Disaster management mogul Nate Albers dropped a record $30.2 million on a waterfront Jupiter Inlet Colony mansion, making it the town’s most expensive home, The Real Deal has learned.
Albers bought the house at 103 Lighthouse Drive from Michael and Kelly Wiener, a source confirmed. The deal closed on Thursday. It blew past the previous price record for Jupiter Inlet Colony set last year when the mansion next door at 102 Lighthouse Drive sold for $20.4 million.
Devin Teal of Welcome Home Realty International brought the buyer, and Vince Marotta and Tony Hernandez of Illustrated Properties had the listing. Marotta declined to comment on the identities of the buyer and sellers.
Albers is the owner of Disaster Management Group, a Jupiter-based firm that specializes in designing and operating base camps for disaster relief operations. Albers’ clients include the United Nations, the Centers for Disease Control, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to Disaster Management Group’s website.
Michael Wiener is an entrepreneur, and Kelly Wiener is a lawyer, records show.
The couple bought the 0.7-acre Lighthouse Drive property for $6.1 million in 2020, according to property records. They tore down the existing home and completed the nearly 8,100-square-foot mansion last year. It has five bedrooms, six bathrooms, three half-bathrooms, a gym, sauna, study, theater, pool and dock, according to records and the listing.
Marotta said the sellers built the home for themselves, but realized its profit potential as the Palm Beach County luxury real estate boomed. They listed it for $40 million in late July, typically one of the slowest months for the market.
“All the buyers that looked at it flew in for the day to look at it,” Marotta said, noting that market seasonality is less pronounced at the upper end of pricing. “People of means will make it a priority to come and see it, no matter what time of year it is.”