WNBA’s Angel Reese Buys $1.3 Million House in Chicago Suburbs

Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese has purchased a home in southwest suburban Lemont, marking the rising WNBA star’s first real estate move since turning pro.

The 3,600-square-foot home at 12735 Caruso Court sits on a 0.41-acre lot and includes four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, a first-floor study, media room, three-car garage and a lookout basement, the Chicago Tribune reported. It sold for $1.275 million, or $354 per square foot.

Reese purchased the property through an LLC; the newly built home first listed in January 2024 for $1.325 million. Keller Williams agent Justin Penn represented Reese in the sale.

Reese, a Maryland native who turns 23 next month, played college basketball for the University of Maryland and Louisiana State University, where she led the Tigers to their first national championship. Reese was selected by the Sky in the 2024 WNBA Draft and became a WNBA All-Star in her rookie season.

Reese’s Sky salary was $73,439 last year; she has a four-year deal worth just $324,383, but she has endorsement deals with brands including Reebok, Beats by Dre and Reese’s.

On social media this week, Reese hinted at the significance of the milestone, writing that she had “knocked off 2 BIG things off my vision board in the first 4 months of the new year” — buying a home and helping her mother retire.

The deal continues a broader trend of high-profile athletes buying in the Chicago area, especially among younger players establishing long-term ties to their teams. Celebrity athletes have generally gravitated to the city’s outlying suburbs.

But the majority of such recent deals have closed from the athletes’ exits.

Former Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen’s 10,000-square-foot mansion sold in Highland Park last October, when it asked $2.7 million, or $270 per square foot. Former Chicago Bears right guard Nate Davis sold his five-bedroom, 5,500-square-foot house on a 1.28-acre property for $3.7 million ($668 per square foot) in February, also in Highland Park.

Late last month, former Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine listed his full-floor Near North Side condo for $6.9 million after he was traded to the Sacramento Kings in February. It’s still on the market; the asking price pencils out to $1,533 per square foot, and Nancy Tassone of Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty has the listing.

— Judah Duke