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

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

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 13, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service,

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 .