A family-run Canadian company will develop a 171-home community just south of Fleming Island in Clay County.
Elkay Developments Ltd. of South Surrey, British Columbia, is planning a 114-acre single-family subdivision just west of U.S. 17 on Russell Road.
Called Edgewater Landing, the development is near Black River, opposite Fleming Island, and abuts Peters Creek.
Elkay Developments has participated during four decades in the development of more than 300,000 square feet of commercial space and more than 1,000 single-family lots, primarily in South Surrey and White Rock, B.C., according to the company’s website.
Recent projects include three office complexes — the 70,000 square-foot Morgan Creek Corporate Centre, the Croydon Business Centre and the Grandview Business Centre — and custom-home building, all in South Surrey.
So, what’s Elkay’s 3,000-mile connection to Northeast Florida? Company spokesman Wayne Lyle said he formerly lived in Jacksonville and bought the Edgewater Landing parcel.
Several of the lots will have deep-water access, and about 80 percent will back up to water, lakes or wetland preserves.
“The trees are just spectacular,” Lyle said. “For a lot of communities in Jacksonville, the developers clear the land and plant pines. This site has oaks that are 150 years old.”
The first phase of lots at Edgewater Landing will become available in the spring, according to Elkay’s website.
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