Demolition is underway at the old Broward County Courthouse – eight years after it closed.

"A lot of us aren't sorry to see it go. It's been here way too long for sure," said attorney Jim Lewis.

He worked in the building for decades. Toward the end, many complained it was plagued with mold, asbestos, and flooding.

"It outlasted its usefulness. And a lot of people were getting sick. It probably should have been closed long before it was," Lewis said.

Nine years ago, CBS News Miami spoke with an employee who said she had medical issues from the building.

"I had a rash, it was just red lesions all over my body when I was in that office," she said.

Clerk recalls sick building and memories

Clerk of Courts Brenda Forman worked in the old courthouse for years.

"It was a very sick buildi

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