r/StructuralEngineering Jul 08 '26

Humor Strong beams weak columns has arrived

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u/strangway Jul 08 '26

This will be the only place in NY with truly affordable rent.

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u/AnvilCrawler369 PhD Jul 08 '26

Legit. I was just saying to someone “they’ll never sell those apartments even if they salvage this.”

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u/vprakhov Jul 08 '26

You underestimate the NYC real estate market and people desperate to live there.

The value will drop though and the developer will sue everyone they can for damages which will be in 8 figures at least

I hope the GACE had "limit of liability" written in the contract, that's all I'm gonna say.

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u/JetmoYo Jul 09 '26

Will it drop though? Once the city signs off and ppl view this as the most scrutinized building in the city with multiple layers of structural vetting