{"id":229425,"date":"2026-04-13T07:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229425\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:41:35","slug":"going-going-gone-23-story-hotel-in-miami-demolished-in-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229425\/","title":{"rendered":"Going, going, gone: 23-story hotel in Miami demolished in seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hotel on Brickell Key was demolished Sunday in a controlled implosion to make way for something even bigger, according to developers. <\/p>\n<p>MIAMI \u2014 A 23-story hotel in Miami was brought to the ground in under 20 seconds during a controlled implosion Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spectators lined the waterfront across the bay at a safe distance to watch the planned demolition of the former Mandarin Oriental.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a481ec7b-1d95-483f-9d6a-33de6afbfdc9_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/c3843a10-ce23-4cd0-9caa-169defd76a8c_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The hotel first opened 25 years ago on Brickell Key, which is a human-made island at the mouth of the Miami River.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Swire Properties, the demolition will make way for the groundbreaking of The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Miami, a two-tower ultraluxury hotel and residential development scheduled for completion in 2030.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/effaa95f-3231-4b58-8815-3f2a4ba6d196_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The operation follows nearly two years of planning and coordination with specialized contractors and the city, developers said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Implosion was selected as the safest and most efficient method to maintain the project timeline while minimizing disruption and ensuring the safety of the Brickell Key community.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e6eec865-8d6b-4296-9630-c44c6cec9303_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fd67c4b4-78c0-4f4e-9220-504afe36bcec_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hotel on Brickell Key was demolished Sunday in a controlled implosion to make way for something even&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-229425","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\/229425","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=229425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}