Nassau County’s Development Review Committee is reviewing plans for the largest residential housing development yet in Yulee’s master-planned Wildlight community.
The site spans about 155 acres and could bring up to 425 single-family homes in what’s called the Garden District. It is the third proposed neighborhood presented there in as many weeks.
Plans show two parks, a multiuse trail and a golf cart path. The minimum lot size for the homes is 5,000 square feet.
The site is immediately north of two previously presented neighborhoods in the Garden District.
Jacksonville civil engineer England-Thims & Miller presented the plans at the committee’s March 11 meeting.
ETM met with the DRC on Feb. 25 regarding a project in the southeastern portion of the site, which includes 365 single-family homes to be developed in three phases. The plan also designates areas for future development.
On March 4, Jacksonville-based Kimley-Horn discussed a second development that would bring about 250 single-family homes to the area. It is west of the first neighborhood. A strip of land with existing homes, which Raydient does not own, divides the two projects.
Raydient is the developer of the 24,000-acre Wildlight and a division of Rayonier Inc. It owns the 4,708-acre Garden District land through Wildlight LLC. The district is at Riverbluff Parkway and Pages Dairy Road, about 9 miles east of Interstate 95 and Wildlight’s Town District, which includes retail, office, and housing.
According to a Raydient spokesperson, the Garden District emphasizes outdoor amenities, conservation and river access. It is Raydient’s second Detailed Specific Area Plan.
The district is zoned PD-ENCPA, a Nassau County designation that allows for large-scale planning and development. It was adopted in July 2011.
For the DRC to make a recommendation on any of the projects, formal applications must be submitted.
Another Raydient-owned project is underway in the Wildlight Industrial District near Interstate 95. Westerly Park is planned to include 402 single-family homes and up to 60 multifamily units with an amenity center. Pulte Homes and David Weekley Homes are the builders.
According to the Pulte Homes’ website, the development is expected to be delivered in fall 2025.