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mrdominoe Apr 13, 2026 +138

"People successfully do job"

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tractiontiresadvised Apr 14, 2026 +27

I mean, that's not necessarily a trivial bar to clear these days....

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carlosos Apr 13, 2026 +33

I'm surprised that a 25 year old building was demolished. That land must be worth a lot to be worth demolishing a building that isn't really that old.

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Nextasy Apr 14, 2026 +18

20-25 years is often when the first big ticket items in the building start to go. Plenty was probably fine with the building, but that's the timeframe when the owners start needing to pour additional money into it to keep it going. Often ends up sold right before this time. Start pouring in a bit of money to keep what you've got, or leverage other properties to pour in a lot and increase your portfolio value. Happens not infrequently, despite the fact that most of the stuff in these buildings is ok. Weird quirk of the way our real estate economy works. Also terrible for the environment

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drumbanger91 Apr 15, 2026 +3

I’ve heard that time period had many Miami buildings built on cocaine money and lax inspections. Doesn’t help the entire area is a swamp they built high rises onto

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Arboreal_Web Apr 16, 2026 +3

> the entire area is a swamp they built high rises onto Hey now, that’s unfair. The Miami beaches are perpetually-eroding sandbars they built high rises onto. Maybe it just got too expensive to keep trucking in replacement sand? Who knows. The entire state sits on a shelf of limestone that’s basically swiss cheese at this point. Insurance companies love it there!

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AuroraFinem Apr 16, 2026

Insurance companies hate it there actually, it’s very hard to get insurance in Florida, it costs a fortune and covers very little. Insurance companies only profit if wide-spread events are few and far between. When you have hurricanes that come in and cause billions in damages almost every year, you can’t charge high enough premiums to cover the costs. Same reason California had to start offering their own insurance because of forest fires when some people weren’t able to find insurance providers. Edit: house insurance, I’m sure the medical insurance companies absolutely love it.

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Arboreal_Web Apr 16, 2026 +4

Didn’t think I needed to add the /s after such a statement. Smh.

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BluesFan43 Apr 15, 2026 +3

A little bit of corrosion damage could go a long way to making a rebuild the best option

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maxxspeed57 Apr 14, 2026 +1

Also, the sand we use for concrete is finite and dwindling. In some areas of the world, sand pirates are a thing.

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aoerden Apr 15, 2026 +1

The spice must flow

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m1sterlurk Apr 15, 2026 +1

After that condo building collapsed in the middle of the night with people living in it a few years ago, they're probably eager to get rid of any other buildings that might do that trick too.

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wiltors42 Apr 13, 2026 +36

Yeah, they’ll do that…

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nulsec123 Apr 13, 2026 +47

Construction crew successfully pours concrete in Bayonne New Jersey.

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freedfg Apr 13, 2026 +19

Now that's an unbelievable headline. Concrete doesn't get successfully poured in new jersey, they put up rebar and leave it for a couple of years.

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redditallreddy Apr 13, 2026 +5

Well, even if there is a mafia hit involved?

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IvoShandor Apr 13, 2026 +13

25 years is now the useful life of a building in Miami. Like a refrigerator I guess. My car is older than that.

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IllEchidna8313 Apr 13, 2026 +15

Gender reveal parties are getting out of control

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Snakend Apr 13, 2026 +3

The implosion lasted seconds. This was hundreds of hours of work and research to bring this down.

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arrgobon32 Apr 13, 2026 +7

That’s the point, no? I’d be more surprised if the demolition took longer than a few seconds

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Fallouttgrrl Apr 14, 2026 +5

Our country is going on a few years now

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MakingItElsewhere Apr 14, 2026 +5

Damn, not the hotel I had to stay at for work, where giant cracks could be seen on the exterior AND interior walls, and at night they'd pop REALLY loudly as things cooled off.

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mediocre_remnants Apr 13, 2026 +2

I kinda wish it was less controlled and just made a huge mess everywhere. As long as everyone was safe. I'm just kind of sick of reading news about politics and war, give me a good ol' fashioned failed building implosion to read about.

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thejayroh Apr 13, 2026 +2

A building that massive only lasted 25 years? I figured it would be at least twice that age.

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Zardotab Apr 13, 2026 +2

Insert 'Lago jokes here.

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IMGcertified Apr 14, 2026 +1

Looks like 9/11 without the planes?

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one-piecesuit Apr 15, 2026 +1

A very confusing gender reveal.

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Richard-Gere-Museum Apr 18, 2026 +1

In their defense, it's Florida. So being able to do it correctly, and not have Ron "new boot goofin" Desantis get all involved and f****** it up, is a notable thing.

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fxkatt Apr 13, 2026 +1

>*A hotel at one of Miami's most exclusive locations was demolished to make way for something even bigger.* It's always either something bigger or richer. But this "controlled demolition," now where have I heard that before.

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tractiontiresadvised Apr 14, 2026 +1

> "controlled demolition," now where have I heard that before When the [Kingdome](https://www.cdrecycler.com/news/controlled-demolition-inc-kingdome-implosion/) in Seattle was demolished? (Or perhaps some other [large sports stadium](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X7hWcctXLw) which was considered to be outdated?)

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freedfg Apr 13, 2026 +1

You know what. Just for shits and giggles. Nope. Clearly a plane did it.

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furrysalesman69 Apr 14, 2026 +1

The sign of things to come, the fake gold is on its way out.

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JD-Moose Apr 14, 2026 +3

This joke didn't land as well as you thought, went down quicker than both towers.

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Controlled demolition brings down luxury Miami hotel in seconds

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