Tom Ford revealed as buyer of $51M Palm Beach estate

Purchase set a price record for non-waterfront sales on the island

A photo illustration of Tom Ford and 241 Jungle Road in Palm Beach (Getty, Google Maps)
A photo illustration of Tom Ford and 241 Jungle Road in Palm Beach (Getty, Google Maps)

One of America’s biggest names in fashion just dropped a pretty penny on a Palm Beach estate.

Designer Tom Ford was revealed as the buyer in the record-setting flip of a non-waterfront compound, the Wall Street Journal reported. Ford bought the mansion at 241 Jungle Road from tech private equity chief Rob Heyvaert for $51 million in an off-market deal that closed last month.

Ford’s purchase comes on the heels of the $2.8 billion sale of his eponymous brand to Estée Lauder, the namesake cosmetics giant founded by late Palm Beacher Estée Lauder.

The purchase price of the estate set a record for dry properties on the island, where prices north of the $50 million mark historically have only been the domain of waterfront properties.

The sale was a flip for Heyvaert, who paid $35.8 million for the property in 2021. He is the founder and managing partner of Motive Partners, a New York-based private equity fund with a focus on tech investments.

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Ford bought the property through a trust managed by a Sacramento-based lawyer and the Los Angeles-based celebrity business management firm Gelfand, Rennert, & Feldman.

Built in 2016 on a nearly 1-acre property, the main mansion spans 10,200 square feet with three bedrooms, records show. The property also includes a two-bedroom guest house, with a total of five bathrooms and four half-bathrooms between both houses. The estate also includes a pool. The Palm Beach Preservation Society honored the estate with an award for excellence in design in 2019.

Despite an overall cooling in the South Florida residential market, non-waterfront luxury homes in Palm Beach have maintained strong pricing in recent sales.

The luxury builder Courchene sold a non-waterfront spec mansion for $32 million last month. A wealth management CEO sold his non-waterfront estate for $21.3 million in November.