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EL YES: Bruce Willis buys 3-BR Co-op on Central Park West. (Gabriella Bass)
Bruce Willis is back on movie screens with “A Good Day to Die Hard” and he’s back on the Upper West Side, too.
Willis, who once lived on Central Park West with then-wife Demi Moore, is in contract to buy a co-op at the famed El Dorado building at 300 Central Park West for $8 million.
The three-bedroom, four-bathroom unit, which was listed for $8.695 million, offers plenty of space for Willis, wife Emma Heming and daughter Mabel Ray, who turns 1 in April. The living room, dining room and master suite face the park, and there’s also a “massive” windowed eat-in kitchen and a 38-foot formal gallery that’s “ideal for exhibiting art.”
The building is a 1931 Art Deco structure created by architect Emory Roth. Amenities include a gym and a mini basketball court.
Levitt or leave it
Dede Sheoris-Levitt, ex-wife of hedge-funder Michael Levitt, has sold the gargantuan home she once shared with her husband at 4 Stone Tower Drive in Alpine, NJ, for $13.3 million — down from its $18.5 million asking price.
The 23,000-square-foot mansion comes with a gym, theater, two-lane bowling alley, nine-car garage, elevator, pool, spa, putting green and a tennis court. There’s also a 2,000-square-foot guest or staff house and a pool house.
The buyer is Joe Scott, who owns Mayrich Construction. Listing broker Dolores McCormack of Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty declined to comment.
Scott has sold his home at 2 Margo Way in Alpine for $20 million to a mystery Russian buyer. Listing broker Rosemarie Campi of Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty declined to comment.
We hear . . .
That music mogul Lyor Cohen is looking to buy a family-size residence on the Upper West Side. He recently checked out a $15.95 million unit at the Majestic at 115 Central Park West. He loves the neighborhood, our spies say, but not the layout of the unit he saw.
Fifth have
Billionaire Marc Rowan, co-founder of Apollo Global Management, and wife Carolyn have put their three-bedroom, 3 1/2-bathroom first-floor co-op at 927 Fifth Ave. on the market for $16 million.
They bought the space (which was previously owned by late plastic surgeon Robert Schwager, who had his office there) in May for $7.7 million. The unit has been converted into a 4,000-plus-square-foot, loft-style unit with a great room, Central Park views and 10-foot ceilings. There’s a pool table, a glass and stone bar and a “media wall.” The chef’s kitchen comes with a wine cooler and a sliding glass door, along with an “extra large” pantry.
It’s all set in a 12-story limestone-clad 1925 building with one apartment per floor — designed by Warren & Wetmore, the primary architects of Grand Central Terminal.
The listing agents are Douglas Elliman’s Kim Shepard-Fabrizi and Sandra Ripert (wife of Le Bernardin chef Eric Ripert).
The Rowans aren’t leaving the building. In December, they bought a fifth-floor apartment from Claire Edersheim, the widow of financier Maurits Edersheim. They also own a sixth-floor spread in the building.
Meg’s moves
Meg Ryan’s uptown home hunt continues. The actress just returned to “You’ve Got Mail” territory when she saw a $8.75 million brownstone at 126 W. 87th St.
The residence, which dates back to 1888, features a front parlor with 12 1/2-foot ceilings. The top story includes an 18-foot ceiling, a skylight and front and back terraces. Listing broker Deborah Sabec of Town Residential declined to comment.
As Gimme Shelter previously reported, Ryan, who’s been renting in SoHo, recently had a broker inquire about a 907 Fifth Ave. apartment, as well.
Rest of the West
The last sponsor unit is now on the market at Extell Development’s 535 West End Ave. The full-floor condo is priced at $19.5 million and was previously packaged with an upper unit as a $37.5 million penthouse duplex, but the upper floor sold separately for $22 million.
Matt Damon (who at the time was living on a West 87th Street Belnord rental with his family) bid on the upper floor, but was outbid by a Wall Street family.
Brown Harris Stevens broker Lisa Lippman has the listing for the remaining unit.