on the ground outside Cannon Pointe South, a co-op at 45 Sutton Place on the East River. Sunday, first responders at an apartment […]
Revised high-rise plans will still cast shadow over BK Botanic Garden, cause ‘existential harm’ for ‘generations to come’: critics
A fight over a proposed high-rise near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden continues, even though the project’s developers claim they’ve revised the plans so they don’t overshadow the green space. Dozens of critics gathered at a public hearing Wednesday to reject developer Continuum’s pruning proposals, which garden officials argue would still create harmful shade for sun-loving […]
Taxpayers Spend $600k per Unit for Homeless High-rise in L.A.
A new high-rise housing tower for the homeless, built at a cost of $600,000 per unit, opened in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday. Local ABC affiliate KABC-7 report: The 19-story development, known as Weingart Tower, will have 278 units and will be the largest permanent supportive housing project in Los Angeles, aiming to help people […]
Taxpayer-funded new high-rise for homeless features gym, cafe — and apartments with skyline views
A luxury new high-rise taxpayer-funded homeless shelter with apartments with skyline views, a gym and a cafe is set to open in Los Angeles — and it looks more like a hipster haven than public housing. The 19-story tower will consist of 228 studio and 50 one-bedroom apartments, costing about $600,000 each to build. It […]
Residents in frantic fight to keep Trump’s name on luxury high-rise
A group of Westchester County residents is in a desperate fight to keep Donald Trump’s name on a luxury high-rise, claiming election fraud could derail their candidacy. This was revealed in a report by the Post. About 20 tenants of the 40-story, 194-unit Trump Plaza in New Rochelle want the former president’s name to remain […]
38 pounds of drugs recovered in NYC luxury high-rise bust
Nearly 40 pounds of drugs were seized from a swanky luxury apartment in Hell’s Kitchen this week in an operation that stopped $1.1 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamine from being distributed on the city’s streets. Police arrested Giovani Salas, 29, and Sergio Peralta, 34, on March 12 on charges of first-, second- and third-degree […]
IL high-rise building fire leaves 7 hospitalized, including baby
A fire broke out in a Chicago high-rise building Wednesday afternoon, leaving seven people hospitalized, including an infant in critical condition. Firefighters performed a ladder rescue outside the building while the occupants were hanging out of windows. The fire reportedly started in the kitchen on the second floor of the 14-story building in the South […]
Taggers vandalize 27 floors of luxury Los Angeles high-rise left abandoned by Chinese developers
An investigation is underway after taggers destroyed the 27th floor of an abandoned luxury high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles. Video from Oceanwide Plaza shows graffiti painted on nearly every floor of the building on Figueroa Avenue. The structure is located near the Crypto.com Arena, where his 2024 Grammy Awards will be held this Sunday. […]