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Ed Sheeran chose the try-before-you-buy route.
After previously renting at the Pierhouse condominium in Brooklyn Heights, the Grammy-winning Sheeran and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, have purchased a roughly 3,400-square-foot unit in that same waterfront development for just less than $12 million, according to the Real Deal.
The off-market deal was made through Patrick Walker LLP, a UK-based entity registered to the couple. The deed for the transaction appeared in the city register earlier this week.
The apartment includes four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a terrace.
It was last sold in 2017 for $6.1 million by real estate broker Jillian Woods and her husband, Jordan Woods. While Woods confirmed to the outlet she was the seller, she declined to comment further.
Sheeran is no stranger to the building.
In 2023, he made headlines by signing the most expensive rental contract in Brooklyn that year, paying $36,000 a month for a different unit in the same building. That apartment, Unit S405, was later leased to a professional athlete and recently relisted for $38,000 a month.
Pierhouse, developed by Toll Brothers City Living and Starwood Capital Group, launched sales in 2014 and has become a magnet for celebrity residents.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar purchased a duplex there for $8.6 million in 2023. The 100-unit complex offers luxury amenities including two fitness centers, a garage with EV charging stations and 24-hour attended lobbies.
The Sheeran deal comes amid continued strength in Brooklyn Heights’ luxury market.
While the area is typically dominated by high-priced townhouse sales, select condominiums have broken through the leaderboard. Just this month, a unit in the same building asked $7.5 million, while another at 118 Remsen St. recently went into contract with a $7.3 million asking price.
The neighborhood’s highest residential sale remains a townhouse at 8 Montague Terrace, which fetched $25 million in 2020.
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