Kanye West and Kim Kardashian own how many homes? Before he was a presidential candidate, Yeezy planned to be a property developer – take a look at their real-estate portfolio
Currently, West appears to be hunkering down at one of his Wyoming properties waiting for his now-delayed new album to drop – E! News reported that the rapper had been spotted out on an errand there the previous day. A representative for West didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
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Beyond their two ranches in Wyoming, West and his wife, Kim Kardashian West, have spent millions on properties around the US, from a condo in Miami to an ever-growing compound in the Hidden Hills community of Los Angeles.
Keep reading for a closer look at the couple’s luxurious properties.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West made a combined US$222 million in 2019 alone and are collectively worth over US$1.6 billion, according to Forbes' latest estimates. Their high net worths allow them to dabble in the luxury real estate market.
In September 2019, TMZ reported that West bought a US$14 million ranch in Wyoming, 120km east of Yellowstone National Park.
Known as Monster Lake Ranch, the property is said to span more than 1,400 acres. It features a restaurant and saloon, horse barns and a state-of-the-art shooting range.
In a September interview with Jimmy Fallon, Kardashian West said she envisions spending summers and weekends there. She's already given a glimpse of the ranch on Instagram.
In November of the same year, TMZ reported that West purchased another Wyoming ranch. According to Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, the ranch spans 6,713 acres and sold for US$14.495 million.
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The ranch, known as Bighorn Mountain Ranch, currently has seven log cabins and amenities like heated helicopter pads and walk-in saunas.
On July 7, TMZ reported that West was cleared to build a 10-bedroom mansion on his lakeside Wyoming property.
Wyoming isn't the pair's only holiday destination. In 2018, West scooped up a US$14 million condo in the luxurious Faena House on Miami Beach as a Christmas present for his wife. The four-bedroom, 4,700-square-foot South Beach condo has floor-to-ceiling windows and a wraparound terrace.
West has also voiced his interest in becoming a developer. In the summer of 2019, he attempted to create an affordable housing development on 300 acres of his land in Calabasas.
He built Star Wars-inspired domes but didn't have the necessary permits. As a result, the city of Los Angeles asked him to secure the permits or tear down the structures. West maintained that they were temporary prototypes but agreed to tear them down.
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Earlier this month, West tweeted a photo of similar-looking structures. He did not mention the project's location in his tweet.
“I'm going to be one of the biggest real-estate developers of all time, like what Howard Hughes was to aircraft and what Henry Ford was to cars,” West told Charlamagne Tha God in a 2018 radio interview. “Anybody who's been to any of my cribs knows that I'm super into developing homes.”
West and Kardashian West also own plenty of residential land for personal use in Southern California. The pair bought a home in Hidden Hills for US$20 million in 2014. They then spent four years and another US$20 million renovating it – it's worth US$60 million now, according to Kardashian West's mother, Kris Jenner.
The mansion is their primary residence and spans 15,667 square feet. The couple has always been particularly private about showing the home on social media, but Kardashian West filmed an instalment of Vogue's “73 Questions” series at the home in April 2019.
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In the video, Kardashian West described their monochromatic, airy space as “a minimal monastery”.
Right after West's ninth studio album dropped at the end of October 2019, Variety reported that the couple expanded their Hidden Hills compound by purchasing a nearly US$3 million ranch-style home on 1.49 acres.
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TMZ reported that, per their sources, the Kardashian-Wests “plan to transform their combined properties into guest homes, a spa retreat and essentially … a private farm for the kids.”
West also previously owned a condo in New York City. He bought one unit in a Soho apartment building in 2004 and combined it with an adjacent unit in 2006 to achieve the current 2,427-square-foot open layout.
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The condo was sold in 2018 and went back on the market for US$4.3 million earlier this year. In October 2019, US$400,000 was chopped off its asking price.
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From a constantly growing compound in LA to a luxury condo on Miami Beach and two sprawling ranches in Wyoming, the would-be next White House residents are putting much of their combined billions into real estate sprawled across the US