Roets Jordan Brewery Hit By Landslide In Jordan, MN

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From BizJournals:

The Roets family had just signed a lease for the brewery and was in the final stages of getting government approval when disaster struck on June 19. After days of heavy rain, the saturated hillside collapsed and sent a wave of mud and uprooted trees into the brewery below. The sudden deluge poured into the apartment units on the top floor.
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"My son was directly underneath it and he said it sounded like someone dropped a box of Christmas ornaments. There was five tons of crap coming down over his head and he barely heard it because the walls are so thick," Roets said.

Structural engineers surveyed the site last week and concluded the building was sound but that the hillside was likely still a hazard. Another team of seismic engineers will tour the property and make a recommendation this week, but odds are remediating the hill will cost over $1 million, Roets said.

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