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Beyonc and Jay-Zs Houses: Their Real Estate Portfolio Is Worth Hundreds of Millions
Beyonc and Jay-Zs houses are just as superlative as the ultra-talented pair. The power couple broke real estate records in 2023 with the purchase of a minimalist mansion in Malibu from art collectors William Bell Jr. and Maria Bell, paying nearly $200 million for the Tadao Andodesigned dwelling. As the Palisades fire continues to burn in the coastal city and in the neighboring Pacific Palisades, it seems that the mega mansionwhich is the most expensive home in all of California historyis still standing. Beyoncs mother, Tina Knowles, was not so lucky. In an Instagram post shared on January 9, she revealed that her own Malibu bungalow had burned to the ground. It was my favorite place, my sanctuary, my sacred Happy Place. Now it is gone, she wrote. God Bless all the brave men and women in our fire department who risked their lives in dangerous conditions.Beyonc and Jay-Zs homewhich is situated outside of the mandatory evacuation zoneis fitting for a dynamic duo whose influence is so far-reaching. In late 2024, Beyonc reprised her voiceover role as Nala in Mufasa, Barry Jenkins live action prequel to 2019s The Lion King. (The Carters daughter, Blue Ivy, made her big-screen voiceover debut in the film as lioness cub Kiara.) Earlier in the year, the singer thrilled fans with the release of her country-inflected album, Cowboy Carter, for which she took home her first country award at the Billboard Music Awards.Jay-Z, meanwhile, hasnt released new music since 2018, when he and Beyonc teamed up for their joint studio album, Everything Is Love. But that hardly means the multihyphenate has been sitting idlethe rappers Roc Nation management company has an ongoing relationship with the NFL, and will bring Kendrick Lamar to the Super Bowl stage in 2025. Currently, Jay-Z is embroiled in an ongoing lawsuit filed against him by a woman who alleges he and Sean P Diddy Combs sexually assaulted her in 2000. Immediately after the lawsuit came to light, Jay-Z issued a statement denying the allegations.The two music moguls share 56 Grammys between them and a combined net worth of $3 billion. Their drive and work ethic have earned them, among those other wins, birthday getaways in the South of France and at a luxury French Polynesian resort on Marlon Brandos private island. The pair began building their own joint real estate empire in 2008, the same year that they married. In the years since, they have owned and sold homes in New York City, Miami Beach, New Orleans, the Hamptons, and Los Angeles.Below, weve rounded up some of the incredible places that Jay-Z and Beyonc have called home.Tribeca penthouse where they tied the knotEven though Jay-Zs 2009 hit Empire State of Mind referenced a stash spot at 560 State Street, an address in Brooklyns Boerum Hill neighborhood, the rappers first big real estate purchase was actually in Lower Manhattan. In 2004, several years before he and Beyonc were wed, Jay-Z shelled out $6.85 million for the impressive Tribeca penthouse. The seventh-floor unit is situated in a converted 1929 brick warehouse building and measures 8,000 square feet, with an additional 3,000 square feet of outdoor terraces. Though the specifics of the penthouse are sparse, other units in the building feature 12-foot ceilings, eight-foot-high casement windows, and concrete columns throughout, so its likely that the couples Tribeca home base is similarly structured. The couple held their private 40-person wedding at the penthouse, reportedly featuring 70,000 Dendrobium orchids flown in from Thailand. It appears that Jay-Z still owns the unit.Beyoncs midtown Manhattan condoFor the first few years of their relationship, Beyonc maintained as her bachelorette pad a $5 million condo in midtown Manhattan overlooking Central Park, which she purchased in 2005. The ultramodern three-bedroom spot measured 2,699 square feet and featured floor-to-ceiling windows and 11-foot ceilings, with high-end interior finishes selected by Paris designer Jacques Grange. Beyonc reportedly used the three-bedroom condo primarily as a spot for friends and family to stay while they were in town. The singer sold the 44th-floor corner unit for $9.95 million in 2017 shortly after the birth of the couples twins Sir and Rumi. It spent just 11 days on the market. Her mother, Tina Knowles, also previously owned a residence in the same building but sold it in 2011.Jay-Zs Time Warner Center rentalSeveral years after purchasing his Tribeca penthouse, Jay-Z moved uptown to the Time Warner Center in Midtown. The rappers new home was a 4,825-square-foot penthouse on the 76th floor of the building, which he rented for a reported $40,000 per month. The three-bedroom unit boasted floor-to-ceiling windows and a skyline view of the city and Central Park, as well as unusual features like a fish tank that hung from the ceiling. The primary bedroom featured balcony access for some sky-high outdoor space. Jay-Z reportedly rented the residence for about four years; it would later sell for a record-breaking $31 million in 2011.Mansion on Miamis Billionaire BunkerAn aerial view of Indian Creek Island in MiamiPhoto: CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images
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