BJ Bohne has helped countless builders reach new heights.
Now, the president and CEO of Imperial Crane Services — a Bridgeview-based company that rents and sells construction cranes — is shooting for the moon himself, in the world of high-end residential real estate.
A trust overseen by Bohne has listed an Oak Brook mansion for $7.9 million, the priciest home on the market in the western suburb and just a tad below the record sale price of $7.95 million for a DuPage County home, property records show. That mark was set in 2003 when former White Sox slugger Frank Thomas sold a 25,000-square-foot mansion in Oak Brook.
Bohne’s home was built in 2007 at 3305 York Road and has six bedrooms and eight bathrooms.
The 13,000-square-foot spread has an elaborate stone facade and a circular heated driveway. Other amenities include a four-car garage, weight room, spa, golf simulator room, pool, outdoor putting green, a guest house with full kitchen, a basement bar, recreation room, wine cellar, and elevator.
The home is the third-priciest on the market in DuPage County, beaten only by two Naperville homes — one asking $12.75 million and another seeking $10.5 million.
In recent years, home sales in DuPage haven’t exceeded $7.7 million.
Diana Ivas with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago is representing the listing, and did not respond to a request for comment. Neither Bohne nor his wife Irena Bohne responded to messages seeking comment.
DuPage County’s priciest listing is the 15,400-square-foot Naperville mansion owned by Jane Brooks and her late husband Don Brooks. The property at 222 West Van Buren Avenue came back on the market in February with a price cut from the $15 million it initially sought when first listed in 2021.
The five-bedroom, nine-bathroom home was built in 2019 and is on just over an acre of land on Van Buren Avenue, on the western edge of downtown. The seller intended to host events and fundraisers as well as live there. Don Brooks was the owner of the McCrone Group, an analytical laboratory company based in Westmont.
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