A Miami Beach building, on the same street where a condo collapse killed nearly 100 people last year, was evacuated this week. Officials determined the structure was unsafe. 

Melissa Berthier, Miami Beach spokesperson, at around 4 PM on Thursday said that the city planned to post an unsafe structure notice on the 14-story Port Royale building. At around 5 PM, the residents were asked to evacuate by 7 PM, the Miami Herald reported. 

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The building, a 164-unit structure at 6969 Collins Avenue, is undergoing a 50-year recertification.

In June 2021, the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside collapsed and killed 98 people. It is also on Collins Avenue, about two kilometers from Port Royale. 

The Champlain Towers collapse drew the largest non-hurricane emergency response in Florida history. 

Renovation contractor and resident Marash Markaj, who lived in the building, said the damage extends beyond a single support beam.

“I’ve seen the issues for many years,” Markaj told The Associated Press.

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“I was never able to get a response,” he added. 

The Champlain Towers South collapse focused scrutiny on the structural integrity of aging condominium towers throughout Florida, especially along its coastlines, and the state has since moved to strengthen laws requiring inspections and periodic recertification of buildings.

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Miami-Dade County had required the first recertification only after 40 years, and the Surfside building was undergoing that recertification process when it collapsed.

New state rules signed into law in May require buildings to have their first recertification after 30 years — or 25 if they are within 3 miles (5 kilometers) of the coast, and then every 10 years thereafter.