Billionaire Winifred Johnson-Marquart, an heiress to the SC Johnson fortune, has sold her Palm Beach home for $16.7 million. The sale comes two months after she and her husband, musician and producer Mike Marquart, purchased a landmarked property on the island for $30 million.
The buyers of the Australian Avenue residence are Victor and Julia Tolkan, according to a report by the Palm Beach Daily News. Shelly Newman from the Corcoran Group represented the sellers, while Dana Landry handled the transaction for the buyers.
Johnson-Marquart is the daughter of Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr., who led SC Johnson through significant growth with products such as Glade air fresheners, Off! insect repellent, and Pledge furniture polish. These products contributed to making SC Johnson a major player in cleaning products.
The couple had acquired their now-sold home at 449 Australian Avenue last year for $15.9 million. Built in 2017 on a 0.2-acre lot, it features 3,600 square feet of living space with four bedrooms, five bathrooms, and one half-bathroom. They listed it for $17 million in September.
Their new home, Villa Banyan, spans 7,500 square feet and was purchased for $30 million in October.
The sale is part of a broader trend of high-value real estate transactions in Palm Beach as activity increases during its peak season. This month saw coffee industry leader Bob Stiller secure a buyer for his lakefront estate listed at $84 million. Private equity billionaire Greg Mondre’s property priced at $39.5 million also went under contract; earlier this year he bought an oceanfront lot for $58 million. In nearby North Palm Beach’s Lost Tree Village community, Ronald Clarke acquired a waterfront compound from William Wrigley Jr., heir to the Wrigley gum fortune, for $97.5 million.
“These products helped to grow the company to a billion-dollar cleaning products giant,” according to information about SC Johnson’s expansion under Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr.
