After sitting on the market for more than a decade, the basketball icon’s sprawling Highland Park property is becoming a luxury timeshare.

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The buyer of the legendary basketball player's Chicago-area estate is looking to sell off pieces of the property, for a hefty price.

Chicago-area real-estate investor John Cooper closed on the home, named Champions Point, at the beginning of December, buying it for $9.5 million, records show. He got a steep discount for the Highland Park mansion, which was initially asking $29 million when it was first listed in 2012, Mansion Global previously reported .