Hills of Minneola,
the honest read.
A 2,200-home master plan on some of the highest ground in Central Florida, with six national builders selling at once, a Turnpike interchange at the door, and commercial anchors that are already open rather than promised.
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The honest read
Elevation is the differentiator. Hills of Minneola sits at one of the highest points in Central Florida, which produces long views and rolling terrain you cannot buy in the flat corridors east of here. It also produces sloped lots, and slope affects driveway angle, retaining walls, landscaping cost and drainage. Lot selection matters more here than in most communities.
The infrastructure is unusually far along for a plan this young. The Turnpike interchange at Exit 278 is open, the prototype Publix with drive-through pharmacy is open, Minneola Horizon Academy opened as a K-8 in August 2025, and AdventHealth's hospital and a Costco anchor the commercial program. Hills City Center is under construction with a roughly 40,000-square-foot Crooked Can brewery and food hall as first tenant.
Six builders — Ashton Woods, Meritage's Cyrene, Del Webb/Pulte on the 55-plus side, Dream Finders, Starlight and Tri Pointe with models opening September 2026 — means the price band runs from about $374,000 to $795,000 and beyond, with average list pricing reported near $684,000. It also means six incentive packages competing on one master plan, which is the single best negotiating condition in the region right now. The discipline required is not to price announced projects as if they were finished.
HOA, CDD and the
true monthly cost.
Hills of Minneola carries a CDD assessment collected on the Lake County tax bill, and HOA dues vary sharply by village — listings in the founding village report figures as low as $7 to $100 a month by section. Two cost layers, both of which have to come off the tax roll and the association budget rather than the sales sheet.
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Which builders are selling at Hills of Minneola?
Six as of September 2026: Ashton Woods, Meritage Homes under the Cyrene brand, Del Webb/Pulte for the 55-plus village, Dream Finders, Starlight Homes, and Tri Pointe at Pine Ridge at Sugarloaf Mountain with models opening September 2026. Each maintains its own registration list and its own incentive program.
How much is the CDD at Hills of Minneola?
There is a CDD assessment collected on the Lake County tax bill, and the amount varies by village and parcel. Published figures are not a substitute for the county record — we pull the specific parcel and read the assessment schedule, including how many years remain on the bonds.
What is actually built versus announced?
Open today: the Turnpike interchange at Exit 278, the prototype Publix with drive-through pharmacy, and Minneola Horizon Academy, the K-8 that opened in August 2025. In progress or committed: Hills City Center with the Crooked Can food hall, Costco, and the AdventHealth hospital. Buyers routinely pay today for amenities that are still years out; knowing the difference is worth real money at the offer stage.
Does the elevation change what I should look for in a lot?
Yes. Sloped homesites affect driveway pitch, retaining wall requirements, landscaping cost and where water goes in a heavy Florida rain. Some plans fit certain slopes better than others, and some builders charge premiums for the higher-elevation lots. This is the single most useful thing to walk with a buyer's agent before you pick a homesite.
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