West Jacksonville among the Great Moving Destinations in the Area
Published November 11, 2011 | 
Since employment has been rough, many have been forced to move to new places for work. The city of Jacksonville is a prime Florida spot for development of commercial and residential real estate. Even though the Jax housing market has hit some of the same obstacles as other cities, the late year 2011 real estate numbers could be beneficial for prospective Jax home owners.
There are great deals of different price range levels throughout Jacksonville. The middle class and luxury inventory have both experienced lower price averages than normal. Throughout the fall, these numbers have stayed mostly steady. Even though the Jacksonville market isn’t thriving, the steady market is still home to many appealing properties.
Throughout the fall and into the winter, houses are spending less time on the market. Right now the average house is only on the market for about 180 days. Even though the number is a bit high, it should drop by the end of the year or early 2012. There’s excellent availability as far as inventory as well as great service from online resources.
One of the most important aspects is the fact that Jacksonville is a great city with some outstanding activities and areas to live. The area is home to excellent restaurants and nightlife, including places like the Landing. The fall and winter are great as sports events light up the town such as the Jaguars games and the yearly game between Florida and Georgia. There are also tons of opportunities to play golf and hit the beach.
For first time movers to the Jacksonville area, it could be the perfect time to invest in a new home. The excellent deals throughout the area continue to highlight why choosing to invest in a home would be smarter than looking at Jacksonville apartments right now. Whether you’re looking to rent out your property or simply want to be a home owner to increase space and value, Jacksonville is an excellent home destination.
Cecil Commerce Center
Published April 14, 2011 | We spent the morning riding through the Cecil Commerce Center area just to see what is there now. The south area of the complex still houses an Army Detachment, Homeland Security, US Coast Guard, various businesses related to aviation life Northrup Grumman as well as Florida State College of Jacksonville buildings for Aviation and Aerospace training and truck driver training. There are still some Army houses occupied by Army families (I am assuming as they are behind secured gates). There are a couple of parks, lakes and fitness center that is maintained by the city Parks and Recreations Department. The little post office is very cute. Surprisingly, for such a huge base there is not that much there. There is some of the original buildings that are yet to be occupied and there is not that much new building going on yet.
On the Northside of Normandy Boulevard there is the main FSCJ Cecil Campus, the Bridgestone Plant and a couple of more companies and lots of empty land. There are a couple of signs throughout that say there are between 5 to 5000 acre tracts available for sale for commercial building. On northside there is the Cecil Commerce Aquatic Center with a baseball field and nature trail. Across from that is the Jacksonville Equestrian Center. That is a very nice facility with a large indoor arena, barns, and camping facilities that include water, electric and septic disposal. All in all it was a pretty nice ride through the area and there are some nice pictures in our gallery below.
The Center has signs all over the place saying that it is “America’s Logistics Center” and it is supposed to be a future spaceport. Now we didn’t see any evidence of that but there is lots of room their to grow. State Road 23 even has a sign that states it will be a “Toll Road” in the future. But for that to happen they will need to build some overpasses.
Equestrian Center Events
FSCJ Aerospace Program
FSCJ Cecil Center
Cecil Campus Map
Westside Neighborhoods
Published May 1, 2010 | While cruising the web I came across the Metro Jax website. They have done a series of articles and pictorial reviews of various neighborhoods throughout the Jacksonville Florida area. They are worth a look or two.
Here is one for the westsides Lake Shore Area:
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2008-mar-urban-neighborhoods-lake-shore
The article features various pictures throughout the Lake Shore area with a little bit of information about each shot. Not much else but some really great pictures.
Here is a article on the fairly new area of Oakleaf:
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-apr-suburban-jacksonville-oakleaf
There are lots of pictures of the neighborhoods, condos, shopping malls and recreational areas located within this planned community on the Westside.
We consider the Ortega Area as the beginning boundary for the Westside area along the St. Johns River.
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2008-feb-exploring-ortega The neighborhood starts at the Ortega River bridge, runs along Roosevelt Boulevard and ends just before NAS Jacksonville.
They Also did a pictorial feature on the Cecil Field Commerce Center:
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-apr-suburban-jacksonville-cecil-commerce-center The article has pictures old and new as well as history of NAS Cecil Field and what businesses are currently there.
We hope you enjoy the pictures and historical information in the articles. We sure did!
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