Jacksonville City Council granted final approval Sept. 9 to a development of up to 650 single-family homes, townhomes and paired villas along Interstate 95 near Jacksonville International Airport.

Council voted unanimously on dual legislation for the development, a partnership between Bacardi Bottling Corp. and Tampa-based Pecan Enterprises LLC.

Ordinance 2025-0484, which received a 16-0 vote with Council members Chris Miller away on a work assignment and Reggie Gaffney Jr. and Randy White away from the dais, rezones the nearly 345-acre property where the homes are planned from Agriculture to Planned Unit Development, a special zoning district that allows for a mix of uses within a single district.

The site is on three parcels west of I-95 and about three-fourths of a mile north of Peca

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