Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Product range
40-, 50-, and 60-ft single-family homesites, townhomes in The Ridge, and gated 55+ single-story homes in Regency
Builders
David Weekley, Dostie, Dream Finders, ICI Homes, MasterCraft, Providence, Riverside, Toll Brothers
First neighborhood
Mariposa, about 175 homesites; model homes opened April 2026
Theme
Rustic modern architecture on the old Bayard railroad outpost
Costs & Fees
HOA
Not yet published for every neighborhood; confirm the current amount for your neighborhood and product line
CDD
Yes; the Coastal Ridge CDD finances roads, utilities, and amenities with long-term special assessments; confirm the current annual amount per lot
Club
No club membership; The Grove amenities are resident amenities funded through the fee stack
Amenities
The Grove
Resort-style pool, pickleball, playgrounds, dog parks, and a lakeside walking trail
The Station
Planned walkable town center with shops, dining, and everyday services
Green space
Roughly half of the land preserved for trails and native Florida foliage
55+ amenities
Regency residents get a private clubhouse, pool, fitness, pickleball, tennis, and more inside their own gate
Location
Setting
Bayard, southeasternmost Duval County, primary entrance off US-1 / Philips Highway
Between
Nocatee (south) and eTown (north), with St. Johns Town Center up US-1
County line
Duval taxes and schools on a St. Johns County border address; verify the county for any specific lot
Eight Builders, Three Lot Widths
The launch panel runs the full Northeast Florida spectrum: David Weekley, Dostie, Dream Finders, ICI, MasterCraft, Providence, Riverside, and Toll Brothers. That mix spans true production pricing through semi-custom, which is rare in a single plan and is the practical reason EverRange's published range stretches from the high $400s past $750K before Regency is counted.
Builder choice inside a masterplan matters more than buyers expect: warranty culture, design-studio pricing, structural-option flexibility, and incentive behavior differ sharply across these eight. The same 50-ft lot can produce a very different total cost and a very different build experience depending on whose contract you sign.
Incentives are the other lever. Launch-phase builders buy momentum with closing-cost credits and rate buydowns, then taper them as sections sell. The release-sheet history, which builder moved base prices, when, and what they were throwing in, is the single most useful document in a new-construction negotiation. We keep it.
What Living Here Is Actually Like
For the next several years, EverRange life is early-masterplan life: new streets, model-home traffic, builders working in the next section over, and an amenity campus that feels oversized for the population until suddenly it does not. Residents who thrive in that phase are buying the trajectory, the trails, and the new-build product, and they tend to love it. Residents who expected Nocatee's finished ecosystem on day one do not.
The daily pattern
US-1 is the spine: Nocatee Town Center's grocery, dining, and services are about six miles south, St. Johns Town Center's big-box and mall retail about eleven miles north, and I-95 access routes through either Race Track Road or the 9B connector depending on your section. Until The Station opens, nearly every errand is a car trip.
Construction reality
Phase one means construction: trucks at the entrance, dust on the new sections, and model-home weekend traffic. Builders manage it reasonably well, but buyers touring a quiet Tuesday should also drive it on a Saturday before falling in love.
Who is moving in
The product mix telegraphs it: townhomes for first-time buyers, three lot widths for move-up and multigenerational buyers, and a gated 55+ enclave for downsizers, often grandparents following the grandchildren. It is the same multi-generational blend that made Nocatee sticky.
The Bayard backstory
Bayard was a railroad outpost on the Jacksonville-to-St. Augustine line, and for decades it was the quiet stretch of US-1 between the two. The rustic-modern design brief and the EverRange name both nod to that ranch-and-rail history rather than to the beach.
The EverRange Buyer Checklist
- Confirm the Coastal Ridge CDD assessment for your exact lot, amount and term, in writing.
- Get the neighborhood HOA dues for your product line, plus Regency's sub-association if applicable.
- Pull the release-sheet history for your builder: base-price moves and incentive patterns since launch.
- Walk the plat, not just the model: preserve edges, future commercial frontage, construction routes.
- Verify school zoning with Duval County for the lot, and ask how the district handles masterplan rezoning.
- Price the design studio honestly: model homes are option-loaded; get the base-spec walkthrough too.
- Compare the all-in monthly against a Nocatee or Bartram-corridor resale before deciding new wins.
- Use your own representation: the builder's agent is the builder's, and it costs you nothing to have ours.
We watched Nocatee go from dirt to the best-selling community in the country, and the buyers who did best were not the ones who timed it perfectly. They were the ones who picked the right lot in the right section, understood the fee stack before signing, and negotiated the builder contract instead of admiring it.
EverRange is the same developer giving this market a second first chance. If you want in, do it with the release history and the plat in front of you. We will bring both.
EverRange vs. the Alternatives
The realistic cross-shop list is short: the mature original to the south, the modern masterplan to the north, and the St. Johns plans that trade price for schools.
| Community | County / Schools | Stage | The honest one-liner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nocatee | St. Johns | Mature | The finished product EverRange is modeled on, at finished-product prices. |
| eTown | Duval | Active | Modern-design masterplan up US-1; smaller scale, further along. |
| RiverTown | St. Johns | Active | Riverfront amenities and St. Johns schools, with the CDD to match. |
| SilverLeaf | St. Johns | Active | The no-CDD pitch; compare total carrying cost, not labels. |
| Bartram Park | Duval | Mature | The established resale value play in the same corridor. |
The pattern: EverRange wins on builder choice, lot selection, and Duval pricing at the cost of maturity. If you need the finished ecosystem or St. Johns schools, one of the four alternatives wins. If you want the widest new-construction menu in the corridor with upside, EverRange is the call.
The Honest Pros and Cons
Pros
- The Nocatee developer's proven masterplan formula, from day one
- Eight builders and three lot widths: real choice, real competition
- Duval taxes and entry pricing from the high $400s
- ~50% preserved land and a trail-first land plan
- Gated 55+ option (Regency) inside the same plan
- Lifetime-low lot premiums while the lot bank is full
Cons
- Years of construction phase ahead
- The Station town center is a promise, not an address, yet
- Coastal Ridge CDD adds a tax-bill line for decades
- Duval schools, not the St. Johns district many cross-shoppers want
- No meaningful resale history to anchor value
- HOA and CDD figures still being published piecemeal
