Something... and Half of Something

I can't remember the name of that shopping center down south that was falling apart, chunks of concrete were falling out of it, it was near dadeland.

And all that shoddy building they did in delvista towers, did they ever settle those lawsuits?

Look for the union label is right, so you know what south florida construction to avoid.

I remember spending summers years ago at the Caribbean Hotel, just down the street and thinking how incredible it would have been able to stay at the Fountainbleau instead. It was classy and gorgeous.

Ah, those were the days.

Having worked both sides of that chasm I just chuckle, over 20 years of "construction" projects representing the client, having to finish projects started and left incomplete, not one 'turn key' completion in all those years for two major corporations. The union always dogged it off at 60% then 80% completion leveraging for more money, might as well run them off the project because that is the point the sabotaging for more funds begins.
I'm reminded of two local "Union" jobs, both are in the city where my daughter lives. One commercial building was supposed to have a 30 foot setback from the street edge with parking in back, instead it was built, to the street edge of the sidewalk, on the corner of a busy intersection, it has a second story office complex that juts out over the street, a hazard to trucks and pedestrians, both the city engineers and the Union contractors screwed the pooch on this one, it has been under construction for over two years and is far from finished, the unknown on this project is 'who is the client? It appears to be a lease-rental property, likely some council member's inside project.
Four blocks North on the same street, Gestapo headquarters has been 3 years into the making and way over budget on their tribute to themselves, steel going into the sky with cranes and other equipment just setting, Idled all last summer, some brief work before the new year and now nothing is progressing. This was prosperous private business property prior to being appropriated by city council under 'eminent domain' everything that had been there was razed.
There doesn't seem to be a plan, a budget or any oversight, the only criteria beyond taxes is 'Union Made". You can't get better advertising than that. Their organization signs are proudly displayed at both sites. Latest discussions indicate it may become a library, that way the county can pick up the tab.