ICI Homes and David Weekley Homes are moving to be the first residential builders at the 1,063-acre Skinner family property known as the Southeast Quadrant at southeast Butler Boulevard and Interstate 295.
CND-ICI SEQ LLC, a joint venture of Classic Neighborhoods Development LLC and Intervest Construction of Jax Inc., partnered for the initial residential development.
Classic Neighborhoods Development is a subsidiary of Houston-based David Weekley Homes. Intervest Construction is part of Daytona Beach-based ICI Homes.
The city issued a conditional capacity availability statement Oct. 7 for Southeast Quadrant Residential Phase 1, comprising 453 single-family homes and 34 townhomes on 196 acres.
The application shows Sawmill Timber LLC, led by the Skinner family, as the property owner and CND-ICI SEQ LLC as the developer.
The Skinners declined to comment about the application.
In February, the Skinners applied to the city to revise the 1,063-acre site’s 2005 planned unit development to create a different style of development.
The application proposed “a distinctive character-based approach” that “reflects the family’s vision for a place with neighborhoods and businesses that will serve and benefit the people of Jacksonville for many decades to come.”
In April, the Skinner family announced it wanted to sell 400 to 450 acres to a master housing developer-builder to develop up to 4,600 homes on a portion of the property.
The Southeast Quadrant also is planned for nearly 3.5 million square feet of nonresidential use, 30 acres of recreation open space, 150 acres of passive open space and 165 acres of public right-of-way or private thoroughfares.
At a public workshop in April, Hugh Mathews, president and CEO of civil engineering firm England-Thims & Miller Inc., said Kernan Boulevard is designed to extend south from Butler Boulevard through the project and connect with Gate Parkway.
Matthews said the homes would comprise different looks, feels, lot sizes and densities.
Russ Ervin, a principal with the ELM-Ervin Lovett Miller planning, architectural and landscape architectural services firm, said housing will have varied elements including front porches, recesses, some with rear-loading garages and other design features.
The housing plans are the second development to emerge at the site.
Atlanta-based Fuqua Development released plans in March for 67 acres to create The Exchange at Jacksonville village center. The Exchange is planned for offices, retail, entertainment and apartments.
