Dot8911 t1_j0x5k9y wrote on December 20, 2022 at 1:54 AM

Reply to comment by JaqenHghar in Moving to Stamford - Looking for advice by mpd763

You are talking about Yale & Towne, right? This building was converted from a 100 year old factory - changes in the water table caused the old wooden pilings to rot. Also a common issue in Boston's Back Bay, where I used to live.

Your comment makes it sound like the structure itself is less than 10 years old. Let's at least be a little bit fair.

JaqenHghar t1_j0x82bc wrote on December 20, 2022 at 2:12 AM

Fair point but it’s negligent to not have factored that in when converting from something that old. Not cutting them any slack. They sold that off quick and avoided liability.

Dot8911 t1_j0xbke6 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 2:39 AM

In hindsight, the building never should have been renovated in the first place. But if the change in the water table happened after the renovation, it would have been impossible to spot in advance. Hard to say if the engineering survey missed something, or if a change elsewhere destabilized the building. Regardless, sucks for all involved.

JaqenHghar t1_j0xc5m6 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 2:43 AM

Totally. And I’m just being a jerk. Lots of nice stuff in harbor point.

Dot8911 t1_j0xe6di wrote on December 20, 2022 at 2:59 AM

Oh no, I totally get it. Any time an entire building needs to be vacated, it is right and fair to criticize the developer for that. BLT absolutely needs to account for this moving forward. At a minimum so the buildings can be properly insured.

Hopefully the city has enough info to reach a proper conclusion about the root cause, because if a change somewhere else made this happen we want to avoid repeating that mistake too. Cheers!