A team of mechanical, architectural and environmental engineers, geoscientists, and geoinformation specialists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and Germany has found that many of the tall,

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Almost three dozen high-rise condos and luxury hotels along the beach in South Florida are sinking or settling in unexpected ways, in some cases because of nearby construction, according to a new study.

Miami’s barrier islands are home to swathes of tall luxury buildings, and, according to a study recently published in Earth and Space Science, about three dozen are sinking.

FOX 13's Kylie Jones reports on a study out of the University of Miami that shows some high-rise buildings along Florida's East Coast experienced what they are calling 'unexpected settling.'