Giants announce jersey advertising in new Cruise partnership "This is something new."īut an investigation by NBC Bay Area shows that the building troubles might have been avoided had the city’s building inspection officials heeded warnings on the similar project, slated to be built on land now occupied by the Transbay Terminal. "You can even see it from the Bay Bridge, because the other buildings are plumb, and this one isn’t,’’ said Larry Karp, veteran soils engineer who said the Millennium Tower’s troubles are unique in his six decades of experience. The problem is even evident at a distance, to a trained eye. The sidewalk is cracked, the tower’s elegant stone facing is askew. Owners have already started to file lawsuits stemming from the tower troubles.Īt the corner of Mission and Fremont streets, signs that the tower is in trouble are everywhere. It could ultimately sink nearly three feet, according to a study commissioned on behalf of condominium owners, who include the likes of 49ers legend Joe Montana. had sunk some ten inches soon after it was completed and is now leaning to the north and west. The 58-story Millennium was the heaviest and tallest concrete building on the West Coast when completed in 2009. The now leaning and sinking Millennium Tower’s troubles may have been avoided had the city building officials heeded experts’ warnings that helped doom a similar project that was deemed at risk of sinking dramatically on Bay mud, an NBC Bay Area News investigation shows.
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