Heavy equipment moved into place Friday morning and crews began what will likely be a weekslong process to tear down the RISE Doro apartment building. A crane began tearing off parts of the top corner of the building before 6:30 a.m. Friday but then work abruptly stopped.

Crews are setting up equipment and preparing to tear down the Rise Doro apartment building following a massive fire that sparked Sunday night and was still smoldering Wednesday.

It will cost an estimated $1 million to demolish the 80-foot-tall RISE Doro apartment building after a devastating fire left it unsafe and at risk of collapse.

Crews will begin tearing down the Morocco Shrine Center along St. Johns Bluff Road on Wednesday to make way for apartments, shopping and a hotel.

Jacksonville Landing demolition continuesPublished: November 29, 2019, 6:35 pmThere hasn't been an announcement of what is going to be done at the landing.