A woman says she reported structural concerns about the Empire Towers office building in Glen Burnie to Anne Arundel County officials in 2021 — nearly five years before the building was evacuated over safety concerns.
A complaint that appears to have been filed on July 8, 2021, through the county’s SeeClickFix, or 311, online reporting system described cracking and chipping concrete pillars in the building’s underground parking garage.
The woman said she submitted photos and requested that the county inspect the property.
“It was right after the collapse in Florida because a lot of what they were saying, I was also seeing within Empire Towers,” the woman told WJZ. “So I did report it to Anne Arundel County, and I did send them pictures.”…