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Actor Matt Damon is in contract to buy a Brooklyn Heights penthouse, according to people with knowledge of the deal.
The apartment, which tops a condominium project known as the Standish on Columbia Heights, was last seeking $16.645 million. If the deal closes for that price, it would be the priciest residential sale ever to take place in Brooklyn. That record was last set by the $15.5 million sale of a townhouse on Pacific Street…