ORLANDO, Fla. — Thursday marks one week since more than 350 residents had to be evacuated from The Rialto apartment building on Sand Lake Road due to structural instability concerns.
On Wednesday, March 25, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of one of the tenants, Adriana Swissa, against the two companies that own the building, Northland Rialto, LLC. and Northland Investment Corp., a Massachusetts-based real estate private equity firm.
“The main problem is, and it’s very clear, under Florida law, they did not provide a safe, inhabitable home to these folks… We did the work on Champlain Towers and represented several families there. So, when we heard about this problem, we heard that 911 call, we had similar feelings like, this has got to stop,” Bryson, Harris, Suciu & DeMay, PLLC trial lawyer Patrick Montoya said…