Lenny Kravitz sells Miami Beach 3BD for $2.45M

Medium 492fa2a39137a4d54e27e9f6e856c481 Lenny Kravitz sold a three-bedroom, three-bath home at 7936 Biscayne Point Circle in Miami Beach to Richard Crowell and his wife, Nancy, for $2.45 million on July 15.

Kravitz paid $725,000 for the property in 1997. The 5,717-square-foot home was built in 1954.

Kravitz is a four-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, record producer and arranger who has sold an estimated 38 million albums worldwide.

He was born in New York to Hollywood producer Sy Kravitz and actress Roxie Roker. His debut album, Let Love Rule, was released in 1989 and reached #61 on the Billboard album charts. It would later receive more recognition when Madonna reached number one with a cover version of his song, "Justify My Love" on her Immaculate Collection album in 1990.

He followed that by releasing Mama Said in 1991, which was his first album to reach the Top 40, and Are You Gonna Go My Way in 1993, which reached #12 on the Billboard 200. His other album include Circus (1995), Five (1998), Greatest Hits (2000), Lenny (2001) and Baptism (2004). His most recent album, It Is Time For A Love Revolution, was released in 2008 and sold 1.1 million albums worldwide.

There were 169 sales in Lindenhurst in 2008, with a median price of $340,000.

Address: 7936 Biscayne Point Circle
Buyer(s): CROWELL, RICHARD &W||CROWELL, NANCY
Seller(s): LENNY KRAVITZ LIVING TRUST TRU FOR||KRAVITZ, LENNY
Sale date: Jul. 15, 2009

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