The city of Miami Beach is ordering residents of a 164-unit condo tower to evacuate the building after engineers found significant damage to a critical structural beam in the parking garage. Miami Beach spokesperson Melissa Berthier said around 4 p.m. Thursday that the city planned to post an unsafe structure notice and order residents of the Port Royale Condominium at 6969 Collins Ave., to vacate immediately. Shortly before 5 p.m., the condo board sent residents a mandatory notice to vacate the premises by 7 p.m. In a letter Thursday to Miami Beach building official Ana Salgueiro, engineers from Hialeah-based Inspection Engineers Inc., said they told the condo board that everyone in the building should “evacuate immediately.” The damaged concrete beam “might support the entire building structure,” the engineers noted, though they said that conclusion was based on visual observations and that they do not have original calculations or designs. The city’s evacuation order came just hours after city inspectors issued a violation notice at the building but refrained from ordering an evacuation. Berthier said the engineering firm had informed the city of its concerns via phone but had not yet filed a formal report. The city ordered a report to be filed within 24 hours. 🔗 You can read the full story at the link in our bio. ✍️: Aaron Leibowitz