The building was constructed between 2011 and 2012 as Hatay Province's first luxury apartment complex, and was the home of many well-off residents of Antakya.

It has been noted that the structure of the building was strong and that it did not collapse but rather was pushed over by the earthquake as Dr. Ahmet Ercan puts it.

Geophysics Professor Ahmet Ercan said that the foundation of the building likely was not as deep as it should have been to prevent its collapse, saying that it appears to be about 3 metres when it should probably have been about 10.

[1][7] Mehmet Yaşar Coşkun, who was chairman of the Board of Antis Yapı at the time of the development, said that this project will "create an area where all kinds of social activities can take place".

[1] The need for parking which is solved inside allows the area around the building to be free for activities to take place.

[7][8] The first step of the foundation was laid in a ceremony attended by Hatay MP Sadullah Ergin, Hatay governor H. Celalettin Lekesiz, mayor Lütfü Savaş, chief constable Ragıp Kılıç and mayor of Ekinci municipality Seyfettin Yeral.

[10] The licence for the building was granted by the Ekinciler Belde Municipality in 2012 according to Lütfü Savaş.

[16] Dr. Ahmet Ercan, a professor of geophysics, explained on Turkish television news that the problem wasn't a lack of quality in the concrete, but rather that the foundation was not deep enough, and the shockwaves of the first earthquake arrived into Antakya with a much more amplified magnitude than they were nearer to the epicenter.

[18][19] Lütfü Savaş, mayor of Hatay Province, said that the building was a project conducted under normal conditions and was very likely constructed properly up to the earthquake standards.

[20] Ercan said that by the time the shockwave of the earthquake reached Antakya, it had increased instead of reducing in magnitude, so much so that it was equal but opposite to gravity.

This caused buildings, even if they had strong and stable structures to experience a force that threw them up into the air from the base up and then pushed them sideways, of which Rönesans Rezidans is an example.

However, he suggested that the builders should have made use of a friction piles system, which would have increased the price of the whole project by about 10%.

One resident, Zekiye Barutçu Yiğitbaşı, claimed that by 2022, the foundation had shifted and cracks began to appear in the corridor, and that her complaints to the landlord were met with ridicule.

[32][33] Atsu is believed to have been on the 9th floor when the building collapsed,[34] his body was found by 18 February confirming that he had died.

[36] Handball player Cemal Kütahya along with his wife and kids,[37] and educator Hülya Aydın have also been reported missing in the wreckage.

[42] Hungarian Firefighter Lieutenant Colonel Dániel Mukics personally rescued a resident named Selma from the wreckage at the 47th hour.

[43] A team of 75 Turkish coal miners removed 40 survivors from the wreckage in the 7 consecutive days that they were at the scene.