This week in Northeast Florida real estate.
The freshest development, infrastructure, retail, school, and market activity across Duval, St. Johns, Clay, and Nassau counties, summarized from public reporting and official sources by our team and linked to the original coverage. Updated weekly. Last updated August 21, 2026.
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- August 21, 2026DevelopmentDuval County
Becovic pays 27 million dollars for The Carling and 11 East apartments Downtown
Becovic Management Group paid 27 million dollars for two Downtown apartment properties in sales that closed August 14, with deeds recorded August 20 at the Duval County Clerk of Court. The Indiana based buyer paid 15.5 million dollars for 11 East, the 17 story 1926 building at 11 E. Forsyth St. once known as The Lynch Building, and 11.5 million dollars for The Carling across two deeds. Seller The Vestcor Cos. exits both assets, and Becovic also owns The Residences at Barnett and the Laura Street Trio.
Source: News4JAX - August 21, 2026SchoolsSilverLeaf
District says SilverLeaf High School is within reach without borrowing, at roughly 100 million dollars
Superintendent Brennan Asplen said the St. Johns County School District believes it can fund SilverLeaf High School with little or no debt after pausing a planned middle school, elementary school and K-8 and redirecting those dollars. The board has authorized design and architecture work, construction is expected to run about three years, and the cost could climb toward 120 million dollars as design progresses. Asplen attended the August 19 special commission meeting on agricultural enclave certifications to gauge what an estimated 15,000 additional homes could mean for future school capacity.
Source: News4JAX - August 20, 2026CivicClay County
Clay County opens a 90 day appeal window on updated FEMA flood maps
The appeal period for the revised Clay County Flood Insurance Rate Maps runs August 20 through November 18, 2026. The updated maps replace 2014 versions and will move some parcels into or out of Special Flood Hazard Areas, the zones where a federally backed mortgage triggers a flood insurance requirement. The county posted an interactive parcel lookup and is accepting appeals supported by technical data through its flood team email.
Source: Clay County Newsroom - August 20, 2026MarketDuval County
Jax GAP Fund launches with 20 million dollars to finance affordable rental construction
A group of private and philanthropic investors announced the Jacksonville Growth and Affordability Partnership Fund, a 20 million dollar revolving loan pool for multifamily rental projects in Duval County. Northern Trust anchored the fund with 10 million dollars, followed by 5 million from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, 3 million from The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida and its donors, and 2 million from Pinnacle Financial Partners, with Self Help Ventures Fund administering the lending. Officials expect the capital to work alongside 4 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits and tax exempt bonds to finance roughly 80 million dollars of construction, with loan repayments recycled over a 20 year period.
Source: Jacksonville Today - August 20, 2026DevelopmentDuval County
Mayo Clinic permitted for a 16.3 million dollar emergency department expansion
The city issued a permit valued at 16.3 million dollars for an emergency department expansion at Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road S. The Robins and Morton Group is listed as contractor on roughly 10,000 square feet of work. The permit continues a long run of construction activity on the Southside campus.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 20, 2026SchoolsDuval County
Duval Schools weighs Regency Square Mall and three other sites for a headquarters move
A real estate consultant for Duval County Public Schools presented four headquarters relocation options to the School Board, narrowed from 88 sites within a defined search area. Buying additional buildings near the Schultz Center in Midtown and taking part of the former Regency Square Mall in Arlington were each pegged near 16 million dollars with room for about 400 staff, while a Jacksonville Transportation Authority partnership in LaVilla was priced above 40 million dollars and the Prominence Parkway building in Baymeadows remains available at 13.6 million dollars. The district is separately weighing purchase offers of 15.5 million dollars from Bainbridge and 15.6 million dollars from Ashco for its Prudential Drive riverfront property.
Source: Jacksonville Today - August 20, 2026InfrastructureSt. Johns County
Appeals court upholds St. Johns County win over Grand Oaks developer on SR 16 widening costs
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an August 7 opinion largely affirming that Southeast Development Partners breached its 2018 agreement and owes the full cost of widening three miles of State Road 16 near World Golf Village. The work was first estimated near 15 million dollars, was redesigned at FDOT direction to roughly 57 million dollars, and county estimates now exceed 60 million dollars. The ruling preserves the ability of the county to withhold approval of additional plats and construction plans at the 524 acre Grand Oaks project, which was entitled for up to 999 homes plus commercial and office space.
Source: St. Johns Citizen - August 19, 2026InfrastructureDuval County
Fire Station 48 opens at Blount Island, replacing a firehouse built in 1978
City leaders cut the ribbon August 19 on the new Fire Station 48 at the JAXPORT Blount Island Marine Terminal off Heckscher Drive, replacing a station opened in 1978 inside the port perimeter. The roughly 12 million dollar facility included 5.9 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Defense and has room for an engine, a tanker and a future rescue unit. Downtown Station 39 at 115 Festival Parkway, budgeted at 7.6 million dollars, is expected to open in November.
Source: Jacksonville Today - August 19, 2026DevelopmentSt. Johns County
County certifies two agricultural enclaves near I-95 and SR 207 and delays a 4,462 acre vote
Commissioners approved Heritage Development East and Heritage Development West in back to back 3 to 2 votes, covering 615 acres and 550 acres of former timberland near Interstate 95 and State Road 207. Staff found both met the criteria of Senate Bill 686, which took effect July 1, and the two certifications together could support roughly 15,000 homes. A separate application for about 4,462 acres north of Nocatee, filed by the Davis family and PARC Group, was continued to September 1 after questions about boundary calculations.
Source: News4JAX - August 18, 2026CivicBeachwalk
Beachwalk developer sues St. Johns County over 1.34 million dollars in impact fee credits
Twin Creeks Development Associates and two affiliates filed suit in circuit court seeking dollar for dollar credits for 2.52 acres near County Road 210 and Accolade Avenue that the developer donated to the county in 2024. An appraisal commissioned by the developer valued the parcel at 1.34 million dollars. The county has not yet built on the site, which is planned for Fire Station 23 with completion projected for late 2028.
Source: St. Johns Citizen - August 18, 2026DevelopmentDuval County
Jaguars clear a permit for a 4,940 square foot sales experience center near the stadium
The city issued a permit August 18 for a 4,940 square foot sales experience center at 510 Touchdown Drive on the former Jacksonville Fairgrounds site next to EverBank Stadium. Birken Construction Inc. of Jacksonville is the contractor on the nearly 1.06 million dollar build out. Plans show a lobby, offices, a break room, a bar and hospitality area, a video presentation cube, four closing rooms and an exit experience tied to the 1.4 billion dollar stadium redevelopment.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 18, 2026CivicSt. Johns County
St. Johns voters to decide a November measure allowing conservation land bonds
The County Commission voted 3 to 2 to place a measure on the November ballot that would let the county issue bonds for its Land Acquisition and Management Program, repaid through property taxes. Any resulting levy would be capped at 0.15 mills, or 15 cents per 1,000 dollars of taxable value, which the Trust for Public Land estimated at roughly 47 dollars per household per year. The measure needs 50 percent support to pass.
Source: Jacksonville Today - August 18, 2026DevelopmentSt. Johns County
Ability Housing completes 92 income restricted apartments on North Volusia Street in St. Augustine
The Village of New Augustine at 280 N. Volusia St. wrapped construction after roughly two and a half years of building and a development process that began in 2018. All 92 units are restricted to households at or below 60 percent of area median income, with rents running from about 634 dollars for a one bedroom to 1,599 dollars for a three bedroom, and the property was 30 to 40 percent leased at the ribbon cutting. The 26.5 million dollar project drew Florida Housing Finance Corp. loans and tax credits, a 14.22 million dollar Bank of America construction loan, a 460,000 dollar county affordable housing grant and 1.2 million dollars in American Rescue Plan funds.
Source: Jacksonville Today - August 14, 2026Retail & DiningDurbin Crossing
Grocery anchor at Shops at Race Track Rd clears a 5.8 million dollar build out permit
St. Johns County issued a build out permit August 14 for the 26,740 square foot grocery store that will anchor the Shops at Race Track Rd at 4560 Race Track Road, about three miles west of Interstate 95. Jacksonville based Avant Construction Group is listed as contractor on the 5.8 million dollar job.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 14, 2026Retail & DiningNassau County
Dutch Bros is planning its first Nassau County coffee stand at Wildlight
The Oregon based drive thru coffee chain has a location in the works in the Wildlight master planned community off Florida 200, roughly 2 miles east of Interstate 95. It would be the first Dutch Bros in Nassau County and, by latitude, the northernmost in Florida, edging out a Pensacola store by about 9 miles. The plan has not yet gone before the Nassau County Development Review Committee, and an environmental resource permit application is pending with the St. Johns River Water Management District.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 13, 2026CivicSt. Johns County
St. Augustine advances a charter change requiring a unanimous vote to strip conservation status
The City Commission approved on first reading a charter amendment that would require all five commissioners to agree before removing the conservation designation from a parcel or significantly developing it, up from the current three vote majority. The change covers roughly 30 acres of city owned conservation land, including holdings tied to the 62 acre Fish Island Preserve off State Road 312. A second approval is still needed before it takes effect.
Source: Jacksonville Today - August 13, 2026DevelopmentSt. Johns County
Entrada developer files a ninth agricultural enclave application for 51 acres off Lightsey Crossing Lane
The master developer of the Entrada community submitted an August 12 application seeking certification for about 51 acres on Lightsey Crossing Lane, roughly 5.5 miles southwest of downtown St. Augustine. The filing brings the county agricultural enclave application count to nine under Senate Bill 686, which lets qualifying properties bypass comprehensive plan amendments and rezonings. Entrada is a 582 acre planned unit development approved by commissioners in 2019 that includes its own community development district and preserved wetlands.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 13, 2026MarketTamaya
Rehabilitation hospital beside Tamaya sells for 48.75 million dollars
A deed recorded August 12 with the Duval County Clerk shows Hammes Partners acquired the 48 bed Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital through HPIV Jacksonville LLC for 48.75 million dollars from a Dallas based ownership entity. The 4.6 acre site sits northeast of Kernan and Beach boulevards next to Grand Living at Tamaya. The underlying land traded for 2.36 million dollars in December 2022 before construction.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 12, 2026DevelopmenteTown
City approves a 4.13 million dollar shell building for a dental institute at The Exchange at eTown
Jacksonville commercial permit activity dated August 10 included approval of a 20,000 square foot shell building at 11251 Network Drive on the northwest side of The Exchange at eTown. ShayCore LLC is listed as contractor on the 4.13 million dollar job. The parcel sits next to the David Weekley Homes corporate office and design center.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 11, 2026Retail & DiningClay County
Ferber Co. buys 11.41 acres at Blanding and Henley for a Middleburg retail center
Ponte Vedra Beach based The Ferber Co. closed August 7 on 11.41 acres at the southwest corner of Blanding Boulevard and Henley Road in Middleburg. The first phase is set to bring Dutch Bros Coffee, LongHorn Steakhouse, Olive Garden, a Community First Credit Union branch and a Take 5 Oil Change, with the LongHorn targeted to open by late 2027. Ferber cited the completed First Coast Expressway and the scarcity of remaining Blanding Boulevard tracts inside the beltway as reasons for the purchase.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 11, 2026Builder ActivityClay County
Ryan Homes lot buys at Saratoga Springs top 14.28 million dollars across 13 deeds
Ryan Homes recorded 13 deeds in the Saratoga Springs agrihood in Clay County totaling more than 14.28 million dollars. A single August 4 closing covered 57 lots for 10.45 million dollars in Sagebrooke, the age restricted 55 and older section the builder is developing inside that community.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 11, 2026DevelopmentDuval County
City Council approves 110-home rezoning at former Kings Trail Elementary site
The Jacksonville City Council voted 17-0 and 18-0 on Aug. 11, 2026 to change the land use and rezone 7401 Old Kings Road South, the 12.41-acre former Kings Trail Elementary School site in the San Jose area, to a Planned Unit Development from Public Buildings and Facilities. Applicant Dream Finders Homes plans up to 110 cottages or townhomes and said it was considering an age-restricted community for residents 55 and older.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 7, 2026MarketClay County
Hearthstone pays 19.29 million dollars for 361 lots in Clay County's Rookery community
California based land banking and builder finance firm Hearthstone Inc. bought 361 residential lots in Rookery Phase 2B in southern Clay County for 19.29 million dollars, acquiring through Rookery Jacksonville, L.P. The seller, CRE JDG Rookery Owner LLC, lists a New York address associated with Cerberus Capital Management and shares a Daytona Beach address with Rookery developer Jobalia Development Group.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 6, 2026CivicDuval County
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville leads new U.S. News hospital rankings
Mayo Clinic's Jacksonville campus tops the newly released U.S. News and World Report hospital rankings, per Jacksonville Today on August 6, 2026. The ranking adds national visibility to one of the region's largest medical employers on the Southside.
Source: Jacksonville Today - August 6, 2026Retail & DiningSilverLeaf
SilverLeaf Market plans two outparcel buildings totaling about 16,200 square feet
Plans filed for the Publix anchored SilverLeaf Market call for roughly 16,200 square feet across two buildings with divisible tenant space, set for review by the St. Johns County Development Review Committee on August 19. The buildings are speculative because the inline shop space is fully leased. Separately, Dunkin' pulled a 736,000 dollar building permit July 1 for its single tenant outparcel and Chase has a site plan under review with the county and the water management district.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 6, 2026CivicSt. Johns County
Eighth agricultural enclave application filed in St. Johns County
AFI Associates Inc., a St. Augustine based affiliate of The Hutson Cos., filed for agricultural enclave certification of a 310 acre property west of Pacetti Road and north of County Road 208, the eighth such filing in the county under Senate Bill 686, per the Jacksonville Daily Record on August 6, 2026.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 5, 2026DevelopmentDuval County
Downtown Publix tower incentives being renegotiated
Developer Gateway Jax and the city are reworking the pending 49.65 million dollar incentive package for the 14 story Publix anchored tower at 119 W. Beaver St., with the 28.25 million dollar cash grant at issue and the approving ordinance deferred 30 days, per Jacksonville Today on August 5, 2026. The tower is planned for 259 apartments and a 30,000 square foot Publix, and site demolition continues.
Source: Jacksonville Today - August 5, 2026DevelopmentDuval County
Laura Street Trio sold to Indiana based developer
The historic Laura Street Trio buildings in Downtown Jacksonville were sold to an Indiana based developer, per the Jacksonville Daily Record on August 5, 2026. The long vacant trio has cycled through several stalled restoration plans.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record - August 5, 2026MarketRiverTown
RiverTown lands 20th on the RCLCO mid year ranking of top selling master planned communities
Consultant RCLCO placed RiverTown 20th in its mid year 2026 list of top selling master planned communities, crediting 300 home sales so far this year, roughly 3 percent ahead of the same point in 2025. Mattamy Homes is building toward about 4,500 homes at full completion. SilverLeaf, also in northwest St. Johns County, ranked 7th with 575 sales.
Source: St. Johns Citizen - August 4, 2026CivicSt. Johns County
County explores legal challenge to Florida's agricultural enclave law
St. Johns County commissioners directed the county attorney to explore whether the county can challenge Senate Bill 686, the agricultural enclave law, per the Jacksonville Daily Record on August 4, 2026. Pending applications under the law could fast track as many as 47,500 homes on roughly 6,500 acres, with a public hearing on several applications set for August 18.
Source: Jacksonville Daily Record
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