Jordan cuts price on Chicagoland mansion sale

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Want to live like one of the greatest athletes in history? You can, for the bargain price of $14.855 million.

That’s the current asking price for basketball great Michael Jordan’s mansion near Chicago, reports ABCNews.com.

It really is a bargain when you consider Jordan first put the 56,000-square-foot mansion on the market in 2012 with a listing price of $29 million.

The nine-bedroom home on seven acres along Lake Michigan in Highland Park, IL, also features 15 baths and five fireplaces, a three-bedroom guesthouse, pool area, outdoor tennis court and three climate-controlled multi-car garages. An indoor basketball complex features a full-size regulation court with specially cushioned hardwood flooring and competition-quality high intensity lighting. It’s also got a sound system set up to provide perfect acoustics within the court space.

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By the way, add up the digits in the current price, and they equal 23. That was Jordan’s iconic jersey number for most of his basketball career dating all the way back to his days at Laney High School.

Jordan, who currently owns the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, grew up in a modest home on Gordon Road in New Hanover County back in the 1970s.