The buyer who finally put Michael Jordan out of his misery and snapped up his Chicago mansion earlier this month has revealed plans to honor the NBA great's legacy.
Jordan's 56,000-square-foot mansion in Highland Park, Illinois, just over an hour from downtown Chicago, had been on the market for more than a decade, and the Bulls hero dropped the price from $29 million for $9.5 million before finally selling. a sale.
Now, the new owner of the property has come forward. John Cooper, of Lincoln, Nebraska, has lived in Chicago for about 10 years and is a big Jordan fan.
“I remember seeing the house for sale and thinking how great it would be for the person who bought it,” he told Lincoln Diary Star.
'My favorite player was always Jordan. “He made shots that seemed impossible and he also did it on defense.”
Cooper, a partner in real estate firm HAN Capital, recently celebrated his 42nd birthday at the property, which, according to the publication, included a basketball game on the court that came with the house.
Buyer of Michael Jordan's $9.5M Chicago Mansion Revealed
John Cooper, a partner in a real estate company, bought it and does not plan to change much
The property is best known for the '23' on the gates guarding the mansion, a location where fans have traveled before to take photographs.
And while he's putting his own touches on certain parts of the mansion, it looks like the numbers will stay where they are.
“I'll be announcing some exciting plans for the property in January,” he said. 'I don't have any major renovation plans.
'I will honor the legacy of the property. This place is fantastic just the way it is.'
The mansion's amenities 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 entry gate with the number 23.
Jordan has lived mostly retired in his native North Carolina, although he was spotted spending 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 the Charlotte Hornets NBA team by selling 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 was said to be worth a staggering $3 billion, a colossal profit for the 61-year-old given he shelled out $275 million to buy the team in 2010.
Michael Jordan and his wife Yvette Prietto attend the launch of Cincoro Tequila in 2019
The mansion's amenities include nine bedrooms, 19 bathrooms, a cigar room and a library.
Cooper played basketball on the court he now owns on his 42nd birthday.
Jordan remains the richest athlete in history after combining his iconic NBA career with some of the biggest off-court business deals in history.
The most famous of those brand partnerships is, of course, with Nike, with whom he partnered on the Jordan brand.
The former Chicago Bulls superstar's most recent annual royalty check with Nike was worth around $260 million.
Two months ago, Jordan spent $70 million on a luxury private jet that pays tribute to his connection with Nike.
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 with a $500,000 custom paint job.
The six-time NBA champion's plane is a Gulfstream 650ER, which holds the record for “the furthest and fastest flight in the history of business aviation.”