The fastest-growing stretch of St. Johns County generates more development rumors than anywhere I work. Here is what’s actually permitted, actually under construction, and actually open — with dates.
By Krista Fracke — Broker Associate, Christie's International Real Estate First Coast · 20+ years in Northeast Florida · 500+ closings · client reviews
Every item verified September 18, 2026 against the named source. Statuses are re-checked monthly; when one flips, this page changes.
Finished and verifiable — you can go see these today.
The county celebrated completion of the roughly $15M widening on April 30, 2026 — six lanes from I-95 to the Trinity Way/Beachwalk Blvd stretch, with a new signal at Badger Park Dr — and the final lanes opened before the school year.
Source: News4Jax, Apr 30, 2026; sjcfl.us
RentCafe’s May 2026 study of America’s newest ZIP codes ranked 32095 — the corridor east of I-95 north of St. Augustine, home to Palencia, Bannon Lakes, and Beacon Lake — 14th nationally: population up 165% to 18,927 on a 122% rise in housing inventory. Nocatee’s 32081, one exit north, ranked 5th on the same list.
Source: RentCafe newest-ZIP-codes report, May 2026
Permitted and physically underway — dates are milestones, not promises.
The Race Track Road widening is under construction per county progress updates, and the US-1/CR-210 and US-1/Race Track intersection improvements are in the county’s 2026 federal-funding request — asked for, not yet funded.
Source: sjcfl.us project updates; SJC 2026 legislative action plan
Real announcements from named developers — but timelines this early move.
Regency Centers’ own Q2 2026 investor release confirms the $55M Whole Foods and TJ Maxx-anchored ground-up project as a second-quarter development start, and its in-development page lists The Berkeley in St. Johns. The fuller tenant slate (Shake Shack, Firebirds), the 106,054 sq ft figure, the E Peyton Pkwy site by UF Health Durbin Park, and a Q4 2026 groundbreaking come from Regency’s announcement as reported locally. No store-opening dates are published yet.
Source: Regency Centers Q2 2026 investor release, Jul 29, 2026 + in-development page; News4Jax, Jul 6, 2026
Things buyers repeat that the record doesn’t support. Knowing what’s NOT true is worth as much as the rest of this page.
A 50–61,000 sq ft grocery-anchored center at CR-210 & Veterans Pkwy is in county pre-application review, and its footprint matches a Harris Teeter — but the operator is unannounced, Harris Teeter declined comment, and Kroger was reported in July 2026 to have scrapped further Florida expansion. The honest phrasing: a grocery-anchored center is in review; nobody has said whose.
Source: Jax Daily Record, May 15, 2026; Tampa Bay Business Journal, Jul 9, 2026
The CR-210 widening is DONE — six lanes from I-95 past Beachwalk Blvd, celebrated by the county in April 2026. Buyers who crossed this corridor off their list because of the construction years should look again; the commute math changed this spring, and prices haven’t fully caught up to it.
This is the work I do every week. I drive this corridor weekly. Ask me which side of which intersection actually benefits from what’s being built.
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