ROCHESTER. Minn. – A city agency cleared 82 of the 94 units of the Rochester Towers condominium for re-occcupancy. The decision, by the Community Development Department, was based on an engineering study that recommended that only 12 units remain uncertified while correctios are made in the 15-story downtown structure. The building has been vacant since June 14, when corrosion as discovered in load-bearing columns. Corrections are expected to cost $4 million. The building, a fashionable address in the Mayo neighborhood, was built 54 years ago.
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