the previous headquarters, one herald plaza, were located on a plot in biscayne bay, miami. this facility opened in march 1963. in 2011 the genting group, a malaysian company, offered to pay the miami herald media company $236million for the current headquarters property. the company began scouting for a new headquarters location after finalizing the sale. the then president and publisher of the media company, david landsberg, stated that it was not necessary at that point to be located in the city center, and remaining there would be too expensive. the newspaper moved to its current doral headquarters in may 2013. on april 28, 2014, demolition began on the building on biscayne bay between the macarthur and venetian causeways.