Discover Jacksonville 2017

COMMUNITIES
Frank Sinatra’s "Strangers in the Night,"
among other hits.
The average home price in the area is
$49,610.
Five Points
Eclectic and vibrant
Five Points — named for where
Park, Margaret and Lomax streets
come together from five directions
— is a distinct area of the Riverside
neighborhood. It stands on its own
because of its unusual nature.
Colorful storefronts, restaurants and
funky specialty shops, some with a lot
of attitude, make up the retail part of
this area. Within eyesight and walking
distance are schools, churches, parks
and the Cummer Museum of Art and
Gardens. The area is known for its
diversity, young people with generational
preferences in clothing, hair color and
styles and more conservatively attired
people of all ages mingle easily at the
area’s restaurants, the neighborhood
Publix and Starbucks.
The average home price is $417,700.
With numerous rental offerings, the
average monthly rent is $1,277.
Fort Caroline/East Arlington
Still a popular settlement
Fort Caroline is an area less than
15 square miles east of downtown
Jacksonville on the southern shore with
breathtaking views of rolling terrain and
stately oaks.
In their leisure time, families in Fort
Caroline take advantage of their natural
surroundings by hiking, exploring,
kayaking and fishing. They don’t have
to go far: a protected nature preserve is
practically in their backyard.
Fort Caroline National Memorial, a
part of the Timucuan Ecological and
Historic Preserve, pays tribute to early
French settlement efforts with a replica
fort exhibit and visitor’s education center.
Just next door is St. Johns Bluff at Ribault
Monument, a memorial to Jean Ribault,
one of the area’s first explorers. The view
from the bluff offers a bird’s-eye vista of
the St. Johns River, once known as the
River of May.
Adding to a buyer’s choices are
homes in the $200,000-to-high-$300,000
range in housing developments such
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as Waterleaf, The Preserves at St.
Johns Landing, Kernan Forest and
Summerbrook. Captiva Condominiums
in Arlington offer one-, two- and threebedroom
condominiums beginning in
the $60,000s. The average home price for
the area is $150,200. For home buyers in
search of country club living, one of the
area’s more established private clubs is
Hidden Hills Country Club, founded in
1965.
Although new homes are going
up quickly, hundreds of acres in Fort
Caroline will remain untouched because
of their historic standing.
Garden City and Dinsmore
Quiet lifestyle on city outskirts
The communities of Dinsmore and
Garden City retain the rural small-town
appeal they have held for decades.
Residents who move here tend to stay,
and many have neighbors they have
known for years.
With the exception of Dunn Avenue
and I-295, most of the area comprising
Dinsmore and Garden City has
been spared heavy traffic and urban
encroachment. These two areas have
communities sprinkled amid acres of
forested, undeveloped land. Residents
enjoy a friendly, rural lifestyle in quiet
neighborhoods filled with large private
properties.
The area has single-family home
developments, including Waterbrook
Falls, with homes from the high
$100,000s to the $300,000s, and White
Oak Trail, with homes in the $200,000s.
The average home price is $172,500.
Gateway and Talleyrand
Full spectrum of real estate
It’s a part of Jacksonville that often
gets overlooked, but Gateway and
Talleyrand are redeveloping themselves.
Historically, the Gateway and
Talleyrand areas, on the outskirts of
Springfield and downtown, were some
of the earliest settled neighborhoods
in Jacksonville. Examples of early
1900s architecture still exist. Buyers
are purchasing these older homes and
restoring them to their original glory.
Parts of Talleyrand are highly
industrial, but the landscape is rapidly
changing. The opportunity to own
riverfront housing downtown in former
industrial areas has become a reality.
The Plaza Condominium at Berkman
Plaza and Marina is a luxury riverfront
complex. Located along the St. Johns
River on 400 E. Bay Street, the 22-story,
208-unit high-rise tower, has many
amenities, including a swimming pool,
a private parking garage with rooftop
tennis courts, a sun deck and gardens.
The building features Mediterranean
architecture and lush landscaping.
Recent for-sale-by-owner one- and twobedroom
condo homes begin at $169,000,
townhomes about $400,000. Subleases
are available from $1,350 to $2,000.
The Shipyards, an ill-fated riverfront
development on a 40-acre plot of cityowned
land, has been mired in lawsuits,
bankruptcy, grand jury investigations
and broken contracts. It is currently
the subject of proposals that would add
office, retail, residential and medical
facilities.
Intracoastal and Intracoastal West
A place like no other
When you stop in one of the
neighborhoods along the Intracoastal
Waterway, taking in its vibrant
ecosystem, you will see why so many
residents have selected the area to
call their home. It is, for all practical
purposes, the city's eastern frontier
— not quite the Beaches, not quite
Jacksonville. It is a unique community, a
place like no other in Northeast Florida.
The Intracoastal West real estate
market is almost entirely made up of
single-family homes. The typical home
ranges in size from 1,000 to 5,000 square
feet, with home prices ranging from
around $125,000 to more than $3 million
for estate properties and waterfront
homes with magnificent views.
Waterfront homes start at $400,000. Land
is also available for custom homes.
Development didn’t stop with
single-family homes. Spots along the
Intracoastal were tapped for condos,
such as Marina San Pablo off Butler
Boulevard, the first tower of which was
completed in late 2006 and immediately
sold out. Bove LLC and Remi Properties
announced the launch of the Aphora
Coach Homes at Marina San Pablo, an
$11 million development in 2016.