Revere Board of Health votes to condemn apartment building with history of safety issues Boston 25 News [Video]

REVERE, Mass. — Revere’s Board of Health voted to condemn one building of the Water’s Edge apartment complex Thursday night.

People living in the building at 364 Ocean Avenue will now have to find a new place to live. According to the city inspector, the building isn’t safe to live in due to mold and fire risk issues.

“I’m not a mold expert, but I know what mold looks like when it grows on ceiling tiles after they’ve been wet and dried from leaks in the building,” Revere Deputy Fire Chief Paul Cheever said at the town meeting. “Ownership has a tendency to take down the tiles, spray painting them and putting them back up.”

In 2022, parts of the building were flooded after a fire and damaged the fire panel.

The fire department said nothing has been done to fix that.

David Frye, an attorney representing Water’s Edge Limited …