Six years after they quietly added it to their real estate portfolio, Beyoncé and Jay-Z have listed their Garden District mansion.
The three-story mansion, built in 1925 as a Presbyterian church, boasts seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms. The property is divided into a main residence and three 1000-square-foot apartments. It was remodeled to serve as both a private home and an event facility.
In July, this same property caught on fire
, burning for approximately two hours. Authorities later ruled the fire a case of simple arson.The house listing on Zillow shows it was originally listed for sale just four days after the fire. However, the price was raised by $1 million in August, bringing the current sale price to $4,450,000.
The Carters reportedly purchased the house in 2015 for $2.6 million, however the property has never been owned by Jay-Z or Beyoncé on paper. It officially belongs to Sugarcane Park LLC, which shares a mailing address with Beyoncé’s production company, Parkwood Entertainment.
The home, located on Harmony St. in New Orleans, has reportedly hosted or been called home by other musicians as well: the 2015 listing included a quote from a Grammy winner, who said the “acoustics and vibes are great. I did my best writing ever, while watching the sunset from the rooftop garden.”
The sale of the NoLa property leaves the Carters with a sprawling 30,000-square-foot residence in L.A.’s posh Bel-Air neighborhood and a 12,000-square-foot vacation home in the Hamptons. The Los Angeles Times reported that the couple took out a $52.8 million mortgage on the property, which, at a price of $88 million, was L.A.’s most expensive real estate transaction of 2017.