Under construction: Upscale homes in Phase 3 of Riverbend

A worker places plywood on the roof of a new home as construction continues along John F. McCarthy Way in Phase 3 of Riverbend, a 48-lot, upscale, single-family home subdivision off West River Road in Wood County’s Middleton Township. The subdivision, owned by Brian McCarthy of McCarthy Builders Inc., was begun in 2001 with plans to make it a golf-course development, but the project encountered financial trouble in 2008, and Mr. McCarthy acquired its undeveloped lots from receivership. Hom