Prince’s Beach House in the Caribbean Finds New Owner, Changes Name to Emara Estate

The new owner will keep the purple driveway and purple velour home theater as an homage to the pop icon.

Georgie Mihaila
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A 6-acre beachfront property in the Turks and Caicos owned by late pop music icon Prince just sold for $10.8 million.

Luckily, the new owner is a big fan, so he will preserve some of the property quirks that reference its former celebrity owner.

The Purple Rain star purchased the property in 2011 for, then snapped two other neighboring parcels in the course of a year, to expand the estate — mostly for added privacy.

Following the artist’s regrettable passing in 2016 at the age of 57, the property was listed on the market for a couple years with no bites, then was scheduled for auction last year. Most recently, it was listed in late 2018 for $11.8 million.

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Image credit: Turks & Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty

Proof that Prince once lived here

The Purple One splashed his signature hue on his oceanfront retreat, with the concrete driveway of the estate brimming of purple and his home theater being wrapped in purple velour.

North Carolina businessman Tom Barnes, who paid $10.8 million for the estate, plans to honor the artist’s memory by keeping the purple driveway, he told the Wall Street Journal.

“I can remember myself back in 10th grade listening to ‘1999’,” Barnes told reporters, referencing the Prince album. “If I could go back and tell that 10th grader that some day he’d buy Prince’s house, his head would probably explode.”

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Image credit: Turks & Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty. Interiors staged using the CURATE app
prince house emara estate turks and caicos
Image credit: Turks & Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty. Interiors staged using the CURATE app
prince house emara estate turks and caicos
Image credit: Turks & Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty. Interiors staged using the CURATE app
prince house emara estate turks and caicos
Image credit: Turks & Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty. Interiors staged using the CURATE app
prince house emara estate turks and caicos
Image credit: Turks & Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty. Interiors staged using the CURATE app

Barnes is the CEO of North Carolina-based private equity and investment firm 319 Capital Partners. Along with his family, they often vacation to the Turks and Caicos, and were looking for a property big enough to host their entire family.

Not only will Barnes lovingly keep all memories of the Prince around the house, but he thinks the celebrity angle will also help him attract renters.

When he will not be using the getaway spot himself, he plans on renting it out, so if you’re looking for a celebrity vacation spot in the Caribbean, make sure to take note.

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With a decade-long career as a digital content creator, Georgie started out as a real estate journalist for Multi-Housing News & CPExecutive. She later transitioned into digital marketing, working with leading real estate websites like PropertyShark, RENTCafé and Point2Homes. After a brief but impactful stint in the start-up world, where she led the marketing divisions of fintech company NestReady and media publisher Goalcast, Georgie returned to her first passion, real estate, and founded FancyPantsHomes.com