“Ultrahazardous”: Neighboring condo building sues Swire, BG over Mandarin hotel implosion 

A Brickell Key condominium association filed a lawsuit against Swire Properties and its demolition contractor over the implosion of the former Mandarin Oriental hotel and the pricey cleanup efforts the condo building had to undertake.   The St. Louis Condominium Association is suing Swire Brickell Key Hotel, Swire JadeCo and the BG Group, a construction firm.  St. Louis, a 31-story, 134-unit building at 800 Claughton Island Drive in Miami, is next to Swire’s final development site on the man-made island, where the Mandarin Oriental Hotel was imploded in April of this year. In its place, Swire is constructing a two-tower ultra […]

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