Work continues toward the EverRange development of more than 1,100 residential homes, almost 300 apartments and more between Nocatee and eTown along Philips Highway in Southeast Duval County.
The PARC Group of Jacksonville is developing EverRange on property owned by the Davis family.
Civil engineering plans are in review to clear and grade two parcels for the residential and commercial development at the roughly 1,200-acre property.
There also are recent letters to city utility JEA to determine the service availability for parts of the project, and the developer issued a request for proposals for preconstruction and construction management services.
“All of the projects are the standard development process so that we will be ready for sale by the fall of 2025,” said Kelly Owen, PARC Group director of marketing, on July 9.
The most recent steps:
• EvrDev LLC, the development entity for the project, and civil engineering firm Prosser Inc. submitted plans to the city June 29 for early clearing and mass grading for 111.03 acres that include Parcels 24A and 24B. Those parcels total at least 298 single-family lots.
• EvrDev also sought a service availability determination from city utility JEA in a submission June 26 for Parcel 26F, which consists of 132 single-family lots. England-Thims & Miller Inc. is the civil engineering requesting the determination.
• Prosser Prime AE requested a JEA utility service availability determination July 1 for a community amenity center called The Grove at EverRange that includes a welcome center, two pavilions, eight pickleball courts, muiltipurpose lawn, a trail and areas for golf carts.
• And in another move toward development, EvrDev LLC issued a request for proposals for preconstruction and construction management services for EverRange. The RFP is available by contacting Rick Foster at EvrDev by email at [email protected].
Owen said PARC anticipates the final renderings and site plans by year-end.
The project
Owen said May 24 that development in EverRange is underway and PARC Group is building the infrastructure.
She said EverRange will include multiple neighborhoods, an amenity center and a Town Center area.
“We see significant potential in southern Duval County to develop a high-quality, master-planned community,” Owen said.
She said EverRange “will build on the success and popularity of our other award-winning communities, Nocatee and eTown.”
PARC Group does not anticipate beginning construction on neighborhoods until the second half of 2025 and the first ones will open in 2026, Owen said in May and again July 9.
Owen said PARC Group has announced that Toll Brothers will be the first builder and will develop an active adult 55+ neighborhood.
“There will be additional neighborhoods and builders announced as development proceeds,” Owen said.
Big Creek Timber LLC conveyed the EverRange property in March 2023 to EVRDEV LLC.
Both LLCs comprise executives within D.D.I. Inc., which is the Davis family office. The Davis family founded Winn-Dixie Stores Inc.
A PARC Group master site plan shows EverRange is planned for 1,305 residences.
That plan shows 1,011 single-family lots, 294 rental units and a 27-acre commercial-retail development at the southern end of the land.
The land runs north to south, ending along Philips Highway at the southern tip of Duval County, where Philips connects with Nocatee Parkway running east and Race Track Road running west.
Philips Highway is U.S. 1 and continues into St. Johns County.
There is a trail network, a central amenity center, a recreation pond and other ponds.
EverRange.com says it is a new planned community “with a charming rustic modern” ambiance that spans 1,000 acres and 1,500 homes.
It says more information is coming in 2024 and the community will open in 2026.
EverRange sits within 6,174 acres that Big Creek Timber LLC rezoned in February 2023 to a Planned Unit Development for residential and commercial uses, with about a third of the acreage protected or placed in conservation.
The PARC Group is the master developer of eTown and Nocatee, both of them planned communities on Davis family land.
ParcGroup.net announced in July 2023 that EverRange eventually will connect to The Exchange at eTown retail center.
ParcGroup.net says it was established in 1989 and has developed “many of Northeast Florida’s premier addresses.”
In more detail:
The EverRange draft master plan shows, from north to south:
• Parcel 18: 54 single-family lots
• Parcel 20: 352 single-family lots
• Parcel 24A: 251 single-family lots
• Parcel 24B: 47 single-family lots.
• Parcel 25A: 175 single-family lots
• Parcel 26F: 132 age-qualified single-family lots
• Parcel 26D: 294 rental units.
• Parcels 26A (18 acres), 26B (23 acres) and 26E (9 acres) of unspecified mixed-use.
• Parcel 26C: 27 acres of commercial-retail uses, at the end of the project along Philips Highway almost at the St. Johns County line.
EverRange borders the east side of Wells Creek. The property is east of Florida 9B.
A road runs the length of the community that connects from Philips Highway and will link with eTown, also a PARC Group development.
EverRange.com says the property is slated to connect to eTown’s Town Center, The Exchange.
Other filings so far
For the apartments and commercial space, England-Thims & Miller Inc. filed a service availability request with JEA on May 13 for Parcel 26C. JEA issued a letter May 20 outlining the connection points and other details.
A site plan for that parcel shows 26.2 acres for 215,000 square feet of commercial development east of Philips Highway between Ever Range Parkway and Trading Post Drive, which would need to be built.
The parcel also could see up to 325 apartments, although that number is not shown on the last site plan.
Prosser Prime AE requested a JEA service availability determination April 10 for the 175-lot Parcel 25 and the 298 sites in Parcels 24A and 24B. JEA issued a letter April 24 outlining the connection points and other details.
So far at EverRange, Parcels 24A, 24B and 25 total 473 lots.
The city also has been reviewing civil engineering plans filed April 16 for Parcel 25, now undeveloped land with grass and trees.
England-Thims & Miller was the civil engineer for that filing.
The plans are drafts and subject to change.