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ADA Guidelines Pinching Small Property Owners, Says New BOMA Chief

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-The 15-year-old federal law to assist disabled visitors to office buildings, attractions and restaurants is continually open to new interpretation, frustrating owners who are forced to update assets, often at exhorbitant costs, D.K. Mink, president of Mink & Mink, tells GlobeSt.com.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on November 24, 2000

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-Owners of small commercial properties are frustrated by continually new interpretations and mandates of the federal government’s 15-year-old Americans with Disabilities Act, D.K. Mink, the newly-elected president of the Building Owners and Managers Association of South Florida, tells GlobeSt.com.

There is no guarantee that expensive improvements made today will be allowed to stand five or 10 years from now, says Mink who is also president of Mink & Mink, a locally-based commercial real estate brokerage. “The ADA is under close scrutiny now, thanks to some recent interpretations in Tallahassee,” Mink says. Building owners and several public officials are following and watching how federal officials interpret and reinterpret the statute.

For example, “If you build a building today that is in 100% compliance, you have no guarantee that you won’t have to make substantial renovations in three to five years, just to keep up with new interpretations and/or regulations,” Mink tells GlobeSt.com. As a result, many owners are “over a barrel,” the broker says.

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