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Manu Ginobili, the former San Antonio Spurs star, is part of a group planning what's being called the Sports Performance Hub, described by the team as a next-generation sports, education and community development project. The privately funded, $280 million development will include a planned 10,000-seat stadium for Miami FC of the United Soccer League, along with elite sports training facilities, a basketball complex, a boarding school, a hotel, academic buildings and other amenities on a single campus.
"You don't have to be blind to see the growth that Miami has experienced in the last 20 years," Ginobili said. "I remember when I started going to Miami in 2002, when I made it to the NBA, and what it has turned into is incredible. It has become not only a hub for Latin America, but a worldwide hub."
Local officials have praised the proposal. Mayor Steve Losner said late last year the project could "be an incredible asset, while providing long-term benefits to our local economy." City documents outline plans for tennis and pickleball courts, walking paths and playgrounds in the first phase, followed by training facilities, athlete development programs and performance technology centers.
Rumors have swirled for months that NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo will be dealt by the Milwaukee Bucks. Off the court, the two-time league most valuable player already has been racking up trades of a different variety: real estate. Affiliates of Ante, the player’s family office, in the past few months have invested more than $69 million acquiring a combined 186 apartment units, according to CoStar data and public records. The properties are in Wisconsin, Brooklyn and, most recently, on the North Side of Chicago.
It’s unclear whether the family plans to continue expanding its real estate empire beyond the recent deals. Ante did not respond to requests for comment from CoStar News. In the most recent real estate deal, an Ante affiliate paid just over $21 million for a four-story, 56-unit building at 4513 N. Clark St. in Chicago. The property, known as Harmony Apartments, was completed by a group of local investors in 2024.
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Madison Square Garden owner James Dolan is looking to duplicate the success of his Las Vegas Sphere with a new, eye-popping, high-tech venue just outside Washington, DC — a massive orb-shaped arena at National Harbor backed by roughly $200 million in public and private investment. The proposed 6,000-seat venue in Prince George’s County, Md., would become Sphere’s second US location and its first scaled-down design, promising a year-round entertainment draw projected to generate more than $1 billion annually once it opens.
Memphis Grizzlies star point guard Ja Morant has bought a home in Miami, according to Miami-Dade County property records. Records show that, on Dec. 23, 2025, Morant was listed as an executor of a trust that purchased a $3.2 million home. The purchase came more than two weeks before sources confirmed that the Grizzlies were considering trading Morant. The Commercial Appeal will not be listing the property address for safety reasons, but the home is approximately four miles, or about a 20-minute drive, from the arena where the Miami Heat play.
A recent post on X from user @dru_star stated that Ja Morant purchased a $3.2 million home in Miami under a trust three weeks ago. The property at 260 NW 47th Street in Miami sold on December 26, 2025, according to public real estate records.
A more than 17,000-square-foot gated estate in Medina that once belonged to both a felonious businessman and a basketball star sold last month for $4.75 million. The house, at 1492 Hunter Drive along the east edge of the Twin Cities suburb, most recently housed former Minnesota Timberwolves, now New York Knicks, player Karl-Anthony Towns. He, through a Florida-based entity linked to him, sold it to an anonymous buyer behind the Wild Indigo Revocable Trust, according to a document filed at the end of December with the Minnesota Department of Revenue. The buyer paid cash and plans to use it as a primary residence.
Jrue Holiday, who helped the Celtics win the 2024 NBA Finals, just sold his Newton home for $6.699 million. Holiday was traded back to the Portland Trail Blazers this summer.
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NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo has purchased a two-building multifamily rental complex in Brooklyn’s Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood known as the Lawrence for $25.18 million. Seth Brown and Richard Ludwig were the sellers. Matthew Peters and Jack Sullivan with Marcus & Millichap brokered the deal.
Portland Trail Blazers suspended head coach Chauncey Billups has reportedly sold his Lake Oswego home, according to Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report (subscription needed): Chauncey Billups, on leave from the Blazers while he faces federal gambling charges, has sold his Lake Oswego home… A listing on Redfin for Billups’ house in Lake Oswego says the seller has accepted an offer and a sale is pending. The house was listed for $4.275 million. According to public records, Billups—through his LLC called Phavored—bought the 1.74-acre home for $3.9 million in early July of 2021, days after he was officially introduced as Blazers head coach.
A sprawling Houston estate once owned by former NBA star Nick Van Exel—and famously featured on MTV Cribs—is headed to the auction block, giving luxury buyers a rare shot at scooping up one of the city's most dramatic homes for far less than its nearly $10 million list price.