What’s coming to SilverLeaf, verified.

SilverLeaf was one of the nation’s top-selling master-planned communities in 2025, and its services are now landing in waves — groceries, healthcare, schools, public safety. Here’s what’s actually open, what’s under construction, and the one rumor that needs precision.

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.

Open and done

Finished and verifiable — you can go see these today.

Open / completeopened Mar 26, 2026

The Publix hub at SilverLeaf Commons is open — and growing around itself

The anchor Publix opened in March 2026 — reported as Publix’s largest store in Northeast Florida — and the orbit is filling fast: SoFresh opened in July, Dunkin’ and Chase are in, M Shack has signed, a veterinary hospital is permitted, outparcel buildings and the “SilverLeaf Corner Shoppes” dining row are moving through permitting, and a 36-hole mini-golf entertainment venue has been proposed. This is the front edge of something much bigger: the hub anchors a planned 165-acre town center, and SilverLeaf is approved for 2.9 million sq ft of commercial and mixed-use space overall.

Source: Jacksonville Daily Record, Mar 26 & Jul 23, 2026; Jacksonville Business Journal, Sep 17, 2026

Open / completeER opened Sep 22, 2026

Baptist Health SilverLeaf: campus open — and the emergency center is too

Baptist opened its SilverLeaf outpatient campus on St. Johns Parkway June 23, 2026, and its freestanding emergency center — with separate adult and Wolfson Children’s pediatric emergency rooms under one roof — opened September 22. A hospital-grade ER inside the community is the kind of amenity that shows up in resale values for decades.

Source: Baptist Health newsroom releases, Jun 22 & Sep 22, 2026

Open / completeopened Aug 2026

Magnolia Oaks Academy opened for 2026–27

The district’s first school inside SilverLeaf opened in August 2026 — a K-8 campus serving K-7 in its first year, with the district counting about 1,240 students on day one. Early note from the ground: parents raised school-route safety concerns in the opening weeks — the kind of growing-pain detail worth knowing if the walk or bike route matters to you. Verify any specific address’s assignment with the district.

Source: St. Johns County School District announcement, Jul 22, 2026 + opening-day report; Action News Jax, Aug 15, 2026

Under construction

Permitted and physically underway — dates are milestones, not promises.

Under constructionbroke ground Mar 12, 2026

Public safety and parks are under construction

The county broke ground on a Sheriff’s Operations Center and fire station inside SilverLeaf in March 2026, and the SilverLeaf Sportsplex is under construction with an early-2027 target.

Source: Action News Jax, Mar 12, 2026; St. Augustine Record, Apr 21, 2026

Under constructionongoing, Sep 2026

Builders keep buying in — and the 55+ line is selling

SilverLeaf ranked among the nation’s top-selling master-planned communities in 2025, builders were still adding major lot positions as of September 2026, and the community’s 55+ neighborhood, Reverie at SilverLeaf, is actively selling. The scale explains it: the Hutson Companies’ plan runs to 16,300 homes at full build-out, sales have exceeded 900 closings a year since 2023, and — unusually — the developer built the major road network first, before the houses. The first home closed in July 2020; the buildout has a decade-plus to run.

Source: RCLCO top-selling MPCs, Jan 2026; Hutson Companies (developer), per Jacksonville Business Journal, Feb 2025 & Sep 10, 2026

Announced, not started

Real announcements from named developers — but timelines this early move.

Announcedreported Aug 21, 2026

A SilverLeaf high school is “within reach” — but not committed

County reporting in August 2026 described a future SilverLeaf high school as within reach — with the caveat that a new state development law could strain the district’s financing. No site commitment or opening date exists. Until one does, plan around the schools that are open.

Source: News4JAX, Aug 21, 2026

The rumor check

Things buyers repeat that the record doesn’t support. Knowing what’s NOT true is worth as much as the rest of this page.

Rumor checkchecked Sep 19, 2026

“Harris Teeter is coming to SilverLeaf” — operator still unannounced

Two grocery projects whose site plans match Harris Teeter’s prototype are moving through county review in the SilverLeaf area — one advanced in January 2026 with a fueling station added in February, a second proposed in May — and local reporting confirms they are not Publix. But no operator has been announced on the record for either, and Harris Teeter’s owner was reported in 2025 to have pulled back on Florida expansion. The honest phrasing: two grocery-anchored sites in review, operator unannounced.

Source: Jacksonville Daily Record, Nov 10, 2025 – May 15, 2026; St. Johns Citizen, Dec 7, 2025

The part nobody tells you

SilverLeaf’s no-CDD pitch is real, but the buildout math is the thing to watch: builders are still adding land positions and the county says a future SilverLeaf high school is “within reach” — with a financing caveat attached, and no committed date. If your plan depends on a school or an amenity that isn’t open yet, price the timeline, not the brochure. What IS open — the Publix hub, the Baptist campus, the new K-8 — changed daily life here more in six months than most communities change in five years.

This is the work I do every week. I track which SilverLeaf villages sit closest to what’s actually open versus what’s still dirt. Ask me before you pick a phase.

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