
Back in 2008, when she was just 19 years old, musician/artist Solange Knowles bought a Los Angeles loft in a 1920s Art Deco structure at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, high above the Walk of Fame and right next door to the iconic Capital Records building.
A decade later, the 36-year-old Houston-born singer — probably best known to the general public as the younger sister of Beyoncé, despite having nabbed her very own Grammy in 2016 for “Cranes in the Sky” — also picked up a 100-year-old stone church in the Garden District of New Orleans.
Now both of those historic structures have popped up for sale with a total price tag of around $1.7 million. But if you’re hoping to score that downtown Hollywood unit or place of worship in “The Big Easy,” you’re probably out of luck. Records show both properties are already under contract to be sold.
Listed for a speck under $800,000, the third-floor loft features one bedroom and two baths in 1,360 square feet of open-concept, industrial-style living space boasting polished concrete floors, exposed wood-beam ceilings and steel-case windows throughout. After moving in, Knowles custom-tailored the home to suit her personal tastes, complete with Black art and collectibles culled from years of traveling.
Highlights include a wet bar-equipped living room, dining area and kitchen outfitted with stainless Viking appliances, as well as a curving black metal staircase that heads up to the primary bedroom suite, which has a bath with a Japanese soaking tub. There’s also a small office/guest bedroom space, plus a $1,518 monthly HOA fee that allows access to building amenities like a 24-hour doorman, valet parking and a roof terrace sporting views of the Hollywood Sign.
The listing is held by Daniel Banchik and Amy Dantzler of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, and benefits from the Mills Act, meaning homeowners can receive reduced property taxes in exchange for restoring and preserving historic structures.
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Image Credit: Christopher Lee Foto As for the church, which is sited on a 0.16-acre parcel near another home Knowles also owns in the area, it’s priced at $950,000. Originally built circa-1845 — and previously the home of Seventh & Camp Church of Christ — the 7,500-square-foot structure is spotlighted by a large sanctuary adorned with hardwood floors, a soaring vaulted ceiling and arched windows.
Per an article on Nola.com, Knowles will continue to live part-time in her French Quarter apartment. She had planned to use the church site as a “creative hub” for Saint Heron, a multidisciplinary creative studio she founded to help artists with branding. But the agency has expanded internationally, so Knowles decided to sell the property, which is listed by Phillipa Bowers of Reve Realtors.
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