{"id":228268,"date":"2026-04-12T05:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228268\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T05:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:07:15","slug":"end-of-an-era-23-story-mandarin-oriental-miami-on-brickell-key-to-be-imploded-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228268\/","title":{"rendered":"End of an Era: 23-Story Mandarin Oriental Miami on Brickell Key to be imploded Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former Mandarin Oriental Miami \u2014 a landmark that has anchored the southern tip of Brickell Key for more than 25 years \u2014will be reduced to rubble in a matter of seconds on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The controlled demolition of the 23-story hotel and its adjacent parking structure is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and will be the  the largest implosion Miami has seen in over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Miami police said the Brickell Key Bridge will be closed to traffic and pedestrians from 7:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Sunday. It is expected to be reopened by 1:30 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mandarin Oriental\u2019s implosion marks a major milestone in the redevelopment of the area and paves the way for the next era of Brickell Key,\u201d Swire Properties, Inc., officials said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Miami-based <a href=\"https:\/\/swirepropertiesusa.com\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Swire Properties<\/a>, Inc., is a leading developer of urban office, hotel, and condominium properties in South Florida. The firm <\/p>\n<p>The dust from the implosion will literally clear the path for The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Miami, a massive two-tower ultra-luxury development. The ambitious project, designed by global architecture firm KPF, is scheduled for completion in 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The developer described the move as a transition into a &#8220;next-generation&#8221; era of hospitality and residential living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Mandarin Oriental Miami \u2014 a landmark that has anchored the southern tip of Brickell Key for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-228268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}