History has a funny way of repeating itself. And Kanye West—aka Ye—has once again gutted a starchitect-designed home to its barest form before offloading it. The controversial musician, who recently issued an apology for his slew of offensive behavior, has reportedly found a buyer for his Alex Vervoordt-designed pad in Belgium.
The loft, located in Vervoordt’s Kanaal complex outside of Antwerp, is currently in contract to close for an undisclosed sum, but it was listed for $825,100. Ye bought the three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in 2021. Spanning 2,260 square feet, the dwelling featured Vervoordt’s dreamlike minimalist style as seen in the home that Ye shared with his ex, Kim Kardashian, which was also designed by the Belgian architect. Photos of the pad after West was through with it, however, show a husk of what once was. Or, as the listing puts it, “an authentic blank canvas” that will grant its new owner “full freedom to realize [their] own vision.”
The dwelling’s exposed beam ceilings and numerous arched doorways remain intact, as do French doors and picture windows that separate the interior from the exterior—which is more than could be said for Ye’s former Tadao Ando-designed Malibu beach house. He bought that property for $57.3 million in 2021 before gutting it, leaving it open and exposed to the elements, and then finally offloading it for $21 million in 2024. In between, it sat abandoned as construction stalled amidst lawsuits between Ye and his construction team.
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These days, the Chicago native resides with his wife, Bianca Censori, in a $35 million mansion in Beverly Hills which he bought in October 2024. According to a recent Vanity Fair interview with Censori, the home is at the center of an ongoing HOA dispute as the controversial couple attempt to make their mark on it. “It was built in the 2000s, but it looks like someone was like, ‘Hey, have you seen that movie Blow? That’s what I want! An ’80s cocaine house,’ ” Censori told the outlet. “Anytime anyone comes over, I’m like, ‘Do not look at the house.’ ”
