The Weekly Dirt: Implosion of Mandarin Hotel on Brickell Key closes a chapter in Miami

A team of engineers, contractors and construction workers imploded the former Mandarin Hotel in Miami on Sunday morning.  The demolition by explosives of the iconic Brickell Key property is reflective of the city’s new development market, where developers are working on dozens of new, glossy luxury condo towers that are replacing shorter, mostly older buildings that previously left a mark on the skyline and housed year-round residents.  Implosions these days are pretty rare. It’s also somewhat uncommon for such a young building (nearly 26 years old, younger than me!) to be torn down. The Mandarin, designed by the former architecture […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.