Celebrity Real Estate: Bruce Willis, Rosie O'Donnell, Andy Garcia
First, Rosie O’Donnell scored a $9 million sale on her 3,200-square-foot Greenwich Village apartment. Then it was Bruce Willis’ turn to gobble up a contract on his $12.995 million apartment on the Upper West Side.
By Laura Vecsey
Bruce & Rosie Snag Buyers in NYC
First, Rosie O'Donnell scored a $9 million sale on her 3,200-square-foot Greenwich Village apartment. Then it was Bruce Willis' turn to gobble up a contract on his $12.995 million apartment on the Upper West Side.
All in all, a good December for two of NYC's more colorful (former) residents.
Both O'Donnell and Willis had owned their respective apartments for about two years, but, for different reasons, decided to part ways with their city abodes, both of which had undergone renovations by their celebrity owners.
O'Donnell bought her pad in 2012 for $8 million after returning from Chicago, where her daytime talk show failed. However, after another big family move to New Jersey to access a school for her son Blake, Rosie decided to set up house in NYC and in Nyack, where she owned a compound of homes.
Willis, meanwhile, bought the 3-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom unit in the El Dorado on the Upper West Side from U2 bassist Adam Clayton in 2013 for $8.9 million. But after a massive remodel, Willis and his wife, Emma Heming, found the apartment too small, so they listed and found a buyer within a week.
No word yet on where Willis will look for another NYC apartment. He and Heming have a 23-acre estate in Bedford, N.Y., about an hour north of Manhattan.
Rent Andy Garcia's Own 'Little Havana' In Key Biscayne
Normalized relations by the United States with Cuba announced this week by President Barack Obama will bring an end to the Cold War-era hostilities between the two countries. For Cuban native Andy Garcia, who fled the island as a child after Fidel Castro took over, Miami has long been his second home.
Now the low-key actor who played Vincent Corleone in "The Godfather Part III" is renting out a 9,084-square-foot estate in Key Biscayne, Fla. The 4-bedroom. 5.5-bathroom property is described as having the "charming and delightful aura of a vintage Cuban estate." There's also a pool, dock and a master suite with a lagoon view.