Ortega

Ortega is Jacksonville's true establishment neighborhood. Primarily developed between 1908 and 1940, this neighborhood is laid out with circular parks organized around a village center and overhung by majestic centuries old live oaks. Massive riverfront mansions circle the whole neighborhood, with well-to-do housing making up the rest. Many of Jacksonville's most prominent families live here.

Home to Florida's oldest Yacht Club, established in 1876 by William Astor, and Jacksonville's most exclusive private club, Timuquana, founded in 1923, the area is geared towards an exclusive, high quality lifestyle. St. Mark's Day School offers Nursery through 6th grade and commands a tuition as high as the quality of education received itself.

Ortega Amenities

Great existing housing stock

Beauty

Ortega Park Shopping Center

Shopping

Jacksonville's most exclusive private club, c. 1923

Timuquana Country Club

Florida's oldest and one of its finest private yacht clubs, c. 1876

Florida Yacht Club

Top notch private schools

St. Mark's School

Very active waterfront with the area's best working marinas

Lamb's Yacht Center

Avondale

Avondale is one of Jacksonville's original streetcar suburbs, developed by Telfair Stockton in the early 1900s. Today the neighborhood retains its original housing stock and is part of the largest national historic district in the state of Florida.

Here one can find beautiful historic homes on charming tree-lined streets, always within walking distance of a commercial shopping district. There are plenty of trendy boutiques, antique shops, fun bars and fine dining to fill every major corridor running through the neighborhood.

In effect, Avondale is very much a continuation of Ortega with a bit more walkability and historic flare.

Avondale Amenities

Sidewalk and fine dining

Dining

Gorgeous housing not seen elsewhere in Florida

Riverfront mansions

Beautiful restored homes

Real neighborhood feel

Boutique shops

Shopping

A few high-rise condos dot the landscape

Condos

Gorgeous public river views with sweeping vistas

Sweeping vistas

Riverside

Riverside is Jacksonville's most walkable and most urban neighborhood. It is served by Publix and Fresh Market groceries, and soon will also have a Whole Foods. Additionally, it is filled with bars, rooftop lounges, restaurants and a vibrancy unmatched anywhere else in the city except perhaps in Jacksonville Beach.

It is a magnet for college students and young professionals, and it houses the highest concentration of Jacksonville's LGBTQ+ community. The annual River City Pride parade travels through Riverside and 5 Points rather than downtown.

This neighborhood contains great history, as well, with beautiful Olmsted Brothers designed parks, Florida's first residential high-rise, and one of Addison Mizner's most notable architectural works.