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Gary DeJong: A Lifetime of Business Expertise Meets Jacksonville Real Estate
In real estate, experience matters–and few professionals bring a broader range of expertise to the table than Gary DeJong. As a Florida-licensed Realtor®, DeJong combines decades of executive leadership, financial acumen, and hands-on property ownership experience to help clients make confident real estate decisions. Born in Modesto, California,...
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Mandarin's New Daisy Chain Book Co. Pours Wine With Its Reading Nooks
A new bookstore is set to bring wine, coffee and community bingo nights to Jacksonville's Mandarin neighborhood, filling a 3,200-square-foot space at 12644 San Jose Blvd. Daisy Chain Book Co. plans to open in late summer 2026, according to the company website, though the store is listed as possibly opening in October 2026 per one article. The shop will stock new books in various genres for all ages, alongside apparel and book-related gifts.
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GTE Financial building-out second Jacksonville office
The city issued a permit Aug. 13 for a second Tampa-based GTE Financial office to build-out in Jacksonville, this one at Intracoastal Plaza at 14444 Beach Blvd. at southeast Beach Boulevard and San Pablo Road. Creo Contracting LLC of Jacksonville Beach is the contractor to renovate a 2,848-square-foot former bank...
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Apartment conversion proposed for Northside motel
A Jacksonville motel located near Interstate 95 off Busch Drive could be slated for conversion to market-rate studio apartments, pending approval of a zoning exception by Jacksonville’s Planning Commission. JDH Developers, an Atlanta-based company that converts hotels and motels into apartment buildings, wants to convert a Noble Suites motel...
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Top commercial sales of the week
Buyer: Taylor Morrison of Florida Inc. Type: 106 residential lots and six tracts in St. Augustine Shores Unit Seven. Type: 26 residential lots in St. Augustine Shores Unit Seven. Parcel size: Not available. Buyer: Ashley Homes LLC. Seller: Unit 7 Investment LLC. DUVAL. $6,500,000. 5470 and 5505 Timuquana Road, Jacksonville.
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Face Off: Jacksonville luxury real estate market holds steady
• Jacksonville’s luxury threshold reached about $993,000 in May, remaining well below the national benchmark of roughly $1.28 million. • More inventory and selective buyers are shifting leverage toward buyers, while desirable properties can still draw multiple offers. • Pricing strategy and local market knowledge are becoming more important...
Jacksonville Daily Record
Sudler shows Jacksonville confidence with spec warehouse
Saying the time is right, New Jersey-based Sudler Cos. intends to break ground in September on a speculative industrial warehouse in West Jacksonville for completion in the third quarter of 2027. “The project will be a speculative Class A warehouse designed to meet the growing demand for large, well-located industrial...
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Princess Polly Claims Old Express Space At St. Johns Town Center
An Australian fashion label born out of a beachside apartment on the Gold Coast is setting up shop at St. Johns Town Center, taking over a slice of the retail space once occupied by Express. Princess Polly is preparing to build out a store at 4711 River City Drive, and the city issued a permit for the project on August 4, listing a construction cost of $158,800.
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California Firm Drops $19.3M on 361 Green Cove Springs Lots for D.R. Horton Homes
A California investment firm has paid $19.3 million for 361 residential lots in the Rookery master-planned community in Green Cove Springs, locking in fresh inventory for homebuilder D.R. Horton just as the neighborhood's roads, water lines, and electrical systems cleared final city inspection. The deed for the Rookery Phase 2B parcel was filed in Clay County on August 7, 2026, tying together months of land transfers, municipal approvals, and highway construction across the fast-growing southern end of the county.
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North Florida Land Trust acquires 4 acres
North Florida Land Trust (NFLT) has expanded Bogey Creek Preserve with the purchase of four acres from Spencer Engineering and Exploration Co., Inc. The company’s owners are family members of the original landowners who sold much of the existing preserve to NFLT. Beaches Go Green, which concluded operations in...
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JWB to transform three plots of vacant land into 108 affordable apartments across Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As Jacksonville continues to face a shortage of affordable housing, one local developer is turning small, underused parcels of land into apartments aimed at lower-income families. JWB Real Estate Capital is starting construction on three affordable housing developments that will create a total of 108 apartments...
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There it is: Dream Finders to acquire Beazer and become America's 7th largest homebuilder
Land acquisition still runs on spreadsheets, cold calls, and gut instinct. Prophetic gives homebuilders and land teams one AI-native platform for sourcing, feasibility, and outreach, with every deal tracked in a single pipeline. It also surfaces off-market land before it's ever listed, so you can find sites your competitors don't even know exist. Teams on Prophetic move faster from first look to signed contract, so the best parcels don't end up in someone else's pipeline.
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Pearl Square District's Block N6 headed to DDRB
DDRB Application 2026-009 seeks Conceptual Review for Block N6 of the Pearl Street District. Pearl Square District N6 is an existing 5-story parking garage that is being renovated into a mixed-use building of retail and parking to include 16,000 square feet of retail. The property occupies the entire block, bounded...
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Westside Jacksonville Renters Bake at 120 Degrees as Valencia Way AC Fight Drags On
Karen Brown has been sleeping in her living room for nearly a month, trying to escape the heat radiating through the rest of her apartment at Valencia Way in Jacksonville's Westside neighborhood. She says the temperature inside has climbed to about 120 degrees since a generator installed in her building on July 3 blew out every air conditioning unit inside.