1618 Sheridan Road is a ten-story condominium development with only eight units. Each unit has its own floor of the building, with a penthouse connecting the top two floors.
The condominium was designed with a combination of green glass, metal louvers and granite. The green glass bay windows fully utilize the square footage of the development, with living space extending to the outdoors via expansive prefabricated balconies.
Michigan Place is 120 units, with two seven-story condominium buildings at one end of the site and three-story townhomes at the other. Located in Chicago near the Illinois Institute of Technology, the complex integrates historical structures as a nod to the college’s Miesian campus just across the street.
The complex is marked by a grand entrance, centered on a historic church. Within, the two multifaceted condominium towers define the north end of the site and allow maximum sun exposure for the townhomes to the south. Michigan Place also features an underground parking area, topped by a landscaped green roofing system.
Optima Towers includes 105 condominium residences with 8,000 square feet of street-level retail. Located in downtown Evanston, Optima Towers was the first of Optima’s three developments in the area over a two year span. The tower’s prime downtown location offers walkability to nearby transportation, shopping and Northwestern University.
The design of Optima Towers serves to set it apart from its surroundings. A shimmering green glass facade and bright orange perforated steel balconies provide relief from the monochromatic materials of the buildings around the towers, and a landscaped courtyard provides a natural separation between the residential entry and street-level retail.
Optima Center Wilmette is located in the heart of downtown Wilmette, just north of Chicago. The mixed-use community includes a four-story condominium development with 54 residential units joined by 20,000 square feet of commercial space.
Optima Biltmore Towers is a mixed-use community in Phoenix, Arizona, featuring two 16-story towers and totaling 230 luxury residences.
7120 Optima Kierland is a 12-story condominium tower and part of Optima Kierland Center, located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The architecture of the development is a 21st century urban solution to residential design that uses sustainable systems and materials, produces exciting interior and exterior spaces and provides a dynamic public and pedestrian friendly development.
840 Michigan is 24 units consisting of 16 townhomes. Located on a prominent urban site in Evanston, 840 Michigan is equidistant from Main Street transportation to the west and Lake Michigan to the east.
840 Michigan is designed with a landscaped courtyard at the center of the development. A bridge fabricated in aluminum gratings allows sunlight to penetrate through during the day and channel-glass stair enclosures act as lanterns illuminating the space at night.
Optima Horizons is a 16-story commercial and residential tower in downtown Evanston, Illinois, where 248 condominiums rise above retail and commercial space.
North Pointe features 118 condominium homes. Located in Evanston at a popular intersection, the development was designed with creating a sense of place in mind. Natural elements like an inner park and lake that follow the curvature of the building juxtapose the precast concrete and glass exterior.
Drawing inspiration from the surrounding mountains and Native American desert communities, Optima Camelview Village is a 700-unit mixed-use development. Comprised of eleven terraced, bridge-linked buildings, it responds to the desert climate of urban Scottsdale, Arizona by creating a pedestrian friendly shaded environment of interconnected landscaped courtyards.
