A Florida state court judge has ordered a developer to restore a Miami waterfront condominium to a habitable state after it was gutted during a yearslong legal battle.
In a Jan. 12 order, Miami-Dade Judge Thomas Rebull sided with eight residents who sued to block the sale of the Biscayne 21 condo building, directing the defendants—Two Roads Development and its affiliated entities—to restore the apartment tower and the plaintiffs’ units “to the condition they were in at the time the complaint was filed in May 2023,” according to a court filing obtained by Realtor.com®.
Attorney Glen H. Waldman, with the law firm Armstrong Teasdale, who represents the holdout condo owners, says that engineers who recently assessed the building found that the structure remains sound and can be restored, but it is expected to cost the developer a “substantial” sum…