Coming soon near Green Cove Springs, FL
Agricola
About 4,000 homes approved on five square miles of Clay County, with schools and trails on the plan
One of the largest residential approvals Clay County has seen, on the corridor the new expressway has opened up west of the St. Johns River. The county rezoned it in 2025 and permitting is under way. No homebuilder has been named yet, nothing is for sale, and no pricing has been released.
- Area
- Green Cove Springs, FL
- Homes
- About 4,000
- Site
- About 3,145 ac
- Status
- Coming soon
At a glance
Agricola fast facts
Here is what is known today and what has not been released. Anything marked not yet released, join the interest list and it goes out the day it drops.
- Area
- Near Green Cove Springs, FL
- County
- Clay County
- Site
- About 3,145 acres
- Homes approved
- About 4,000 in total
- Single-family
- About 2,170 homes
- Townhomes
- About 370
- Apartments and condos
- About 1,460
- On the plan
- Schools and trails
- Developer
- BTI Partners
- Status
- Rezoned, permitting under way
- Home builder
- None named yetGet notified
- Sales launch
- Not announcedGet notified
- Floor plans
- Not publishedGet notified
- Pricing
- Not yet releasedGet notified
- Model home opening
- Not yet announcedGet notified
Details on this page are compiled from public records and reporting and are targets, not commitments. Pricing, floor plans, the home count and timing have not been released by the builder and are subject to change without notice.
Where it is
In Clay County near Green Cove Springs, on the corridor west of the St. Johns River opened up by the First Coast Expressway. Individual home addresses have not been assigned yet.
Several builders will open here. None has been announced.
On a plan this size the land gets sold in sections, and each builder announcement is a separate first release. Add your name, email and phone and you will hear each one as it lands.
Why this one is worth watching
This is not a subdivision. It is closer to a new town.
Roughly 3,145 acres is close to five square miles. The approval allows about 4,000 homes on it, along with schools and a trail network built into the plan rather than promised later. Very little gets approved at this scale in Clay County, and what does tends to define the area around it for a generation.
Scale changes how you should think about buying here. A community this large is built in sections over many years, and the land is typically sold to several different homebuilders, each opening its own neighborhood with its own name, floor plans and price band. There will not be one launch. There will be a series of them, and the first is usually the quietest.
It is also worth understanding the mix rather than assuming. About 2,170 of the approved homes are single-family, about 370 are townhomes, and about 1,460 are apartments or condominiums. A bit over a third of the plan is multi-family. That is a normal and deliberate structure at this size, because density is what makes schools, retail and services viable inside a community rather than a drive away. It is still a different thing from an all-detached subdivision, and it is the sort of fact that belongs in front of you now rather than at a sales desk later.
Being clear about what this is and is not: the property is owned by a development company that carried the rezoning; it is a land developer rather than a homebuilder. No homebuilder has been named. Nothing is for sale here, there is no model home, no price sheet and no floor plan library. The builder announcements are the events worth waiting for, and they are what this list exists to deliver.
What is coming
What the approval actually covers
The county rezoned the property in 2025, and the plan that came out of that process allows about 4,000 homes across roughly 3,145 acres, with schools and trails included in the plan itself. Environmental and water permitting opened shortly afterwards, which is the next real gate a project this size has to clear.
The residential mix breaks down as roughly 2,170 single-family homes, 370 townhomes and 1,460 apartments or condominiums. Where those sit relative to one another is a site-planning question that has not been published, and it is the single most useful thing to ask about once a section plan exists.
What has not been released, and why: no home designs, no lot widths, no square footages, no amenity program, no phasing schedule, no model date and no pricing, because no homebuilder has been assigned to any section yet. All of that arrives with the builders. The day the first one is announced for Agricola, this list hears it.
One thing to plan around: individual neighborhoods inside a master plan this size are almost always marketed under their own names rather than the name of the whole development. Expect the first release to arrive as something you have not heard of. We track this property by its location and its approval as well as by its name, so that does not lose the people on this list.
The area
Living around Green Cove Springs
Green Cove Springs is the county seat of Clay County and a genuine small river town on the west bank of the St. Johns River. Its defining feature is the one it is named for: a natural sulphur spring that runs through Spring Park on the riverfront and feeds a public spring-fed pool. The waterfront here is the middle of town rather than something sold off in lots, which is rarer in Florida than it should be.
The historic downtown is a few blocks of brick storefronts, a courthouse and the river, and the town has stayed small partly because it was awkward to reach. That is the part that is changing. The First Coast Expressway has been pushing across this side of the river, connecting Clay County into the interstate network and cutting the drive to the rest of the Jacksonville region considerably. Large land plans like this one exist because of that road.
For the outdoors, this is river and creek country. Black Creek is one of the better paddling runs in northeast Florida, Ronnie Van Zant Memorial Park on Lake Asbury is the local swimming and ballfield park, and Camp Blanding and the Etoniah Creek and Jennings state forests open up a great deal of wild ground to the southwest. Boat access to the St. Johns is everywhere.
On practicalities: Clay County schools are well regarded and less crowded than the districts to the north and east, which is a real part of the case for the area. Naval Air Station Jacksonville is close enough to matter for military families, downtown Jacksonville is a manageable drive north, and Jacksonville International Airport is on the far side of the city.
The reason buyers look at Clay County rather than the county across the river is straightforward value: prices here have run below neighboring St. Johns County for comparable new construction while sharing much of the same access. That gap is narrowing as the expressway opens the area up, which is the argument for being early rather than late.
What you need to know
Buying new construction, the smart way
Whoever ends up building at Agricola, the same rule will apply that applies at every builder's model: the person at the sales desk works for the builder, not for you. They are usually helpful and usually honest, and they still represent the seller's side of the deal. You are allowed, and smart, to have your own representation, and in almost every case it costs you nothing, because the builder budgets a cooperating commission into the deal whether you bring an agent or not.
The catch is timing. Most builders require your agent to register you on your very first visit. Tour or sign in alone and bring an agent later, and the builder can refuse to recognize them, and you lose your representation for that community. Get connected before you tour, have your agent register you, and let them read the contract and the addenda with you.
On a master plan this large there is one question that matters more than anywhere else: what is approved on the land immediately around your homesite, and when is it scheduled. With apartments, townhomes, detached homes and schools all inside the same plan, the answer varies enormously from one part of the property to another, and it exists on paper long before it exists on the ground. Ask for the master plan, not just the site plan for your phase.
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Questions and answers
Agricola FAQ
What is Agricola?
Agricola is an approved master planned community on roughly 3,145 acres of Clay County, near Green Cove Springs. The plan allows about 4,000 homes in total, along with schools and a trail network. The county rezoned the property in 2025 and environmental permitting is under way. Nothing has been built, no homebuilder has been named, and nothing is for sale.
How big is 3,145 acres, really?
It is close to five square miles, which makes this one of the largest single residential approvals in Clay County in a very long time. At that scale a community is not a subdivision; it is a piece of town. It will be built in phases over many years, most likely by several different homebuilders, each taking a section and bringing its own name, floor plans and price band. The practical consequence for a buyer is that the version of this place that exists when you move in will not be the finished version.
Who is building it?
No homebuilder has been named. The land is owned by a development company that acquired the property in 2025 and carried the rezoning; it is a land developer rather than a homebuilder, which means its job is to entitle, engineer and sell sections to builders. Those builder announcements are the events worth waiting for, and they are what this list exists to tell you about.
Will they all be houses?
No, and this is worth being clear about because it shapes what the place will feel like. Of roughly 4,000 approved homes, about 2,170 are single-family, about 370 are townhomes, and about 1,460 are apartments or condominiums. So a bit over a third of the plan is multi-family. That is normal for a master planned community of this size and it is how the density supports schools and retail, but it is a different proposition from a 4,000-home all-detached subdivision, and you should know which part of the plan a given homesite sits in before you buy.
When will homes be for sale?
No date has been announced. The sequence on a project this size is rezoning, then environmental and infrastructure permitting, then horizontal construction, then land sales to builders, then models and a first release. The rezoning is done and permitting is in progress, which is real progress but still early. Expect this to be measured in years rather than months for the community as a whole, with the first section arriving well before the last.
How much will homes cost?
Nothing has been released and no builder has been named, so any figure for Agricola today would be invented. For context on the area, Clay County has generally priced below neighboring St. Johns County for comparable new construction while sharing much of the same access to Jacksonville, which is a large part of why a project this size penciled here. The day real pricing is published, it goes out to this interest list.
Where exactly is it?
In Clay County near Green Cove Springs, on the growth corridor that has opened up as the First Coast Expressway has been built out. Individual home addresses have not been assigned yet, so we have not published drive times to the door, because any mileage would be invented precision.
What is Green Cove Springs like?
It is a small river town and the county seat, on the west bank of the St. Johns River, and it has something almost no other Florida town has: an actual sulphur spring running through a public riverfront park into a spring-fed pool. The historic downtown is a few blocks of brick storefronts rather than a shopping center, and the riverfront is genuinely the middle of town rather than a private waterfront. It has stayed small partly because it was hard to get to, which is exactly what the new expressway is changing.
Will there be a CDD or extra assessment?
Nothing has been published for Agricola, but it is a fair thing to expect and an essential thing to ask. Master planned communities at this scale are very often built inside a community development district, which issues bonds for roads, water, sewer and amenities and repays them through an annual assessment on your property tax notice, separate from and on top of HOA dues, frequently for two to three decades. Two homes at the same sticker price can carry very different annual costs on that basis. We will surface it here as soon as it is on the record.
Does it cost anything to join the interest list?
No. Joining is free, it does not obligate you to anything, and it does not create any brokerage relationship. When homes get close to release, a real estate professional licensed in Florida will reach out and can make sure you are properly represented before you ever walk into a builder's sales office, which is the single most valuable thing a buyer can line up in advance.
Be first in line
Get on the Agricola interest list
Five square miles, about 4,000 approved homes, schools and trails on the plan, and not a single builder announced yet. Communities this size arrive one neighborhood at a time, and the first one is always the quietest.
Joining costs nothing, creates no brokerage relationship, and does not obligate you to anything. When homes get close, a real estate professional licensed in Florida will reach out and can register you as represented before your first visit to a sales office.