Nocatee, St. Johns County, Florida

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Town of Nocatee, Florida
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Country  United States
State  Florida
County  St. Johns
County  Duval
Area
 • City 23.48 sq mi (60.8 km2)
Population (2010)
 • City 1,200
 • Metro 1,375,982
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 32081
Area code(s) 904
Website www.nocatee.com

Nocatee, Florida /ˈnɒkət/ is an unincorporated planned community on 13,323 acres (5,392 ha), primarily in northern St. Johns County in the First Coast section of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is located near Ponte Vedra Beach. It was approved in 2001 as a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) under Section 380.06 of the Florida Statutes.[1][2]

Development

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nocatee spans the northeastern corner of St. Johns County and southeastern portion of Duval County in Northeast Florida. Nocatee has been designed as a complete, sustainable new town to balance work and recreation, in a walkable livable community. The master developer is The PARC Group, Inc., a developer of residential communities in Northeast Florida. The PARC Group has been named Developer of the Year for the past seven years by the Sales and Marketing Council of the Northeast Florida Builders Association.[3]

Nocatee is located in Ponte Vedra, Florida, just west of Ponte Vedra Beach and between the cities of Jacksonville and St. Augustine. At full build-out, Nocatee is expected to have 12,000 homes; and up to Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). of retail, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). of office and nine public schools. Almost two-thirds of the land will be placed in preservation and protected.[4]

In 2015, 1,105 new homes were sold, making Nocatee the 3rd Best-Selling master-planned Community in America.[5]

Neighborhoods

Nocatee consists of many individual "neighborhoods", including:

Amenities

  • The Nocatee Town Center is the central shopping and entertainment hub for the community. Regency Centers developed and constructed the first phase, which opened in February 2010 and is anchored by a 54,000 sq ft (5,000 m2) Publix supermarket, the largest in Northeast Florida. Skinner Brothers Realty developed the second phase of Town Center, which opened in Spring 2016. The Nocatee Town Center has restaurants, retail stores, healthcare, and neighborhood shops and services featuring national brands as well as local favorites.[7]
  • The signature interactive amenity is the Nocatee Splash Water park which opened in April 2010. The 8-acre (32,000 m2) park features 53-foot (16 m) tall water slides, a lazy river, family lagoon pool, interactive sprayground and zip line. The facility also includes a 2-story clubhouse with banquet facilities and conference room, and a state of the art fitness center.[7][8]
  • The 75-acre (300,000 m2) Nocatee Community Park contains grass fields, tennis courts, a fenced dog park & walk, and concession stand. As of January 2011, 3 miles (4.8 km) of greenway trails have been completed that wind through five neighborhoods, the Community Park and Nocatee Town Center. The park was donated by the developers to the St. Johns County Parks and Recreation department.[7]

See also

References

  1. [1] Florida's Statutes Official website
  2. Andres, Shakaya: "Nocatee roadways near completion, about a decade early" Florida Times-Union, May 20, 2010
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  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Andres, Shakaya: “Nocatee residents plunge into new waterpark, growth” Florida Times-Union, February 13, 2010
  8. Walsh, Jimmel: "Nocatee Water Park impresses residents" St. Augustine Record, April 11, 2010

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External links

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