As Duck Island fills, Berges goes SOLO

Construction is wrapping up at the West 20th at Smith Court townhomes
in Tremont’s Duck Island enclave and all 14 of the homes have sold out.
This view was taken in March. Developer Berges Home Performance
sees strong demand continuing and is expanding west into Ohio City’s
SOLO district (Noah Belli). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Don’t tell Matt Berges that new home construction in the U.S. is in a 15-month-long slump. The owner of Cleveland-based housing development firm Berges Home Performance LLC will tell you that success depends on what you’re building and where. The where in this case is the near-West Side, specifically Duck Island, a neighborhood Berges helped rebuild. But it is running out of space for more new homes, prompting the 23-year-old firm to look elsewhere to satisfy an as-yet insatiable housing demand.

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