Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Format
Four-story mid-rise, 107 condos
Built
2005 construction
Sizes
About 793 to 1,533 sq ft
Plans
One to three bedrooms
Costs & Fees
CDD
None on the tax bill
Condo fee
Not published, confirm in writing
Tax reset
Budget the post-sale reassessment
Insurance
Master policy plus your HO-6
Amenities
Pool
Resort-style with fountains
Clubhouse
Resident gathering space
Fitness
On-site fitness center
Extras
Car-care center, valet trash
Location
Address
8290 Gate Parkway West
Area
Southside, Tinseltown orbit
Town Center
About 5 minutes
I-95 / JTB
Minutes via Butler Boulevard
The Homes & Style
One bedroom units have listed around 148,000 to 150,000 dollars per floridarealestatecentral crawl data spanning 2025 to 2026, which is the verified anchor; larger plans trade higher, so pull fresh MLS comps for two and three bedroom units before offering.
The investor share keeps a steady flow of both rental comps and occasional portfolio-style sales, which can create pricing noise; comp against owner-marketed, financed sales when you can.
The buyer pool is first-time buyers working the Tinseltown and Town Center job corridor, plus investors underwriting the same rental demand, so clean, move-in-ready units move fastest.
With one building and 107 units, the shopping variables are plan size, floor, and condition.
The entry product at around 793 square feet and the band where the 148,000 to 150,000 dollar listings per floridarealestatecentral 2025 to 2026 crawl data have sat; popular with first-time buyers and investors alike.
The middle of the building and the most flexible product for owner-occupants who want a roommate option or a home office.
The largest plans reach 1,533 square feet, genuine larger space in a mid-rise format that is uncommon at Southside condo prices.
Living Here
The amenity package punches above the price point, anchored by the courtyard pool.
The visual and social centerpiece of the property.
Indoor gathering space for residents and the association.
On-site workouts without a gym membership.
Practical extras, a wash and detail area plus doorstep trash pickup, that most communities at this price skip.
Tinseltown dining and entertainment is essentially next door, St. Johns Town Center is about five minutes away, and the surrounding Southside corridor covers groceries and daily errands within minutes.
Buyers default to garden-style condos out of habit, so 2005 mid-rise product with interior corridors and an elevator quietly trades near garden-style prices here; for buyers who value secure entry and single-roof maintenance, that is mispriced convenience.
With only 107 units, inventory comes in trickles; serious buyers should set alerts and be ready to move, because the well-priced units do not sit while you deliberate.
The investor share means owner-occupancy ratios float near thresholds some loan programs care about; the same unit can be financeable for one buyer and not another depending on program, so a lender condo review in week one is the cheap insurance.
Before You Offer
Jacksonville sees coastal, river, and creek flooding, and pockets near the St. Johns River tributaries can sit in higher-risk zones. Jacksonville participates in the FEMA Community Rating System at a class 6, which earns flood-insurance discounts of about 10 percent for homes outside a special flood hazard area and about 20 percent for homes inside one.
The reliable move is to pull the FEMA flood designation for the exact Gardens of Bridgehampton address before you write an offer, since two homes in the same area can fall in different zones. A home in Zone X can cost far less to insure than one near water in Zone AE. Get a bindable flood and homeowners quote during your inspection period, so the cost is in your monthly math before you commit, not after.
The Jacksonville metro is served by Xfinity (Comcast) cable across nearly all addresses and by AT&T with DSL almost everywhere plus fiber to a growing share of homes. If working from home matters, confirm the options, and fiber in particular, at the specific Gardens of Bridgehampton address rather than assuming.
Duval County total millage runs roughly 17.9 to 18.5 mills depending on the taxing district. The Florida homestead exemption for 2026 is 51,411 dollars for those who qualify, and the deadline to file a new homestead exemption is March 1.
The trap to plan for is the post-sale reset: when you buy, the Save Our Homes cap from the previous owner ends and the assessed value resets to the new just value, so your second-year tax bill is often higher than the seller current one. Budget the true number, and confirm whether the specific home carries a CDD or other assessment that is billed separately from the millage and is not reduced by the homestead exemption.
Comparisons
Gardens of Bridgehampton's natural cross-shops are the other attainable Southside condos along the Gate Parkway and Town Center corridor. Against the garden-style condo communities a few streets away, this building trades the spread-out, two-story walk-up format for a single secured mid-rise with interior corridors and an elevator, which many buyers value but few pay a premium for here. Against the Point Meadows condos near the Town Center, Gardens of Bridgehampton offers a newer 2005 build in one building rather than a multi-building campus, which can make the maintenance picture easier to read, though both share the same financing reality: the owner-occupancy ratio and association budget decide which loan programs work. And against renting in the same corridor, owning here puts a buyer in front of the same Tinseltown and Town Center convenience with an entry price that has historically started in the low six figures for one-bedroom units. The honest summary: Gardens of Bridgehampton wins on building format and build era, and gives ground to single-family product on space, yard, and lender simplicity.
Who It Fits
Gardens of Bridgehampton fits the first-time buyer who wants a 2005 mid-rise condo within walking-adjacent distance of Tinseltown and five minutes of the St. Johns Town Center, the buyer who values secure interior-corridor entry and single-roof maintenance over a yard, and the investor underwriting steady Southside rental demand. It also fits the lock-and-leave owner who wants the pool, fitness, and valet-trash conveniences without single-family upkeep. It does not fit the buyer who needs a garage, a yard, or three-plus bedrooms of single-family space, the buyer who wants the simplest possible financing, since condo project review and owner-occupancy ratios are a live variable here, or the buyer who needs to move fast on a wide selection, because with only 107 units inventory comes in trickles. Anyone who comps a unit off the broader Southside condo average, rather than the freshest in-building sale, will misread the value.


























