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6,000-acre development proposed north of Nocatee

A satellite image shows the Big Creek Timber property area, which stretches for 10 miles east of Interstate 295, Florida 9B and Philips Highway.
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A satellite image shows the Big Creek Timber property area, which stretches for 10 miles east of Interstate 295, Florida 9B and Philips Highway.

The Davis family, whose land holdings include property that became Nocatee and eTown, is working toward a more than 6,000-acre residential and commercial development in Southeast Jacksonville.

Big Creek Timber LLC asks the city to rezone 6,174.21 acres east of Interstate 295 and south of Butler Boulevard for those uses. About a third of the acreage will be protected or placed in conservation.

The rezoning to planned unit development specifies 10,575 residential units comprising 6,103 single-family houses, 2,410 town homes and 2,052 multifamily units; and 915,000 square feet of commercial uses.

Read the rest of this story at the Jacksonville Daily Record, a WJCT News partner.