Producer’s Beacon Court penthouse in contract

Movie producer Joe Roth’s penthouse apartment at One Beacon Court has gone into contract, according to the New York Times. Although it’s not immediately clear what the contract price is, the four-bedroom unit at 151 East 58th Street had an asking price of $21.7 million. Roth, the former chairman of Walt Disney Studios and 20th Century Fox, bought the apartment in 2005 for $13 million. [NYT]