Sinking feeling: San Francisco’s Millennium Tower is still leaning 3in every year

The 58-story luxury condominium building continues sinking despite a $100m plan to reinforce its foundation to prevent tilting

San Francisco's infamous Millennium Tower - a luxury condominium where star athletes and retired Google employees bought multimillion dollar apartments before they realized it was sinking - is continuing to sink and tilt to the side by about about 3in (7.5 cm) per year, according to the engineer responsible for fixing the troubled building.

In a few years, if the tilting continues at the current rate, the 58-story luxury building could reach the point where the elevators and plumbing may no longer operate, said Ron Hamburger, the engineer.