Zumbiel implosion photos

On Saturday morning at 8 AM, the former Zumbiel Packaging plant in Norwood was imploded.

The implosion makes way for Xavier Square, a 20-acre mixed-use development by Xavier University and the Corporex Companies that will include:

* 120,000 square feet of office space
* 100,000 square feet of retail space
* A 90-100 room boutique hotel
* 550-600 student apartments
* 120 market-rate housing units
* A university recreation center, bookstore and health center

Though short in duration, it was pretty impressive. They just needed to hold it a little later in the day.

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Previous reading on BC:
Xavier moving forward with Hoff, Xavier Square (3/19/08)
Blume to discuss Xavier Square on Thursday (3/11/08)
Site features Xavier Square interactive map (2/14/08)