It referred the problems to building operator Essex Property Trust, recommending the publicly traded apartment firm make necessary repairs to the three 16-story condo towers, parking structures and apartments. Cement fastenings to handrails along walkways and on private balconies also were deteriorated, creating a safety hazard, the report said. The Marina City Club report found cracks in walls and cement, signs of water intrusion in parking garages, “spalling” and crumbling concrete and water-damaged rooftop decks.

Ninety-eight residents and guests died in the predawn tragedy, most while asleep in their beds. Los Angeles County officials ordered the structural engineering study last summer after residents expressed concern the 48-year-old Marina City Club faced the same fate as South Florida’s Champlain Towers South, which collapsed in June following years of unheeded reports showing the building needed urgent repairs. Marina del Rey’s iconic high-rise condo towers are in significant need of repairs to fix deteriorating cement, exposed and corroded reinforcement bars and damaged waterproofing on rooftop decks but are otherwise structurally sound, a county-mandated engineering report concluded.