Officials reveal plans for implosion of Mandarin Oriental on Brickell Key

Officials are revealing their plans for the implosion of the Mandarin Oriental in Brickell Key to make way for a new and improved hotel.

The implosion is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Sunday, and residents on Brickell Key will have to leave the island by 7 a.m. on implosion day. 

The island will be shut down from 7:30 a.m. until roughly 1:30 p.m., depending on how soon the dust dissipates.

Residents being asked to keep doors and windows shut if they’re within 800 feet of the building.

The Mandarin Oriental opened in 2000 but is being demolished to make way for The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Miami, a two-tower ultra-luxury residential and hospitality development.

The new development will feature a 66-story South Tower with 228 private residences and a 34-story North Tower with 70 private residences, 28 turnkey Hotel Collection residences, and 121 hotel guestrooms.