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Michael Jordan is on the market for a buyer for his 2012 Chicago mansion

Basketball legend Michael Jordan has found a buyer for his ultra-custom mansion in suburban Chicago and is about to end his years-long saga of selling one of the area’s most iconic homes.

The property in the affluent suburb of Highland Park went into contract on Sunday, according to Katherine Malkin of Compass Inc., the listing agent, who declined to provide additional information about the transaction.

Built in 1995 during Jordan’s prime with the NBA’s Chicago Bulls, the home sits on seven acres and has nine bedrooms and 19 bathrooms, according to a public listing. The 32,000-square-foot property boasts a full-sized indoor basketball court, a cigar room and a gym. His jersey number from his time with the team, 23, is emblazoned on the goal.

It was originally listed in 2012 with a price tag of $29 million, or $887 per square foot. A series of price cuts brought the listing to $14.9 million in 2015, where it has remained ever since. Crain’s Chicago Business first reported news of the sale.

Chicago’s luxury real estate market has seen some movement in recent months despite a nationwide slowdown in home buying, although some properties have closed at deep discounts. Last month, a custom mansion on eight city lots in the affluent Lincoln Park neighborhood closed for $15 million, after an original listing price of $50 million eight years ago.

Jordan, 61, left the Bulls in 1999 and became part owner of the Washington Wizards. He then was the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets before agreeing to sell his stake last year for $3 billion. The Wall Street Journal reported in April that Jordan bought a $16.5 million mansion in a gated community in Jupiter, Florida, where he already owns a 28,000-square-foot mansion built in 2013.

(Updates with Jordan buying a mansion in Florida in the last paragraph.)

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