Davidson Development, Inc. is celebrating 20 years of changing the face of Northeast Florida. Under the leadership of company president and CEO Jim Davidson, the company is most recognized as master developer and the mastermind of World Golf Village, the 6,300-acre masterplanned community that paved the way for high-quality growth in northwest St. Johns County. The community is home to the World Golf Hall of Fame and two championship golf courses.
Located between the town of St. Augustine and the city of Jacksonville, many initially felt the golf community was situated “in the middle of nowhere.” Few would argue that point now, with an outgrowth of developments in the area including Palencia, Nocatee, Murabella, a host of commercial/retail developments and the diverse growth along the C.R. 210 corridor.
“I like to say that it took us ten years to become an overnight success,” says Jim Davidson, a former Arvida Corporation executive. “No one’s laughing any more. In all seriousness, we’ve been very blessed as a company to have had such a successful run over the last 20 years and we look forward to the next 20.”
World Golf Village’s sales center opened in 1998 and today the community has 3,465 homes and more than 11,000 residents. The Northeast Florida golf community will have 7,200 homes and more than 23,000 residents when building is complete.
From the community’s inception, developer Davidson was committed to preserving the area’s natural beauty, setting aside a full 45 percent of the development’s acreage for preservation. As a result, the gated community in St. Augustine received the 2002 Envy Award from the Florida Association of Realtors for environmental excellence.
Jim Davidson was also named Developer of the Year by the Sales and Marketing Council of the Northeast Florida Builders Association. The Davidson Companies have also been named one of Northeast Florida’s Best Places to Work by the Jacksonville Business Journal for the past four years.
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Without a doubt, the Clubview Estates and Heritage Cove homes are absolutely gorgeous. The starting prices in the of the estate homes in the $900,000’s are quite reasonable in relation to the some of the $1.3 to $1.5 Million homes in St. John’s County. How much more could a buyer expect to pay for a locations fronting the nature preserve versus one on the golf course?
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Congratulations to Davidson Development, Inc.
“World Golf Village, the 6,300-acre masterplanned community that paved the way for high-quality growth in northwest St. Johns County. The community is home to the World Golf Hall of Fame and two championship golf courses.”
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