Property that includes the former Dog Wood Park is in JEA review to determine the service availability to support a potential 143.5-acre housing development called Belfort Creek.
The site is along Salisbury Road, south of Butler Boulevard and east of Interstate 95.
The development would comprise up to 1,536 multifamily units and be designed and constructed in phases, starting with town homes.
Jacksonville-based civil engineer England-Thims & Miller Inc. submitted the service availability request on April 10 to JEA.
The properties will have to be rezoned. They are now listed as commercial, office 1-2 story, warehouse and storage, wasteland and agriculture.
Three property owners acquired six properties in the development area. Five were acquired in 2024 and one was purchased in 2018.
None of the buyers nor ETM could be reached for comment.
The properties are zoned as commercial, office 1-2 story, warehouse and storage, wasteland and agriculture. A residential development would require rezoning.
Here are the companies and their land acquitions:
EBH Capital of Miami
Miami-based EHB Capital bought 65.92 acres from Kathleen Kelley, the former owner of Dog Wood Park, for $6.4 million Feb. 24.
EHB Capital bought the land through Butler Creek Owner LLC. The seller was Dog Wood Park of Northeast Florida LLC.
One parcel was 55.92 acres and the other 10 acres, selling for $3.2 million each.
EHB Capital also bought 5.29 acres from Neptune Beach Capital on Feb. 27.
Butler Creek Owner LLC bought the land for $575,000. Neptune Beach Capital sold it through Paradigm Holdings of Florida LLC.
Kawa of Hallandale Beach
Kawa, an asset managing firm in Hallendale Beach, bought two properties totaling 42.96 acres March 11.
Through Orion Investments Enterprise LLC, it bought 9.9 acres for $3.5 million from Allstate Electrical Contractors Inc.
Also through Orion Investments Enterprise LLC, it bought 33.06 acres for $2.24 million from Cypress Plaza Properties Inc.
Legacy Residential Group of Miami
Miami-based Legacy Residential Group acquired 30.2 acres for $550,000 in 2018.
Through Plant Life Jacksonville LLC, it bought the land from Mobro Marine Inc.
Legacy Residential Group, which previously was named CFH Group, says it is a real estate development and property management company with a portfolio of nearly 6,000 multifamily units and more than 500,000 square feet of commercial property throughout the Southeast.