WHY IT WORKED: A great location on the west side of Elgin, one of Chicago’s rapidly growing suburbs, is a plus, as is the master planned community’s nautical concept, which the builder calls “a taste of New England in the Midwest.”
PROJECT CREDITS
Project: Providence, Elgin, Ill.; Sales started: May 2004; Sales through April 2005: 221; Units planned: 507; Price: $290,000 to $350,000; Unit size: 2,266 to 3,544 square feet; Builder: Town & Country Homes and True North Communities, Lombard, Ill.; Developer: K. Hovnanian T&C Management, Lombard; Architects: Balsamo, Olson and Lewis, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., and Bloodgood Sharp Buster Architects and Planners, Palatine, Ill.; Land planner: Land Vision, St. Charles, Ill.; Landscape architect: Hitchcock Design Group, Naperville, Ill.; Interior designer: Creative Design Consultants, Costa Mesa, Calif.
Learn more about markets featured in this article: Chicago, IL.
