The ultimate McMansion could become ultimate flop house or homeless haven
PERSPECTIVE
The Hat Mansion is turning into a Rorschach test for Manteca.
People are seeing possibilities for it that just are not there.
The Mansion so-named as it was the dream creation of grape broker Michael Hat is a community issue today because Richland Communities wants to develop the184-acre vineyard “estate” into housing.
Well, that isn’t exactly the entire reason. Richland Communities apparently has a potential buyer for the 30,000-square-foot King of the McMansions. If not they certainly wouldn’t want to entertain the thought of leaving it standing and becoming an expensive white elephant on their corporate ledger if no one steps up to buy it.