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A luxury high-rise in San Francisco is sinking even deeper, pausing a $100 million engineering plan to fix it

August 27, 2021

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Since its opening in 2009, the $350 million Millennium Tower in San Francisco has sunk 17 inches and tilted another 14 inches to the northwest.

Following years of legal battles, the developers launched a $100 million engineering plan to fix the building’s corrupted foundation. So far, it’s not working.

Construction on the tower paused this week after engineers determined the building had sunk another inch despite attempts to strengthen the foundation.

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