Buyer of Michael Jordan’s cut-price $9.5m Chicago mansion revealed

The buyer who finally put Michael Jordan out of his misery and bought his Chicago mansion earlier this month has unveiled plans to honor the legacy of the NBA great.

Jordan’s 5,000-square-foot mansion in Highland Park, Illinois — just over an hour from downtown Chicago — had been on the market for more than a decade, with the Bulls hero dropping the price from $29 million to $9.5 million before finally making his money. a sale.

The new owner of the building has now reported. John Cooper, from Lincoln, Nebraska, has lived in Chicago for about 10 years and is a big fan of Jordan.

“I remember seeing the house for sale and thinking how cool it would be for the person who buys the house,” he told the newspaper. Lincoln Journal star.

“My favorite player to watch was always Jordan. “He made shots that looked impossible, and he accomplished that on defense as well.”

Cooper, a partner at real estate company HAN Capital, recently celebrated his 42nd birthday in the building, where, the publication said, a game of basketball took place on the court belonging to the house.

John Cooper, a real estate firm partner, bought it and doesn’t plan to change much

The property is best known for the ’23’ on the gates that guard the mansion – a place fans have traveled to before to take photos.

And while he puts his own touches on certain parts of the mansion, the numbers seem to stay where they are.

“I will be announcing some exciting plans for the property in January,” he said. ‘I have no major renovation plans.

“I will honor the legacy of the property. This place is great just the way it is.”

Amenities for the mansion include nine bedrooms, 19 bathrooms, a cigar room, a library, an indoor gym, a circular infinity pool, a basketball court, a tennis court and an iconic front gate bearing the number 23.

In retirement, Jordan has lived primarily in his native North Carolina, although he spent the summer with his wife, Cuban-American model Yvette Prieto, aboard a yacht in the Mediterranean.

Jordan ended his 13-year reign as owner of NBA team Charlotte Hornets by transferring his majority stake in the franchise to a group led by Rick Schnall and Gabe Plotkin in August 2023.

The sale to Schnall and Plotkin would be worth as much as $3 billion, which represented a colossal profit for the 61-year-old considering he spent $275 million to buy the team in 2010.

Michael Jordan and his wife Yvette Prietto attend the 2019 Cincoro Tequila launch

Amenities for the mansion include nine bedrooms, 19 bathrooms, a cigar room and a library

Cooper played basketball on the court he now owns for his 42nd birthday

Jordan remains the richest athlete in history after combining his iconic career in the NBA with some of the biggest commercial deals ever off the court.

The most famous of these brand partnerships is of course with Nike, with whom he collaborates on the Jordan brand.

The former Chicago Bulls superstar’s most recent annual royalty check with Nike was reportedly worth around $260 million.

Two months ago, Jordan spent $70 million on a luxury private jet, a tribute to his Nike connection.

Not long after spending $2 million on a one-of-a-kind Italian sports car, Jordan spent even more money on a stunning new plane, complete with a $500,000 custom paint job.

The six-time NBA champion’s plane is a Gulfstream 650ER, which holds the record for “the farthest fastest flight in the history of business aviation.”