The Town Commission in Surfside, FL has approved a Dubai-based developer's plan to build a luxury condo tower on the site where an apartment building collapsed two years ago, killing 98 people.

Damac International's plan for a new tower on the site where the Champlain Towers South building collapsed got the green light by a 3-2 vote after a six-hour debate in which relatives of the victims denounced the placement of a trash loading dock next to space designated for a memorial that is planned for the people who died in the building collapse.

Damac acquired the 1.8-acre, oceanfront property for $120M in a court-ordered sale last year. The company is planning to build a 12-story building with 52 units, to be designed by Zaha Hadid Architects.