Demolition is underway at the former Macy's site at Oviedo Mall in Seminole County, Florida, clearing room for a $125 million project to build 400 high-end, market-rate apartments on the 95-acre property. A second phase would add more than 300 units and possibly a hotel, with construction expected to start next year and leasing targeted for early 2028.
Crews began tearing down the 1908 Roeder School on Dupont Avenue in Bellingham this week. Bellingham Public Schools sold the site to 4th Corner Commons, which plans 42 one- and two-bedroom cohousing units around a shared courtyard; seismic retrofit costs made preserving the building unfeasible. Facing bricks are being salvaged for landscaping, and trees will be milled into bowls. Demolition should finish by year's end, with new construction starting March 2027.
Crews began demolishing the 20-unit Randolph Terrace Apartments on Randolph Avenue in St. Paul Tuesday, a day after a fire collapsed the roof and multiple floors, rendering the century-old building structurally unsound. St. Paul Deputy Fire Chief Steve Holmes said the teardown should take about eight hours, with debris left on site roughly two weeks for hazardous material testing before landfill disposal. Randolph Avenue is closed between Fairview Avenue and Howell Street during the work. The fire's cause remains under investigation.
Crews are tearing down the former U.S. Bank parking ramp at 120 West Michigan Street in Duluth, Minnesota, closed since 2019 over structural concerns. The property owners are funding the demolition without public money, Mayor Roger Reinert said. The ramp's removal follows Duluth's 2022 Downtown Task Force call to finalize demolition plans for it and the Shoppers Auto Park ramp.
The 224-foot Headhouse at the former Pillsbury Mills site in Springfield, Illinois, began demolition Oct. 29, the tallest building ever torn down in the city. Built in 1929, it once moved wheat vertically for grading and storage. Crews will separate metal for recycling and crush concrete on site, with Moving Pillsbury Forward estimating over 95% reused.
Demolition has started at 436 Ena Road in Waikīkī, an eight-story vacant building and parking structure on city-owned land, to clear the site for future affordable housing. Contractor R.H.S. Lee Inc. will begin structural demolition the week of Nov. 2, using Husqvarna remotely operated robots that climb elevator shafts to dismantle the structure from the roof down, since the confined site has no room for large trucks or cranes. Work is expected to continue through February 2027, with safety fencing in place throughout and the redevelopment partnership now set for rebidding.
Demolition has started at West Park Shopping Plaza, 1157 Park Ave. West in Mansfield, Ohio. R&D Excavating of Crestline holds the nearly $887,000 contract, funded by a $1 million Ohio Department of Development grant. Crews found more asbestos-containing material than expected, prompting a $59,161.92 change order for Erie Environmental's removal work. Work is expected to finish by end of May 2027, with no redevelopment plan finalized.
Crews in Pittsburgh's Carrick neighborhood began tearing down the seven-building Berg Place housing complex on Brownsville Road Tuesday, after more than a decade of vacancy and condemnation. The Urban Redevelopment Authority owns the site, which will be redeveloped with CHN Housing Partners and Amani Christian CDC into a 52-unit affordable housing development for seniors.
Spirtas Wrecking Co. is using a wrecking ball to take down the remaining floors of the north tower at the former Millennium Hotel site in downtown St. Louis, which once housed the rotating Top of the Riverfront restaurant on its 28th floor. The north tower is expected to come down by the end of this year. Crews will continue clearing debris from the 4.2-acre site through the end of 2027 ahead of the site's next phase.
Demolition has begun at the Ballston One office building at 4601 Fairfax Drive in Arlington, Virginia. Developer Penzance plans a seven-story, 328-unit apartment building on the site after buying the tower for $25 million in summer 2023 and winning County Board approval in July 2025. The former Holiday Inn next door has already been razed for a separate 475-unit project.
Johns Hopkins University has started demolition work on two Baltimore properties. Asbestos Specialist Inc. of Linthicum Heights began asbestos removal at the 16-story, 47-unit Dell House at 2850 N. Charles St. on Oct. 19, with completion expected by Feb. 28, 2027, and demolition to follow. Separately, demolition of the former Homewood Early Learning Center at 200 Wyman Park Drive began Oct. 23 to make way for a Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Institute building, targeted for 2029.
Structural demolition has started on the 233,000-square-foot former Kent Community Hospital at 750 Fuller Ave. NE in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Erhardt Construction Superintendent Sam Dells said Monday. Interior asbestos abatement, called more extensive than expected, preceded the teardown. Kent County plans a four-story, 120,000-square-foot administrative building there, tentatively priced at $126 million, construction possibly starting next spring.