A mansion in Palm Beach has changed hands for $29.5 million in an off-market transaction. Records indicate that Pieter and Nina Taselaar sold their property at 158 Dunbar Road to a trust managed by attorney Douglas Olin, concealing the identity of the actual buyer.
Pieter Taselaar, originally from the Netherlands, is the founder of Lucerne Capital Management, based in Greenwich, Connecticut. The hedge fund focuses on European markets. His background includes a family connection to the marine industry through his father, who was both a marine equipment distributor and president of the Dutch National Marine Association. Nina Taselaar works as a licensed clinical social worker.
The couple purchased the Dunbar Road home for $8.5 million in 2014. At that time, property records show the house carried $35 million in IRS liens. Built in 2009 on half an acre, the residence features 8,300 square feet with six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, two half-bathrooms, and a pool. The design was created by West Palm Beach architect Lee Kvarnberg.
Recent transactions on Dunbar Road include 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 latest off-market deal adds to a series of high-value sales as Palm Beach approaches its peak season. Earlier this month, former Apple CEO John Sculley and Diane Sculley sold their oceanfront estate for $37 million after initially listing it at $54.9 million in January. Also this month, the estate belonging to late Washington D.C. developer Bernard Gewirz went pending after being listed for $22 million since May.
Despite summer usually being slow for real estate activity on the island, significant deals have occurred recently. In July, Jerry Jordan—founder of Hellman Jordan—and his wife Darlene Jordan sold their lakefront compound for $86.5 million; this remains Palm Beach’s highest-priced home sale so far this year.
