Tower condos offer amenities, view of parks, Lake Michigan

Published November 12, 2005

About 20 percent of the 344 condominiums at 340 on the Park remain for sale. The 62-story tower by LR Development Co. is located at 340 E. Randolph Drive in the developing Lakeshore East area.

Remaining residences have one to three bedrooms and range from 1,281 to 5,489 square feet. Prices begin at $389,000. A palette of wood, glass and stone is used inside the residences.

The modernist structure, by architects Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates, offers unobstructed views of the skyline and Lake Michigan, Millennium and Grant Parks and the park at Lakeshore East.

The building will have an amenities floor with a fitness center, 25-yard lap pool, clubroom, and winter garden with large glass doors. Plans also call for more than 4,000 square feet of retail space and six levels of underground parking.

Sales are being conducted from the John Hancock Center, 875 N. Michigan Ave., from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

For information, call 312-397-8900 or visit www.340ontheparkchicago.com.

- Fidelity Wes Builders is developing 88 lots in Ravenna in Long Grove, which is set on the former Indian Valley golf course.

The wooded lots are priced from $255,000 to $410,000 and custom residences from $800,000. They will have a minimum of 2,800 square feet for a ranch plan and 3,200 square feet for a two-story design. Designs typically offer four to five bedrooms, 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 baths, formal dining rooms, great rooms or family rooms with vaulted ceilings, full basements and master bedroom suites.

Amenities and finishes include central air conditioning, three-car garages, natural stone countertops, volume ceilings, recessed lighting, hardwood flooring, whirlpool tub in master baths, hand-crafted cabinetry, 9- to 12-foot first-floor ceilings, fireplaces, central vacuum systems, intercoms, landscaped lots with in-ground sprinkler systems and covered porches.

Ravenna of Long Grove is on the west side of Illinois Highway 83, two miles north of Illinois Highway 22.

For information, call 847-550-0590 or visit www.fidelitywes.com.

- Early deliveries and incentives are being offered at Northbridge, a development of 435 single-family residences in Huntley by Concord Homes and Lennar Chicago.

Concord's designs range from 2,500 to 3,467 square feet and have four bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, basements and attached two- to three-car garages. The two-story plans are base-priced from $320,490 to $376,990.

Lennar's floor plans range from 2,700 to 3,177 square feet and are base-priced from $374,900 to $435,900. They have four or five bedrooms, 2 1/2 or three baths and three-car garages.

Several residences are available for delivery by the end of the year, and buyers who finance through a preferred lender by Nov. 30 can save up to $25,000.

To visit Northbridge, take Interstate Highway 90 to Route 47 and head north. Turn left at Algonquin Road and follow signs to the development, on the north side of the road.