From the Bucks to Bruce: “Die Hard” actor to buy CPW pad

Owner of Milwaukee basketball team in contract to sell duplex co-op asking $17M

From left: Bruce Willis in "A Good Day to Die Hard," 271 Central Park West and Wesley Edens
From left: Bruce Willis in "A Good Day to Die Hard," 271 Central Park West and Wesley Edens

Bruce Willis, nemesis of silver screen bad guys everywhere, is in contract to acquire a six-bedroom co-op at 271 Central Park West that was listed for nearly $17 million.

The 6,000-square-foot duplex features four-and-a-half bathrooms and a library. Wesley Edens, founder of Midtown-based private equity firm Fortress Investment Group and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, put the apartment on the market in October. The sale price wasn’t disclosed.

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Edens told the Wall Street Journal he is selling the unit because his family doesn’t need the space anymore. The apartment was initially two units – one Eden bought in 1993 and the other he bought six or seven years later.

Urban Compass’ Jay Glazer and Landis Hosterman had the listing. [WSJ]Mark Maurer