Building after blight: Rockford townhouse development replaces dilapidated property

Rock River Current

ROCKFORD — Construction of a three-unit townhouse on the city’s south side is nearing completion, marking the final stretch of a project that puts a once blighted residential property back into use.

Nick Naruz, the owner of Toad Hall Books & Records on Broadway, worked with Ambassador Homes to develop the two-story structure at 2215 Wentworth Ave., which is in a neighborhood just north of the Rockford water tower along Harrison Avenue. The townhouses are modeled after a similar development Ambassador did in Roscoe…

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