Real estate executive John Cooper purchased Michael Jordan's former mansion in Highland Park, Illinois for $9.5 million. The 56,000-square-foot home originally listed for $29 million in 2012.
Lincolnshire real estate executive John Cooper has been identified as the buyer of Michael Jordan's Chicago-area mansion. He purchased the house for $9.5 million. The buyer of Chicago Bulls legend and NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan's mansion in Highland Park has been revealed: a 42-year-old real estate executive from Lincolnshire, ABC7 Chicago news partner reported. That's a far cry from the $29 million MJ was asking for when it was first listed more than a decade ago.
Cooper has lived in the Chicago area for more than 10 years. He recalls seeing news of the basketball superstar listing the house in 2012 and 'thinking how cool it would be for the person that buys the home,' he told the newspaper. Cooper has so far hosted his birthday party and met with several contractors to make repairs and upgrades to the home, according to the newspaper. The mansion is a popular tourist destination for those visiting Highland Park. Everyone needs a picture of the front gate of the Michael Jordan house. Jordan first listed the 56,000-square-foot home for sale in 2012. The home includes a full-size basketball court, putting green, cigar room, workout room, nine bedrooms and 15.5 bathrooms. After lowering it a couple times, in 2015 Jordan settled on a new asking price of $14.855 million. The digits added together equal Jordan's jersey number 23. 'He had that asking price until ... the sale closed,' Chicago Tribune real estate columnist Bob Goldsborough said. 'So, nine years, he didn't budge on his asking price at all.' Goldsborough said despite Jordan's star power, the building has a 90s institutional look to it, and had some other challenges for the seller. 'The land is sort of land-locked behind some other houses, railroad tracks and a nature preserve,' Goldsborough said. 'So, the land isn't easily developable.' It's unclear what the buyer plans to do with the house, and whether he will keep the iconic 23 on the front gate
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