Ed Sheeran Is A Prolific Property Investor In London, But In Brooklyn Heights, He Chose To Rent For Years Before Buying A Waterfront Condo

Ed Sheeran may have sung about a “Castle On The Hill,” but for the last two years, the British pop star has been thinking about a condo on the waterfront.

The “Shape Of You” singer and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, have just closed on an approximately 3,400 square foot, three-bedroom, three-bathroom Brooklyn Heights waterfront condo in the same development as an apartment that they had been renting for the past two years, reports The Real Deal. Sheeran has been enamored with the building for some time. In 2023, he agreed to pay $36,000 a month for another unit in the same development — the most expensive contract in Brooklyn that year.

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The Condo’s Price Has Doubled In Eight Years

The Real Deal reports that the off-market purchase was made through Patrick Walker LLP, a U.K.-based firm registered to the couple. Despite the large number of newly constructed condos in and around Brooklyn Heights, where Sheeran’s new condo is located, the property is not new. It was sold to the couple by Jillian Woods and her husband, Jordan, who purchased it in 2017 for $6.1 million.

The 100-unit building at 130 Furman St. is also home to Rapper Kendrick Lamar, who owns a condo there, having purchased a duplex for $8.6 million in 2023, according to the New York Post. 

Sheeran Has A Huge Property Portfolio In The U.K.

Though the Brooklyn property is Sheeran’s only U.S. home, he has a substantial portfolio in the U.K., where he owns multiple homes and commercial developments in upscale areas of London.

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According to The Sunday Times, Sheeran’s net worth is around £300 million ($405 million). It has helped him to amass a fortune in real estate. According to U.K.Standard, Sheeran owns at least 27 homes in London in coveted neighborhoods such as Holland Park, Notting Hill, and Covent Garden.

He Owns An Italian Villa And Vineyard And An English Country Estate

Sheeran has taken a leaf out of fellow rock star Sting‘s playbook by buying a vineyard in rustic Italy. In Sheeran’s case, his Italian villa is in Umbria and came with the vineyards. Sheeran is also the owner of a £3.7 million estate, dubbed Sheeranville by The Standard, in Suffolk, England.

The estate includes a main house, Wynneys Hall, which he purchased in 2012, along with three other houses. The converted barn serves as a pub, while a pond on the premises is available for freshwater swimming, according to The Standard.

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Urging The U.K. Government To Do More For Music In Schools

In May, Sheeran made headlines for urging the British government to do more to promote music education. He sent an open letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, requesting an emergency fund of £250 million to supply schools with the resources needed to reestablish music programs in the U.K.

“We are writing collectively as artists, civil society and industry, appealing to your personal belief in music and the promise of opportunity for all under Labour,” Sheeran wrote to Starmer. 

“As an industry, we bring in £7.6bn into the UK economy, yet the next generation is not there to take the reins," Sheeran wrote. "Last year was the first in over 20 years without a U.K. global top 10 single or album in the charts. The time to act is now." Sheeran added that British public schools, which educate 93% of the country’s children, had seen a 21% decrease in musical education. 

Other musicians offering support to the letter include Stormzy, Elton John, Annie Lennox, Robert Plant, Coldplay, Dave and Central Cee.

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