Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Type
Five-story mixed-use condominium over ground-floor retail
Residences
58 units, built 2006-07
Size
Roughly 1,373 to 2,220 sq ft, large for the beaches
Parking
Underground garage space plus a second surface space per unit
Costs & Fees
Condo fee
Not published; confirm the current budget and insurance allocation
CDD
None
Taxes
Duval County millage, Jacksonville Beach city services
Price
Recent listings roughly $500K to $1M by floor and exposure
Amenities
Pool
Pool and cabana courtyard
Fitness
On-site fitness center
Security
Secured entry doors and lobby access
Retail
Ground-floor retail conveniences in the building
Location
Setting
525 3rd Street N (A1A), in the walkable Jax Beach downtown core
Beach
Two blocks east to the sand
Mayo Clinic
About 8 miles, 15 to 18 minutes
St. Johns Town Center
About 12 miles, 20 to 25 minutes
The Homes & Style
Pier Point occupies a full block at 525 3rd Street North (A1A) in the heart of Jacksonville Beach: five stories, 58 residences over ground-floor retail, built in 2006 and 2007, with an underground garage, a pool-and-cabana courtyard, a fitness center, and secured entry. Floor plans run roughly 1,373 to 2,220 square feet, genuinely large by beaches-condo standards, and the sand is two blocks east. Each residence comes with an underground garage space plus a second surface space, generous parking for a downtown-core building.
Its position in the market is specific: newer than almost every non-oceanfront building in town, bigger inside than most oceanfront units at the same price, and priced below the towers because the Atlantic is a short walk rather than a window view. The diligence here is not structural, the building is 2006-07, decades from the age thresholds that define older coastal stock, but it is a condo, so the budget, reserves, and insurance allocation matter more than any single unit’s finishes.
Condo-sized prices for townhome-sized space, two blocks off the sand. The deal is won by reading the floor, the exposure, and the association’s budget, not a list price.
Recent listing behavior runs roughly $500K to $650K for the smaller two-bedroom plans, $650K to $850K for the large two- and three-bedroom core, and into seven figures for renovated fifth-floor and corner units. Comps are thin in a 58-unit building, so hand-verify the floor and exposure tier before pricing an offer.
Living Here
The lifestyle is walkable downtown-core Jax Beach. Weekdays are quiet and walkable, with the building’s ground-floor retail, restaurants, and the beach all on foot. Weekends bring the Jax Beach crowd to the block, with full restaurants, busy A1A, and high energy, the reason owners who love it chose it. The amenity set inside is a pool and cabana courtyard, a fitness center, and secured entry, plus the convenience of ground-floor retail.
The honest variable is noise and exposure. The core is lively on Friday and Saturday nights, and street-facing units hear it; courtyard-facing units are meaningfully quieter, which is why a night tour matters before committing. Parking covers daily life, your garage space plus a surface space, but guests use street and public-lot parking that tightens on event weekends. Mayo Clinic is about 15 to 18 minutes, the St. Johns Town Center 20 to 25, and downtown Jacksonville 28 to 35.
Is it noisy?
The core is lively on Friday and Saturday nights, and street-facing units hear it; courtyard units are much quieter. We tour at night before buyers commit, because exposure decides the daily experience here.
What does mixed-use mean for owners?
Retail and residential components share the building under a declaration that splits costs and votes. We review that split before our buyers offer, it is the building’s one structural quirk.
What parking comes with a unit?
An underground garage space plus a second surface space per residence; confirm the specific assignments in the documents. Guests use street and public-lot parking, which tightens on event weekends.
Before You Offer
A mixed-use beaches condo rewards a condo-specific diligence routine. We run all of these on every deal.
- Pull the adopted budget and reserves — the association does not publish the fee; get the current budget, reserve study, and any SIRS funding plan in writing.
- Read the insurance allocation — coastal master-policy coverage and the split with owner HO-6 policies drive the real carrying cost.
- Review the mixed-use declaration — how the retail and residential components split costs and votes is the building’s key structural quirk.
- Verify the leasing rules — minimum lease terms and rental caps must come from the current condo documents, never from listing remarks.
- Confirm the flood zone and elevation — two blocks of setback helps, but verify the FEMA zone and the association’s flood coverage before contract.
- Tour at night for exposure — street-facing versus courtyard units are a different daily experience on weekend nights.
- Check milestone and SIRS status — the 2006-07 building is years from the 30-year milestone trigger, but confirm the reserve study and any assessment plan.
Pier Point is the value play in the Jax Beach core: newer construction, townhome-sized plans, generous parking, and a two-block walk to the sand, priced below the oceanfront towers because you trade the horizon view for space and newness. The work is not the unit, it is the association.
Our job is to pull the adopted budget, reserves, and insurance allocation, read the mixed-use cost-and-vote split, verify the leasing rules from the documents, and tour at night so the exposure tier is a choice, not a surprise. On thin 58-unit comps, the floor and exposure read is what gets the price right.
Comparisons
Pier Point competes with the other Jacksonville Beach condo options on a clear axis: oceanfront view versus newer construction, more space, and lower pricing. Each is a different trade-off.
| Community | The trade-off |
|---|---|
| Las Brisas | A value-oceanfront alternative: you gain the horizon view and direct beach access, but typically older construction and smaller plans than Pier Point’s townhome-sized space. |
| Ocean 14 | The other value-oceanfront option, trading Pier Point’s setback and bigger plans for an Atlantic-front position; compare the price per square foot and the view premium directly. |
| Costa Verano | A same-vintage oceanfront step up, newer like Pier Point but on the sand and priced for the view. The clean comparison for what the oceanfront premium actually costs. |
Net: if the priority is newer construction, the largest non-oceanfront plans, generous parking, and the walkable core at a price below the towers, Pier Point is the math. If a horizon view is non-negotiable, the oceanfront options above are the field, and we will run the per-square-foot and view premium on each.
Who It Fits
Pier Point fits if you want
- Newer beaches construction with townhome-sized plans, priced below the oceanfront towers.
- The walkable Jax Beach core, with restaurants, retail, and the sand on foot.
- Generous parking for a downtown-core building, a garage space plus a surface space.
- A lock-and-leave condo where you trade the horizon view for space and convenience.
Consider elsewhere if you want
- A direct oceanfront, horizon view, where the towers are the field.
- Quiet on weekend nights, unless you choose a courtyard-facing unit.
- A simple single-family budget; this is a mixed-use condo with an association.
- Deep, liquid inventory; only a handful of units come up per year.
