Bruce Willis could be returning to his old neighborhood.
The recently remarried actor, 54, was spotted yesterday apartment hunting around Columbus Circle with lingerie-model wife Emma Heming, 32 (pictured at a film premiere).
Over at Trump International at 1 Central Park West, where Willis has rented in the past, the “Die Hard” star was greeted with bear hugs from doormen who remembered him. Willis also visited condos at 15 Central Park West. All of the apartments he saw had at least three bedrooms and started at around $8 million.
Willis was spotted earlier this month, farther uptown at the Apthorp — where at least 25 units must be sold by September if developers are going to continue with their condo-conversion plans.
Willis was reportedly “discovered” while working at the Museum Cafe on the Upper West Side. Although the movie star and his bride recently posed for W magazine in racy S&M shots, the two were a bit more discreet yesterday. Emma still dressed provocatively, though, with a short, tight skirt and a revealing tank top, which she paired with flats. Brown Harris Stevens broker Wendy Maitland, who was with Willis yesterday, could not be reached.
Hooked!
A big fish is reeling in a prize estate on Hook Pond in East Hampton — near the almost completely WASP-members-only Maidstone Club.
We broke the story two weeks ago that the five-bedroom house, on 3.1 acres at the address 42 Highway Behind the Pond, was on the market for $22.5 million. Within days, a bid for close to the asking price was made and accepted. The buyer is investment banker Peter J. Solomon, and the property is now in contract.
The Pink House, as it is called, comes with 300 feet of waterfront and a dock. It is part of the Mary de Liagre estate and was once owned by actor Robert Montgomery, whose daughter Elizabeth later starred as Samantha on “Bewitched.” The charming 1903 home isn’t big by today’s standards — just 3,500 square feet — but it comes with the option to build out to 14,000 square feet.
Solomon, who founded the Peter J. Solomon investment banking firm in 1989, was formerly a vice chair of Lehman Brothers and a deputy mayor of economic policy and development under Ed Koch.
Greens acres
After languishing on the market for a few tense years, the first lot of Sagaponack Greens — a 40-acre subdivision in the heart of this Hamptons enclave — is finally in contract. Owned by a group headed by lawyer Alan Schnurman, Sagaponack Greens consists of eight lots, ranging from 1.4 to 2.3 acres, plus a 25-acre agricultural reserve. The largest of the lots went for around $5 million last week, after five offers were made in a bidding war reminiscent of better days in a more flush economy. The buyer is Michael Davis, a high-end custom builder on the East End.
The Corcoran Group’s Gary DePersia and Prudential Douglas Elliman’s Paul Brennan and Neil Bersin have the co-listing and could not be reached for comment. (The entire property was originally listed at $64 million and lowered to $47 million this past January.) Davis also recently closed on a spec house in Sagaponack on 1.7 acres for just under $12 million, sources say.
Sachs full of money
Goldman Sachs employees still have cash to burn. Executive Gerald Messier just rented the penthouse at 20 Pine St. in the Financial District at $10,500 a month for a year.
The owner of the condo is radio psychologist Dr. Joy Browne. Messier, who has been living at the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong, is relocating to New York City with his wife. The three-bedroom, two-bath Pine Street pad is on the 37th floor with river and skyline views. It measures 2,172 square feet inside and also offers 1,318 square feet of private terrace space.
Messier’s broker, Ariel Cohen of Prudential Douglas Elliman, had no comment.