An opinion filed June 24 by the First District Court of Appeal sends an important message to new communities with a prolonged build-out of multiple buildings, each with their own condominium association that is overseen by a master association.

The appellate court overturned the lower court’s decision and ruled that the five-year statute of limitations had expired for the condominium association to challenge an amendment by the developer, which still maintained control of the master association as construction on the last of the six towers in the community remained unfinished.