<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0WuJ9Q_11ucbaZp00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0WuJ9Q_11ucbaZp00" width="1200" height="600" >COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Ralston Towers started out as the only hotel in what was downtown Columbus before being turned into apartments. Fast-forward to now - some of their current residents say they are frustrated with the condition of the building. Back in 2023, the Ralston was extensively remodeled.The Ralston Towers, part of the history of downtown Columbus, has been through a lot of change the past decade. In 2017, a man died there due to heat-related conditions in his apartment, prompting investigations and legal action.Poor living conditions led to the the facility closing. Nearly two years ago, a new owner came in, Infinity Capital Partners, who renovated Ralston Tower as a project-based HUD Section 8 housing. How’s it going now for the most elderly that live there? They had a lot to say, but didn’t want their faces on camera.“They barely mop and it’s just filthy, dirty floors in front of the elevator anywhere there is tile.”“The elevators ain’t never working... you got senior citizens, you got handicap people.”“The roof and stuff falling down. I mean the ceiling. The plumbing ain’t right.”Disabled resident Larry Russell claims he’s missing important appointments due to the elevator not working.“I was supposed to have a colonoscopy this morning, I couldn’t even go to. I had to reschedule it.”Russell was originally on the 2nd floor with a handicap accessible apartment, which he says flooded. Now he’s on the fourth floor in a non-accessible apartment, taking sink baths.“Yeah I would love to take a shower. I try to stand up and clean myself. But it’s sort of hard but I’m not going downstairs smelling like a Billy goat.”I spoke with another resident who did not want to be identified. She says her shower was backed up for two months with raw sewage. “I went to the doctor because my throat and stuff was hurting and I was breathing funny and I said yeah I got raw sewage backed up in my tub and so he told me, ‘Uh uh, you breathe that three days you can hurt yourself that’s toxic.’”I spoke with Infinity Capital Partners Chief Investment Officer Greg Jones. He says he cares about the Ralston and is doing everything in his power to keep it up to code.“We have already placed a order to purchase a bucket list system for each stairwell - this will provide a way to get residents up and down without having to do the impossible walk.”Included below is the full phone call with Jones on the topic of the Ralston.When I was at this facility, the elevators were back working. </div></body>

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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Ralston Towers started out as the only hotel in what was downtown Columbus before being turned into apartments. Fast-forward to now - some of their current residents say they are frustrated with the condition of the building. Back in 2023, the Ralston was extensively remodeled. The...

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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Ralston Towers started out as the only hotel in what was downtown Columbus before being turned into apartments. Fast-forward to now 

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