A mansion in Palm Beach was sold for $29.5 million in an off-market transaction, according to property records. The sellers were Pieter and Nina Taselaar, with the buyer listed as a trust managed by attorney Douglas Olin. The identity of the actual purchaser remains undisclosed.
Pieter Taselaar, originally from the Netherlands, established Lucerne Capital Management in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 2000. The hedge fund specializes in European market investments. According to her LinkedIn profile, Nina Taselaar is a licensed clinical social worker.
The couple purchased the property at 158 Dunbar Road for $8.5 million in 2014. At that time, the house had $35 million in IRS liens against it. Built in 2009 on half an acre, the home spans 8,300 square feet and includes six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, two half-bathrooms, and a pool. West Palm Beach architect Lee Kvarnberg designed the residence.
Recent transactions on Dunbar Road have included developer Todd Glaser’s sale of 127 Dunbar Road for $27.5 million in 2021 and designer Tommy Hilfiger’s sale of his lakefront home at 313 Dunbar Road for $28 million last year.
This sale adds to a series of high-value deals on Palm Beach as activity increases ahead of the busy season. Earlier this month, former Apple CEO John Sculley and Diane Sculley sold their oceanfront estate for $37 million—a reduction from its original listing price of $54.9 million earlier this year. In addition, the Palm Beach home belonging to late Washington D.C. developer Bernard Gewirz recently went pending after being listed at $22 million.
Despite summer typically being slow for real estate on the island, several significant sales have closed this year. In July, Jerry Jordan—founder of Hellman Jordan—and his wife Darlene sold their lakefront compound for $86.5 million; this remains Palm Beach’s highest-priced home sale so far this year.
