One of Australia’s top landscape architects, Jack Merlo, and his husband, Ricardohave emerged as the buyers of the Myer family’s long-held Toorak home on Grant Avenue. The deal, inked in the early days of this year, drew the curtains on almost 70 years of ownership by the famed retailing dynasty.

The Myer mansion was the family home of late businessman and philanthropist Baillieu “Bails” Myer and his wife, Sarah. While the grand Regency-style property joined the market in October last year with price expectations between $20 million and $22 million, the exact sale price won’t be revealed until settlement.