MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The city stepped in to fix the elevators inside the Serenity Towers high-rise, where 150 tenants, the majority senior or disabled, call home.
You, the taxpayer, paid a nearly $12,000 tab to make it possible to get the elevators up and running after they were down for days.
At times, first responders were even called in to assist with getting tenants down to the first floor. Now it’s unclear if or when the owners of Serenity will even pay the city back.
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Millennia’s attorney Geoffrey Gaia was seated in court on Tuesday, as the court was being made aware that three of the four elevators are once again working at Serenity at Highland, commonly known as Serenity Towers.
This is great news, considering last week we learned those living in the high-rise went days with no working elevators.
However, the city’s attorney Carlissa Shaw told the court that the way the elevators once again became operational is nothing to smile about.