BJ Bohne has helped countless builders reach new heights.
Now, the president and CEO of Imperial Crane Services — a Bridgeview-based construction crane rental and sales company — is heading to the moon in high-end residential real estate.
A trust overseen by Bohne listed an Oak Brook mansion for $7.9 million, the most expensive home on the market in the western suburbs, just shy of the record $7.95 million sale price 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 Creek.
Bohne’s home, built in 2007 at 3305 York Road, has six bedrooms and eight bathrooms.
13,000 sq. ft. with exquisite stone façade and circular heated driveway. Additional amenities include a four-car garage, weight room, spa, golf simulator room, pool, outdoor putting green, guest house with full kitchen, basement bar, rec room, wine cellar, and elevator.
The home is the third most expensive on the market in DuPage County behind two Naperville homes — one asking $12.75 million and the other seeking $10.5 million.
Home sales in DuPage haven’t exceeded $7.7 million in recent years.
Diana Ivas of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago, who represents the public company, did not respond to a request for comment. Neither Bohne nor his wife, Irena Bohne, responded to messages seeking comment.
The most expensive home in DuPage County is 15,400 square feet Naperville The mansion owned by Jane Brooks and her late husband Don Brooks. The property at 222 West Van Buren Avenue was back on the market in February for less than the $15 million it originally sought when it first hit the market in 2021.
Built in 2019, the five-bedroom, nine-bathroom house sits on more than an acre of land on Van Buren Avenue on the western edge of downtown. Seller intends to host events and fundraisers and live there. Don Brooks is the owner of the McCrone Group, an analytical laboratory company in Westmont.
