The apartments inside 2100 Memorial are “quite hale and hearty,” a reader tells Swamplot — and were not individually affected by the flooding that caused enough damage to the building’s fire-safety systems to trigger a 5-day move-out notice to all tenants in the 14-story structure. That notice was issued Monday night to all 188 residents of the tax-credit elderly housing facility; prior to that, construction crews and volunteers had worked to mitigate the damage and help residents left for days without water and without easy transportation between floors. Above: a view of the first-floor hallway, lined with plywood. In the building’s computer room, the removal of wood paneling revealed wallpaper left over from the building’s days as a Holiday Inn:
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Here’s a view of a hallway on one of the upper floors:
- Senior residents at 2100 Memorial meet with attorney [KHOU]
- Previously on Swamplot:Â Residents of 2100 Memorial Senior Highrise Now Have 5 Days To Move Out of Their ‘Uninhabitable’ Apartments
Photos: Realtor.com (building); Swamplot inbox (all others)
Does anyone know much about a trend turning hotels into senior living?
In rapid time?
Maybe affiliated with “A Place for Mom”?
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My folks were evacuated from south FL ahead of Irma. All’s cool but the senior living place they evacuated to was a Wyndham a couple months ago. And when I tried to contact the place to get info to send a package, I was redirected to A Place For Mom and received a VM from them in less that 2 minutes!
This is an awesomely responsive business model, senior living being a growth industry, but it seems flimsy somehow.