UCF and Pegasus Landing in Fight over Mold
Business, News — By Staff on May 8, 2010 at 5:21 pmUPDATE 5/12 2:00 PM: Our visitors asked us if Florida Pre-Paid will still apply towards rent at Pegasus Landing, and our research has led us to believe that the coverage is still up in the air.
In an email interview between UCF spokesman Grant Heston and KnightNews.com there seemed to be some uncertainty with what will happen with the coverage.
Heston said, “UCF is working with Florida Prepaid College Plan to determine how the suspension affects direct payments.”
KnightNews.com will work on getting you the answer check back for updates.
We had received a voicemail from a concerned parent about what was causing the mold and have discovered it was likely water intrusion into the walls. We are working to find the cause of the leakage will get back to you with more answers as we get them.
Just about two months after KnightNews.com’s investigative unit was first to uncover a mold infestation forced UCF student Albert Piedrahita out of his Pegasus Landing Apartment — after he was initially told to leave for “standard renovations” — the situation has come to a boiling point.
On one side is the University of Central Florida, which owns the land Pegasus Landing sits on, and announced on Friday it is suspending its affiliation ties with Pegasus Landing over the mold.
STATEMENT: Read UCF Statement
STATEMENT: Read Pegasus Landing Statement
On the other side is a company called CaPFA Capital Corp. 2000F, a Florida nonprofit corporation, which owns the apartment buildings where students live.
Caught in the middle are thousands of current UCF students, RA’s and future Knights who have leases at a property UCF promised was “affiliated” with the university.
What will this mean for students?
Students will not have RA’s patrolling or living at Pegasus Landing anymore, however, UCF police will still be on patrol.
The shuttle service will continue as normal, according to UCF.
KnightNews.com is investigating tips we’ve received from people close to the situation, regarding future developments that could come down as early as Monday. If you have a tip or angle we should investigate, e-mail us at news@knightnews.com, text our tipline at 407-5-tip-ucf, or click here to send us an anonymous tip.
While we investigate, complete statements from both sides are linked on the following page below, so you can decide who to believe.
READ UCF’s Statement
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7 Comments
I lived in the first tower ever made. I moved in fall 2005. I began to get so sick I had to move back to Nike where a worker told me that there was mold in the building. 2006 I got so sick I had to move back home and seen doctor after doctor now fighting for my life. In 20090 I tested positive for high levels of 12 toxic molds in my system. It would not be until 2011 and almost dying three times that an Immunologist concluded that it was the mold from tower one that took my life. If you or anyone you know has encountered the same, please reply
I was just looking for this info for some time. After 6 hours of continuous Googleing, at last I got it in your web site. I wonder what’s the Google’s issue that does not rank this type of informative web sites closer to the top. Usually the top websites are full of garbage.
its not only landing thats got mold… tower 2 has it also and they just paint over it. They could care less.
Thank you for following up with my concern! This is why I’m a KnightNews fan!
Since they found mold in one building are they planning on giving all the buildings a detailed inspection for mold or water intrusion?
I’m just concerned for those students living at UCF using Florida pre-paid. Florida pre-paid still covers Landing since it is university-affiliated, is it not? Does this mean that those people are out of luck and are forced to live there and now have to find a way to pay?
Students or parents with concerns can contact the Landing Assistance Network at 407-823-4663 (M-F 8am-9pm) or http://www.housing.ucf.edu