All owners and tenants at the beleaguered Opal Tower in Olympic Park have been cleared to return home, a year after cracking-prompted evacuations
All Opal Tower residents have been cleared to return to the Sydney apartment building which was evacuated almost 12 months ago afterBuilder Icon on Wednesday confirmed all 392 apartments at the Olympic Park complex had been returned to residents who were evacuated last Christmas Eve over fears the building could collapse.
Icon said rectification work on the building had cost more than $13 million, while relocation expenses for owners and tenants had cost $11 million. The company has spent about $31 million repairing the building.Additional enhancement works - including on shared hallways and the building's external facade - would not be completed until March.
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