The master-planned 1,000-acre everRange community in South Jacksonville is approved to clear land for its amenity center and recreational complex to be known as The Grove.
One of six permits that were in review, the city issued one May for site-clearing to accommodate construction of the lakeside pavilion at a project cost of $16 million.
Carlton Construction Inc. of Fleming Island is the contractor for the 12.72-acre project at 12858 Ever Range Parkway.
The city is reviewing five more permits for site-clearing and construction of the pavilion, the welcome center, the pool and an interactive water feature. Those projects are shown at an estimated cost totaling almost $7.9 million.
That brings the total investment to that set of projects to almost $23.9 million.
For the pavilion, the city is reviewing a building-permit application for Carlton Construction to build a 3,993-square-foot building with a grand parlor, covered patio and event lanai - totaling 6,490 square feet including the roof and canopy - at an estimated project cost of $1.6 million.
For the welcome center, the city is reviewing an application for Carlton Construction to build a 3,792-square-foot center at an estimated project cost of $2.3 million.
The site plan for The Grove at everRange shows a welcome center and lakeside pavilion, lawn, pool, splash pad, dog park and eight pickleball courts.
The PARC Group, which is developing everRange on property owned by the Davis family, has been preparing for model homes to open in spring 2026.
The everRange land runs north to south, ending along Philips Highway at the southern tip of Duval County, where Philips connects with Nocatee Parkway running east and Race Track Road running west.
Philips Highway is U.S. 1 and continues into St. Johns County.
Descriptions of The Grove show it to be construction of the welcome center, the lakeside pavilion, a pool and a pool mechanical yard, playground equipment, an overlook, dog park shade structures, sports courts, including pickleball courts, fencing and monument signs.
There also will be a trail network, a recreation pond and other ponds within everRange.
Prosser Prime AE is the civil engineer.
ParcGroup.net said the everRange community will span 1,500 homes “with a charming rustic modern ambience.”
The PARC Group, based in Jacksonville, said previously it does not anticipate beginning construction on neighborhoods until the second half of 2025 and the first ones will open in 2026.
It has announced that Toll Brothers will build an active adult 55+ neighborhood and that Dream Finders Homes will develop a town home neighborhood.
EverRange sits within 6,174 acres that Big Creek Timber LLC rezoned in February 2023 to a Planned Unit Development for residential and commercial uses, with about a third of the acreage protected or placed in conservation.
The PARC Group also is the master developer of eTown and Nocatee, both of them planned communities on Davis family land.
ParcGroup.net announced in July 2023 that everRange eventually will connect to The Exchange at eTown retail center.