Photo: TheHollywoodFix.net/BACKGRID. Inset: Allen Berezovsky/Getty
Mohamed Hadid’s controversial Bel-Air mansion is being demolished.
Photos taken this week show the beginnings of the process of dismantling the illegally constructed 30,000-square-foot behemoth, following a judge’s 2019 ruling the cliffside structure was a “danger to the public.”
The 73-year-old real estate developer and father of supermodelsGigiandBellapurchased the property in 2011 and gained approval to build a smaller house on the site. Instead, he began illegally constructing a 30,000-square-foot mansion without the correct permits, according toDirt.
In 2017, he plead no contest to criminal charges and was ordered to do 200 hours of community service and pay $3,000 in fines as well as other hefty fees, theLos Angeles Timesreported.
TheHollywoodFix.net/BACKGRID
At the time, Hadid was also ordered to organize aplanto help “stabilize” the hillside on which the property was built after neighbors expressed concern that the size of the mansion was posing a possible danger.
He was laterhitwith a civil lawsuitfrom multiple neighbors in 2018 for not sticking to the terms of that deal. The neighbors were eventually awarded nearly $3 million.
In 2019, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Craig D. Karlan ordered the mansion to be demolished, detailing that the structure put his neighbors at “legitimate risk of suffering damage and harm to their homes.”
WATCH THIS:Jeff LewisLists $5 Million Sherman Oaks Compound He Shared With Ex Gage Edward — See Inside!
The property wassold at auction in December 2021 for $5 millionto developer Sahara Construction Co., which agreed to pay to have the home demolished within nine months of the sale.
Sahara Construction reportedly revealed to theDaily Mailthis week that it will not be able to use a wrecking ball to destroy the property because of its size. The company also told the outlet they were only given 60 days to complete the project.
Nash toldForbesin December, “The sale signifies a new era for this infamous property, the future development of which will restore value and pedigree to one of L.A.’s premier residential locations.”
source: people.com
