North End properties of art collector trade for $7M

The former Marcus compound, including 208 Sandpiper Drive, a sculpture garden and 217 Tradewind Drive
The former Marcus compound, including 208 Sandpiper Drive, a sculpture garden and 217 Tradewind Drive

The North End properties of art collector Betty Marcus have sold for a total of $7 million to a Chicago-area real estate investment banker.

Public records link Stephen Livaditis to two LLCs that bought Marcus’ three adjacent properties totaling nearly an acre, according to the Palm Beach Daily News.

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Marcus’ four-bedroom house at 208 Sandpiper Drive and a vacant lot next door sold in one transaction for $3.85 million. Another four-bedroom house at 217 Tradewind Drive, which Marcus used for entertaining, sold for $3 million.

Betty Marcus had lived in the house on Sandpiper Drive since 1977. [PBDN] Christopher Cameron