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Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu dropped $2.2M on Wicker Park mansion

Chicago native’s 4,700-square-foot home was built in 2018

Bulls Guard Ayo Dosunmu Pays $2.2M for Wicker Park Home
Bulls Guard Ayo Dosunmu and 1620 West Pierce Place (Getty, Google Maps)

Chicago Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu, who signed a three-year, $21 million contract in the summer, has bought a mansion in Wicker Park.

The Chicago native and third-year pro late last month paid $2.2 million for the six-bedroom, 4,700-square-foot house at 1620 West Pierce Place that was built in 2018, the Chicago Tribune reported. Coldwell Banker’s Shaena Flanagan and Peter Angelo of Jameson Sotheby’s represented Dosunmu.

The NBA player used an opaque land trust to buy the contemporary-style home, which has five full bathrooms, two half-bathrooms, a floating glass panel staircase and a gourmet kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances, including a 60-inch Sub-Zero refrigerator, a 90-bottle Sub-Zero wine and beverage center and a 48-inch Wolf cooktop.

On the exterior, there’s a garage roof deck, a deck off the primary bedroom suite and a fourth-floor roof deck with a gas fireplace, seating area and hot tub. The property’s tax bill was  $20,816 in 2021.

“What he liked about it was that it was nice and sleek. It has a rooftop deck with a hot tub, and when we first sat down, these were things that he really wanted in a house,” Flanagan told the newspaper. “The location was a big factor, and the square footage was a big factor. The house has a movie theater, a game room and several bedrooms that are spacious, and everything was move-in ready.”

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Elsewhere in Wicker Park, Donald Wilson Jr., CEO and founder of trading firm DRW Holdings, is seeking nearly $7 million for the historic mansion at 1407 North Hoyne Avenue, which he purchased in 2021 before performing an extensive renovation of the 8,250-square-foot, 1880s-built estate.

Dosunmu joins other Bulls players who have bought a mansion in the city. Most recently, Coby White purchased a 7,000-square-foot home in Lincoln Park that was listed for $5.1 million. 

NBA all-star DeMar DeRozan paid $4.5 million for a River North mansion after signing with the team in 2021, and Bulls center Nikola Vucevic dropped $4.75 million on a 5,345-square-foot home in Lincoln Park last summer.

— Quinn Donoghue

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