Demolition News

Seaside Heights today will begin demolishing a rusting four-story steel framework that for more than a decade has thumbed its nose at the wild and woolly shore resort’s effort to remake itself as a more upscale destination for tourists and year-round residents, the mayor said. The Borough Council is scheduled to hold a special meeting […]

The old Northwood Centre will be bulldozed to make way for a new police department headquarters. The old Northwood Centre is being bulldozed starting today, and the location between North Monroe Street and Tharpe Street is being readied for redevelopment. The space once housed Tallahassee’s first indoor mall. More recently, it was used by state […]

Firefighters rescued two workers from the debris in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon. The ceiling and the walls collapsed on workers during a building demolition. Two workers at a Brooklyn construction site were trapped for over an hour Friday afternoon after a partial collapse of the building brought the roof down, fire officials said. The two-story […]

BILLINGS — The Lazy KT Motel in downtown Billings will be demolished, after the Billings City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve the property owner’s ask of the Billings Industrial Revitalization District to foot the bill. After the Council approval, the Billings Industrial Revitalization District (BIRD) will pay $98,776 for a pre-demolition inspection, asbestos abatement, […]

SEATTLE — A Seattle Fire spokesman said a construction crew was demolishing a building at Third Avenue and Columbia Street when a wall began to overhang onto Third Avenue and was inching toward power lines used by King County Metro Transit around 3:30 p.m. The Seattle Department of Transportation closed Third Avenue between Columbia Street […]

Fort Myers Beach Helmerich Plaza, formerly home to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Outreach Center, a discount liquor store, bike rental store and about 100 parking spaces, has closed and is to be demolished for Margaritaville. / Photo by Nathan Mayberg Properties from the Pierview Hotel to Helmerich Plaza on Estero Boulevard could begin being […]

PARADISE VALLEY, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Demolition of the Paradise Valley mall is underway following approval and support from the community and the City of Phoenix. The first phase of the demo includes Sears, Macy’s, and other portions of the mall. The tearing down and redevelopment of the mall will result in mixed-use development, including […]

Search resuming after rest of Surfside condo building demolished Rescuers were given the go-ahead to resume the search for victims of the Surfside, Florida, building collapse after the remaining portion was pulled down in a controlled demolition Sunday night. Details: Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told AP the operation went “exactly as planned” about […]

SURFSIDE, Fla. – Rescue crews made way for demolition teams at the site of a collapsed South Florida condo building as officials shifted their focus to bringing down the unstable remainder of the structure ahead of a tropical storm. The search and rescue mission was suspended Saturday afternoon so workers could begin the precarious business […]

The first phase of Demolition of Perkins Homes by the Berg Corporation has begun, at 264 Spring Court. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun) 1 / 12 Dust rose from the debris of Perkins Homes in East Baltimore as demolition began Thursday on one of the affordable housing development’s six remaining buildings, the latest step in the city’s […]