Exhibit 3.79

	Form BCA-2.10	ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
	(Rev. Jan. 1999)

Jesse White		This space for use by Secretary of State	SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE!
Secretary of State
Department of Business Services		CP0656117	This space for use by Secretary of State
Springfield, IL 62756			This space for use by Secretary of State
http://www.sos.state.il.us			Date

Payment must be made by certified		FILED: 11/04/02	Franchise Tax $ 25.00
check, cashier’s check, Illinois			Filing Fee $ 75.00
attorney’s check, Illinois C.P.A.’s		Jesse White Secretary of State
check or money order, payable to			Approved: KAK
“Secretary of State.”		62530634

CORPORATE NAME:

Kimball Hill Stateway, Inc.

(The corporate name must contain the word “corporation”, “company,” “incorporated,” “limited” or an abbreviation thereof.)

Initial Registered Agent:

C T Corporation System

First Name

Middle Initial

Last Name

Initial Registered Office:

c/o C T Corporation System, 208 South LaSalle Street

Number

Street

Suite #

Chicago IL

Cook

60604

City

County

Zip Code

Purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized:
(If not sufficient space to cover this point, add one or more sheets of this size.)

Real estate developments and investments and the transaction of any or all lawful businesses for which corporations may be incorporated under the Illinois Business Corporation Act.

Paragraph 1: Authorized Shares, Issued Shares and Consideration Received:

Class

Par Value
per Share

Number of Shares
Authorized

Number of Shares
Proposed to be issued

Consideration to be
Received Therefor

Common

$ none

1,000

100

10,000.00

TOTAL =

10,000.00

Paragraph 2: The preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights in respect of the shares of each class are:
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None

(over)

5. OPTIONAL:

(a)

Number of directors constituting the initial board of directors of the corporation: .

(b)

Names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as directors until the first annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualify:

Name

Residential Address

City, State, ZIP

6. OPTIONAL:

(a) It is estimated that the value of all property to be owned by the corporation for the following year wherever located will be:

(b) It is estimated that the value of the property to be located within the State of Illinois during the following year will be:

(c) It is estimated that the gross amount of business that will be transacted by the corporation during the following year will be:

(d) It is estimated that the gross amount of business that will be transacted from places of business in the State of Illinois during the following year will be:

7. OPTIONAL:

OTHER PROVISIONS

Attach a separate sheet of this size for any other provision to be included in the Articles of Incorporation, e.g., authorizing preemptive rights, denying cumulative voting, regulating internal affairs, voting majority requirements, fixing a duration other than perpetual, etc.

NAME(S) & ADDRESS(ES) OF INCORPORATOR(S)

The undersigned incorporator(s) hereby declare(s), under penalties of perjury, that the statements made in the foregoing Articles of Incorporation are true.

Dated November 4, , 2002

(Month & Day) Year

Signature and Name

Address

/s/ James A. Moehling

500 West Madison Street, 40th Floor

Signature

Street

James A. Moehling

Chicago IL 60661-2511

(Type or Print Name)

City/Town State ZIP Code

Signature

Street

(Type or Print Name)

City/Town State ZIP Code

Signature

Street

(Type or Print Name)

City/Town State ZIP Code

(Signatures must be in BLACK INK on original document. Carbon copy, photocopy or rubber stamp signatures may only be used on conformed copies.)

NOTE: If a corporation acts as incorporator, the name of the corporation and the state of incorporation shall be shown and the execution shall be by its president or vice president and verified by him, and attested by its secretary or assistant secretary.

FEE SCHEDULE

• The initial franchise tax is assessed at the rate of 15/100 of 1 percent ($1.50 per $1,000) on the paid-in capital represented in this state, with a minimum of $25.

• The filing fee is $75.

• The minimum total due (franchise tax + filing fee) is $100.
(Applies when the Consideration to be Received as set forth in Item 4 does not exceed $16,667)

• The Department of Business Services in Springfield will provide assistance in calculating the total fees if necessary.
Illinois Secretary of State Springfield, IL 62756
Department of Business Services Telephone (217) 782-9522 or 782-9523