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A 14 unit townhouse project located on the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and 46th Street in Chicago, the design of the complex takes into consideration, the scale and detail of the stately stone mansions and apartment buildings that grace the boulevard, on which this project is sited, while establishing a distinct character of its own.

Entry doors and main living spaces face the street and establish a relationship with the street at the pedestrian level. Garage doors are clustered together away from the street in an intimately scaled auto court, which is bordered by private balconies and roof deck spaces above.  Units feature three or four bedrooms, two full bathrooms and two powder rooms in 2,550 - 2,800 square feet of living space on four levels. There are three basic unit types that are comparable in size, but different in configuration.

All units have a first floor family room, a small garden area and a two-car garage, or a one-car garage and an additional exterior space, an open second floor, with high ceilings, two or three bedrooms, a bathroom and laundry area on the third floor and a fourth floor master bedroom suite with vaulted ceilings and a large (240 S.F.) deck.  Numerously well-placed windows create generous amounts of natural light, atypical for a project of this type.

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