A Dutch hedge funder sold his Palm Beach mansion for $29.5 million in an off-market deal.
Records show Pieter and Nina Taselaar sold their house at 158 Dunbar Road to a trust named for the address and managed by attorney Douglas Olin. The true buyer is hidden.
Dutch-born Pieter Taselaar founded Greenwich, Connecticut-based Lucerne Capital Management in 2000, the hedge fund’s website shows. He specializes in investments in European markets. His father owned a marine equipment distributor and was president of the Dutch National Marine Association. Nina Taselaar is a licensed clinical social worker, according to her LinkedIn.
The couple bought the Dunbar Road mansion for $8.5 million in 2014, property records show. When it sold that year, the house had $35 million worth of IRS liens against it. Built on half an acre in 2009, the 8,300-square-foot home includes six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, two half-bathrooms and a pool, according to records. It was designed by West Palm Beach architect Lee Kvarnberg.
Other Dunbar Road sales include developer Todd Glaser’s 2021 flip of the mansion at 127 Dunbar Road for $27.5 million. Last year, designer Tommy Hilfiger sold the lakefront home at 313 Dunbar Road for $28 million.
The Tasekaars’ off-market deal marks the latest pricey Palm Beach sale, as the island revs up for the busy season. Earlier this month, ex-Apple CEO John Sculley and his wife, Diane Sculley, sold their oceanfront Palm Beach estate for $37 million. The closing price marked a steep price cut from the $54.9 million they listed it for in January. Also this month, the Palm Beach home of late Washington, D.C. developer Bernard Gewirz –– known as the “King of K Street” –– went pending after listing for $22 million in May.
While summer is typically a slow time for the island’s real estate market, major deals still closed. In July, Hellman Jordan founder Jerry Jordan and his wife, Darlene Jordan, sold their lakefront compound for $86.5 million. It marked the most expensive home sale in Palm Beach so far this year.