115 Via La Selva, Palm Beach, FL 33480

Significance

The house is attributed to Maurice Fatio and reported as built in 1927 for Warner L. Jones, an attribution that rests on a single press account and is carried at medium confidence. Casa Giravento does not appear among the Fatio works enumerated on the architect's Wikipedia entry, which is recorded here as a gap in that source rather than as evidence against the attribution. The Town of Palm Beach designated the property a landmark in 1990. Philip B. and Catherine Korsant purchased it in 2017 for approximately $14,000,000 and sold it on 2 June 2026 for $43,250,000. One listing portal reports a county year built of 1962 against the widely published 1927, so sources differ on the year built.

Documented timeline

1. 1927

   Built for Warner L. Jones

   Press reporting records the house as designed by Maurice Fatio and built for Warner L. Jones. The original owner attribution rests on a single source.[1]

2. 1990

   Town of Palm Beach landmark designation

   Press reporting records a Town landmark designation in 1990. The sources reviewed do not give the month or day.[1]

3. 2017

   Purchased by the Korsants

   Philip B. Korsant and Catherine Korsant purchased the property for approximately $14,000,000.[1][2]

4. 2026

   Sold for $43,250,000

   The sale closed on 2 June 2026 at $43,250,000 and was recorded on 3 June 2026, against a $49,500,000 asking price. The seller was represented by Suzanne Frisbie of The Corcoran Group and the buyer by Patricia Mahaney of Sotheby's International Realty.[1][2][5]

Ownership of record

Press reporting identifies the sellers as Philip B. Korsant and Catherine Korsant, acting as co-trustees of a revocable trust in Philip Korsant's name, and the buyer as Thomas J. Swann III, acting as trustee of a trust in his own name. One brokerage source renders the buyer's surname as Swan rather than Swann, and that discrepancy is unresolved in the sources reviewed. Aggregated county linked data records the pre sale owner as KORSANT PHILIP B. Current occupants are not identified; this dossier describes recorded and reported transactions only.

Current status

Sold 2 June 2026 for $43,250,000, recorded 3 June 2026, against a $49,500,000 asking price, per Palm Beach Daily News and The Real Deal reporting.

Buyer diligence

• Exterior alteration, addition, and demolition at a designated landmark are subject to review by the Town of Palm Beach Landmarks Preservation Commission. Confirm the scope of that review, and any conditions attached to the 1990 designation, with the Town before underwriting a renovation.
• The Town of Palm Beach administers an ad valorem tax exemption for qualifying rehabilitation of landmarked property. Whether this house and a specific scope of work qualify is a question for the Town; confirm eligibility, application timing, and procedure directly with it.
• Obtain the current FEMA flood zone determination, the base flood elevation, and any existing elevation certificate for the parcel before pricing insurance or a renovation.
• If the parcel carries lake or ocean frontage, commission an independent condition assessment of the seawall or bulkhead and confirm ownership and maintenance responsibility for it.
• Sources differ on the year built, 1927 in press and brokerage accounts against a reported county figure of 1962. Reconcile both against Town of Palm Beach permit history and the Property Appraiser's own record before relying on either date.
• No parcel control number for this address was located in the sources reviewed. Obtain it, with the legal description, directly from the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser.

What the record cannot show

• Beneficial owners behind trusts and limited liability companies. A recorded grantee such as a revocable trust names the vehicle, not the individuals behind it.
• Condition and renovation cost. Neither the deed nor the appraiser's record reports the quality of the work performed or what it cost.
• Unrecorded off market negotiations. Offers, withdrawn contracts, and private terms leave no public trace.
• Interior alterations that did not require a permit. Work of that kind does not appear in Town permit history.