Miami’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel Brought Down in Dramatic Implosion

52 articles · Updated · CNN · Apr 12

The 23-story Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Miami’s Brickell Key was demolished in a controlled implosion on Sunday morning.
The implosion, completed in under 20 seconds, was Miami’s largest in over a decade and followed nearly two years of planning.
The site will be redeveloped into two luxury towers, with residences and a new hotel, targeted for completion by 2030.

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