Inside Mohamed Hadid’s unfinished Bel Air mansion as it’s torn down

It was supposed to ‘last forever’ in the words of the man who built it, Palestinian-American tycoon Mohamed Hadid.

But instead, the mega-mansion in the ritzy Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles – which he planned to sell for $100million – now lies in ruins, with a demolition crew and mechanical excavator tearing down its walls.

In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, the 73-year-old developer – father of supermodels Bella and Gigi Hadid and star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – said Thursday that he’s not sad to see the house he envisaged as a monument to luxury and elegance reduced to a pile of rubble.

‘I’ve moved on with my life – that’s all behind me now,’ he said. ‘I wish the people who bought it well and I wish them well with whatever they build there in its place.

‘I have other projects I am involved with now.’ Real estate developer Mohamed Hadid’s hopes to sell his 30,000 square-foot Bel Air mansion for $100m… – Provided by Daily Mail

The staircase that would have been elaborately decorated instead is now splintered and crumbling – Provided by Daily Mail

Real estate developer Mohamed Hadid’s hopes to sell his 30,000 square-foot Bel Air mansion for $100million were dashed for good after demolition crews began tearing the property down earlier this week

While he may have put the mammoth house on Strada Vecchia Road in his rearview mirror, he’s not finished with Joe Horacek, the 80 year-old neighbor who sued him – and feuded bitterly with him – over the mansion that dominates the Bel Air skyline.

‘I will continue to fight him – I’m not going to stop. I’m going to file a new lawsuit against Joe Horacek for malicious prosecution and lies – and I will win,’ vowed Hadid.

He said he bears no malice toward John and Judith Bedrosian – the elderly neighbors who also sued him – nor the judge who more than two years ago ordered the illegally-built mansion to be torn down, saying it was a ‘clear and present danger’ to the community it towers over.

‘The Bedrosians really didn’t know anything about anything – they were duped by Joe Horacek into joining the lawsuit against me,’ he added

‘And the judge was duped by Horacek into ordering my house to be torn down, before there was even a trial in the case.’ Before: Hadid had shared his vision for the home during its construction on social media with photos… – Provided by Daily Mail

Plans for the house included an elaborate Turkish bath, complete with ornate wood carvings, colorful… – Provided by Daily Mail The inevitable court battle over the home took place over six weeks last year and ended with Horacek and his wife Bibi and the Bedrosians being awarded a combined total of $2.9million in damages – less than a third of what the neighbors estimated they spent on legal fees fighting Hadid in court.

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