12-story apartment building to be demolished in Hollywood

400 CUBAN CHILDREN IMMIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1960s. AND IT'S NEARLY DEMLATION DAY FOR AB APARTMENT BUILDING IN HOLLYWOOD'S YOUNG CIRCLE THAT WILL MAKE WAY FOR HIGH-RISES. THE 12-STORY HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS WILL BE IMPLODED TOMORROW TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE RETAIL SHOPS AND PLANETS PLENTY OF RESTAURANTS. LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER CARLOS SUAREZ JOINS YOU LIVE WITH A PREVIEW. Reporter: LAURIE AND VICTOR, ONE BUILDING STANDS IN THE WAY FROM THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT GETTING UNDERWAY. THE TOWNHOUSE APARTMENTS WILL COME DOWN TOMORROW MORNING, AND EXPLOSIVES WON'T BE USED, INSTEAD IT WILL BE GRAVITY THAT DOES MUCH OF THE WORK. DEMOLITION DAY IS ALMOST HERE COME THIS TIME TOMORROW THE REMAINING PIECE STANDING IN THE WAY OF A HOLLYWOOD CIRCLE PROJECT WILL STAND NO MORE. THE 12-STORY TOWNHOUSE APARTMENTS ON POLK STREET WILL GIVE WAY UNDER ITS WEIGHT. THIS BUILDING IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PULLED DOWN, WHAT THEY CALL A PULL DOWN INSTEAD OF USING EXPLOSIVES TO KNOCK OUT STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, WE HAVE WEAKENED THE BUILDING STRUCTURALLY AND PUT IN TEMPORARY COLUMNS, AND AS SOON AS WE GET THE BUILDING TO WHERE WE KNOW THAT GRAVITY WILL BE ABLE TO DO ITS THING. Reporter: THE TEARDOWN MAY NOT BE AS LOUD AS THE EXPLOSIVE SIGN ABOUT IT WILL BE DUSTY. THE CITY IS WARNING RESIDENT TO STAY INDOORS AND CLOSE THEIRS WINDOWS AND YOU REALLY SHOULD AVOID IT. THE TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING IS THERE TODAY TO BASICALLY TAKE A BUILDING DOWN USING ITS WEIGHT AS ACTUALLY THE EXPLOSIVE. THE BASICALLY GRAVITY IS THE NOTHING THAT TAKES IT DOWN. Reporter: NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON US-1 WILL DETOUR ONTO HARRISON STREET AND IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTH TO TAYLOR STREET. THE ROAD CLOSURES START A 9:30 MORNING ON SATURDAY AND RUN THROUGH 10:30 IN THE MORNING ASSUMING EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE. WE'RE BULLISH ON HOLLYWOOD. WE'RE TALKING WELL OVER $150 MILLION FOR TWO HIGH-RISES ON YOUNG CIRCLE. THE BURG WILL INCLUDE 397 APARTMENTS, RETAIL, PARKING SPOTS. A BOUTIQUE SHOP IS ALSO SLATED FOR CONSTRUCTION. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILT IN THE DOWNTOWN HOLLYWOOD AREA FOR BM LUMP A DOZEN YEARS, AND WE THINK IT'S RIPE AND IT'S I. THE RIGHT TIME. Reporter: AND RIGHT AFTER THE DEMO, THE REAL WORK BEGINS. CREWS WILL HAUL AWAY DEBRIS AND CONSTRUCTION SHOULD GET UNDERWAY SOON. AGAIN, TRAFFIC IN AND AROUND YOUNG CIRCLE WILL BE SHUT DOWN AT 9:30 IN THE MORNING. THAT'S EXPECTED TO GO ON UNTIL AT LEAST 10:30 IN THE MORNING BUT THAT ALL DEPENDS ON ARE NOT LEBRON WAS ON HIS WAY EVERYTHING OUT HERE GOES ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE. LIVE TONIGHT IN HOLLYWOOD WEEK I'M CARLOS SUAREZ, LOCAL10 NEWS. VERY EXCITING, CARLOS.

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12-story apartment building to be demolished in Hollywood