The final Chicago-area home that former Bulls Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen once owned — a five-bedroom, 10,000-square-footer in Highland Park complete with an indoor basketball court — is for sale for $2.699 million, and it’s under contract to sell to a buyer.
During his years playing for — and also after leaving — the Bulls, Pippen owned a pair of mansions in Highland Park as well as a condo on Lake Shore Drive on the Gold Coast. He owned his first mansion in Highland Park, an eight-bedroom, 8,228-square-foot mansion on Shady Lane, from the time he custom-built it in the early 1990s until selling it in 1996 for $1.75 million. That long-ago home of his most recently sold in early 2023 for $1.53 million.
In 2004 — shortly before his second tour of duty with the Bulls came to an end — Pippen and then-wife Larsa paid $2.225 million for the 10,000-square-foot mansion on Old Mill Road in Highland Park that currently is for sale. Pippen sold it in 2021 for $1.8 million to the family that now is trying to sell it.
Built in 2003 and set on 2.7 acres, the Old Mill Road mansion has 5 1/2 bathrooms, two separate primary bedroom suites, two stairways to the second floor, laundry rooms on the first and second floors, an updated kitchen and a walkout lower level with an eight-seat movie theater, a wine cellar, rec room, playroom and an exercise room.
Outside on the property are an infinity pool, a spa, a waterfall, a waterslide and a large patio.
Probably the most unique feature in the mansion has been its indoor gym, which has a basketball half-court. When Pippen owned the home, the gym contained a large rendering of Pippen’s Bulls uniform on the floor.
Now, the gym still has signature Bulls red and black padding on some of its walls, but the rendering of Pippen’s uniform has been removed.
The current owners first listed the mansion in December 2023 for just under $2.7 million and cut their asking price to $2.65 million last month. The home went under contract Sept. 24.
Listing agent Ting Ting Zheng did not respond to a request for comment.
The mansion had a $62,909 property tax bill in the 2023 tax year.
The pending sale of the former Pippen mansion on Old Mill Road comes as Pippen’s former teammate, megastar Michael Jordan, finally has found a buyer for his 56,000-square-foot spread on 8.4 acres in Highland Park after more than 12 years on the market. For close to a decade, Jordan has held fast to his asking price of $14.855 million.
No information is yet available on exactly when either the former Pippen mansion or Jordan’s lair will sell, or for how much.
Pippen now lives in the Los Angeles area.
Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.
