Bill Ackman Lists Central Park West duplex

Bill Ackman is bailing on a pair of units in Manhattan, though the billionaire isn’t lacking for places to live in the city.

The Pershing Square Capital Management founder listed his duplex at the Beresford for $19.9 million, Curbed reported. The adjacent apartments at the storied Upper West Side building are listed both separately and combined, depending on the source, but they share a landing and can be combined.

The eighth-floor units at 211 Central Park West combine for roughly 6,000 square feet, featuring five bedrooms and seven bathrooms. The co-op offers 80 feet of park frontage and plenty of views of Central Park.

Unit 8F has a working gas fireplace, a breakfast nook overlooking the park and a primary bedroom with five closets, including three walk-in closets. There’s less going on at Unit 8E, which is in need of modernization according to the listing, and there are approved plans available to combine the units.

The units also have a computerized lighting system, electric window shades, a laundry room and refrigerated wine storage. The Beresford has a 24-hour doorman, a fitness center and a bike room.

The Corcoran Group’s Deborah Kern has the listing.

Ackman appears willing to take a loss on the units, having purchased them for a reported $22 million seven years ago during his separation from his ex, who maintained a duplex in the same building.

The billionaire has other places to lay his head at night in Manhattan. On West 77th Street, Ackman fought hard for his glass box penthouse designed by Norman Foster, receiving approval for a scaled-down plan from the Landmarks Preservation Commission two years ago. Ackman paid $22.5 million for the unit.

An Ackman-led group also spent $91.5 million for a penthouse at Extell Development’s One57, though he has since tried flipping it for a whopping $500 million.— Holden Walter-Warner