Open it Up: The Open-Plan Layout Gains Greater Momentum

Since the housing industry has recovered, with inventory even tight in markets nationwide, many builders and developers are constructing multifamily buildings, single-family houses and townhomes from the ground up with open-shared living spaces.
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Luxury Townhome Community Brighton Mews in Park Ridge is Sold Out

Edward R. James Companies is proud to announce the closeout of another successful community—Brighton Mews, our 29-unit luxury townhome development in the heart of Park Ridge, Ill. Key to the community’s fast sales pace—it sold out in less than two years—was the rare opportunity to buy new construction in this sought-after, inner-ring suburb just steps from the community’s bustling downtown.
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Northbrook Empty Nesters Drawn to Stylish Homes and Maintenance-Free Living at Anets Woods

In early 2017, Northbrook residents Bob and Christa Bolts were just starting to think a move to a maintenance-free community designed for empty nesters might be in their future in the next 10 years. Both in their 50s, the couple was in no hurry to leave their current home and neighborhood. But that quickly changed when they heard about Anets Woods, a new-construction community of 32 luxury single-family homes not far from their current residence.
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Where, and how, today's 'active adult' buyers want to live

From Jimmy Buffet-themed communities to slightly more mainstream age-restricted enclaves, active adult communities today take many forms. That’s in part because the housing wish lists of those who live there are so varied.
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AI and VR and 3D, Oh My! New Cutting-Edge Homebuilding Technology

Slowly but surely, new technologies like drones, virtual reality, 3-D laser scanning and 3-D printing are bound to make their way into the homebuilding process.
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Model Interior is Looking Lovely

Our model home at Anets Woods—which features the New Haven floor plan—is really coming to life! While we first worked on the model’s exterior and its shingle elevation, now we’re hard at work inside. The interior is coming together…
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Northbrook Empty Nesters Drawn to Stylish Homes and Maintenance-Free Living at Anets Woods

In early 2017, Northbrook residents Bob and Christa Bolt were just starting to think a move to a maintenance-free community designed for empty nesters might be in their future in the next 10 years. Both in their 50s, the couple was in no hurry…
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Community Continues to Take Shape

As construction progresses this summer at Anets Woods, the community is really taking shape as we continue to break ground on new home sites. We are currently digging and preparing the sites for lots 6, 18, and 29, which have been purchased.…
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The Entry Wall Sign is Installed

The Anets Woods entry sign was recently installed onto the stacked stone wall.
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Live-Work by Design

The idea of a living near the office or workplace is not new. It was the norm in America before the advent of the automobile, when miles of pavement stretched the distance between where people lived and where they worked for the first time.
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The Roads Are In!

Now that that roads have been paved it's easier to see the site and the locations of each home in the development.
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Interior Framing and Insulation Begins

It's always exciting to see the rooms of a new home take shape. In the photos below you can see the rough interior framing and insulation going into the walls. You can see the plumbing and electrical lines. In the next several weeks drywall…
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