If you've been watching the Space Coast real estate market, you already know new construction is everywhere right now. What's harder to keep straight is which communities are actually breaking ground, which ones are still waiting on approvals, and which ones might be worth putting on your radar for 2026 and beyond.

We put together a full guide of the county, from Mims down to Grant-Valkaria, covering every residential development we're currently tracking. This isn't every single custom home lot in Brevard County. It's the neighborhoods and master-planned communities where real construction activity is happening or about to happen. Here's the breakdown, area by area, moving North to South. 

Mims

The far north end of the county. Rural country living for those looking to stay away from the hustle and bustle.

• Indian River Preserve (Mims): A development at the intersection of I-95 and SR-46 that stalled years ago before D.R. Horton stepped in to build. Horton has since closed out its current phase, but this corner of the county is expected to see more construction activity added over time.

Titusville

Where redevelopment meets new opportunity, and it's still one of the closest points of access to Kennedy Space Center.

• Brooks Landing (Titusville): Built by Ryan Homes at the north end of Titusville. Every home here is to-be-built, meaning buyers pick their lot, floor plan, and upgrades, with the trade-off being a longer build timeline.
   
• Brookshire (Titusville): A Stanley Martin community known for wider home sites than most new construction you'll find in Florida right now, giving more buffer between neighbors. Stanley Martin's incentives here have been strong and are expected to continue.
   
• Harbor Lake Estates: A D.R. Horton community with only 20 to 30 home sites, expected to be Horton's higher-end, executive-level product for the area. Full details on floor plans and pricing are expected by the end of the year.

   
• Huntington Park: Sits directly adjacent to Harbor Lake Estates and is being built by Holiday Builders, with roughly 30 to 40 home sites planned.

   
• Shores of Tranquility: Custom home sites off SR-405 with direct access toward the Space Center, making it a strong option for anyone who wants rocket launch views right from the backyard.

   
• Verona: A KB Home community with heavy conservation and water views. Nearly every home site has some kind of natural view rather than a rear neighbor, and KB is offering a mix of quick move-in spec homes and to-be-built options.

Cocoa and Port St. John

Moving staying on the mainland, this stretch is seeing a mix of established closeouts and communities still in early development.

• Watermark: A joint project between Risewell Homes (Formerly Landsea) and Stanley Martin. The community is still less than halfway built out, so this is very much a 2026 opportunity.
   
• Hickory Ridge: An Adams Homes community in its closeout phase. Homes here are spec-built and move-in ready at a strong entry level price point, still with good proximity to the Space Center.
   
• Windward Preserve: Taylor Morrison's first community on the Space Coast, located near the I-95 and SR-528 interchange. The site includes a number of waterfront and conservation home sites. Worth watching for traffic noise given the highway proximity, though the planned Brightline stop is expected to land in this same corridor, which could add long term value here.
   
• Riverwalk: A mix of D.R. Horton and custom homes off Rockledge Drive, positioned as a higher end, more exclusive product with limited home sites. It backs up to US-1 but has private community river access, so that's a factor to weigh alongside the finishes and floor plans.

Rockledge

Rockledge technically overlaps with Viera, but these two communities sit on the Rockledge side of that line.

• Catamaran Cove: One of the most talked about communities on our radar right now. It offers single family and townhome product aimed at first time buyers and affordability, and it's zoned for Manatee Elementary, a school zone that's normally out of reach without an existing home or a high end custom build in South Viera. Because Catamaran Cove technically sits outside Viera proper, buyers get school zone proximity without Viera's CDD and HOA fee structure. 

Merritt Island

Merritt Island runs from Titusville down to Melbourne, but the active new construction community development is concentrated on the north end of the island.

• Island Forest Preserve: A Maronda project, mostly to-be-built, positioned as an executive tier home with a lot of structural and upgrade flexibility.
   
• Egrets Reserve:  Also a Maronda community just south of Island Forest Preserve, with the same emphasis on conservation and waterfront home sites.

One thing worth knowing if you're considering north Merritt Island: nearly everything you need day to day, schools, shopping, and retail, is centered further south on the island. The intersection of Courtenay Parkway, SR-3, and SR-528 sees real congestion, and the Barge Canal drawbridge can add delays when it's up. Space Center commute times are excellent from up here, but getting off the north end of the island during peak hours is worth test driving before you commit.

Viera

Viera is its own master-planned world, and nearly everything new here is built by Viera Builders unless it's a custom home or a 55-plus community.

• Adelaide: Viera's most exclusive, premier, community. Custom, luxury home sites in Northwest Viera, built by the Burton Company's family of builders. if you're looking for the best of the best in Viera Adelaide is for you. 
   
• Aripeka: Another all custom community built around preserving as much of the natural Florida landscape as possible. Aripeka custom home builders include Joyal, Stanley, CDS, and Lifestyle.  Genuinely one of the most unique developments in Viera.
   
• Farralon Fields: Mid-century modern homes with clean lines, big windows, and open layouts, split between gated and non-gated sections so buyers have a choice. One and two story plans include lofts, flex rooms, and wine niches, with Duran Golf Club and The Avenue Viera both close by.
  
  
• Crossmolina: One of Viera's newer communities, built around flexible floorplans and smart home features from the start. Homes are designed for multigenerational living or a home office setup, with a resort style pool, walking trails, and lake and conservation views throughout the community.
  
  
• Laurasia: Viera's gated home for luxury, semi-custom builds in a Mediterranean style, with 14 floorplans across the Inglenook and Silverado collections. Expect upscale touches like in-law suites, game rooms, and wine niches, plus a location where a lot of daily errands are a golf cart ride away.
  
  
• Pangea Park: A maintenance free community with a coastal look, Bahama shutters, metal roof accents, and a genuinely full amenity lineup for its size, including a pool, pickleball courts, playground, and shaded pavilion. Built for buyers who want low upkeep without losing walkability.
  
  
• Atlin Cove: Viera's newest community offering more affordable, single family homes, without sacrificing the Viera Builders standards. Homes starting in the $400k's. VIP List is now open. 👉 Join The VIP List Here
  
  
• Reeling Park: Spanish Colonial style courtyard homes, split between the San Marco and Castillo Courtyard Collections. Private outdoor living is the whole point here, with summer kitchens and spacious lanais built into the layout, plus a neighborhood park, half basketball court, sand volleyball, and a nearby dog park.
   
• Del Webb at Viera: Viera's premier 55-plus, active adult community. Built by Pulte, Del Webb just launched it's new Catamaran Club amenity center. If you're looking for world class 55+ living this is it!

Lake Washington (Melbourne)

One infrastructure item worth watching for anyone considering Lake Washington: the proposed Lake Andrew Drive extension, which would connect directly into Viera and is expected to cut roughly 15 minutes off the drive for Lake Washington residents. It hasn't broken ground yet, but multiple sources point to this being a matter of when, not if.

• Enclave at Lake Washington: A small, gated enclave of custom homes on larger home sites at the south end of Viera, close to Viera's amenities without being inside the core master plan.

Satellite Beach

Satellite Beach is seeing two townhome-focused projects, both close to the sand.

• The Vue: A Maronda project directly across the street from the beach, built with a coastal Florida aesthetic that stands apart from most of what's currently available on the beachside.
   
• Tortuga Cay: A D.R. Horton townhome community going in at the site of the old post office, near Satellite High School.

Melbourne

Greater Melbourne spans from Viera down through several large mixed-use and residential projects.

• Meridian at Mayfair: A large development adjacent to Palm Bay High School (yes, in Melbourne). Site work is actively underway, with more clarity on builders and pricing expected in early 2026. Early indications point to Lennar as the primary builder, with rumors of additional builders joining.
   
• Harbor Square Townhomes: A nearby Pulte townhome project, with more details expected around the end of 2025 into 2026.
   
• Enclave at Lake Washington: (see Viera section above; this community sits right at the edge of both areas.)*

West Melbourne

Space Coast Town Center: The one mostly non-residential project on this list, but worth watching. Located at the intersection of SR-192 and the St. Johns Heritage Parkway North extension, the master plan includes 61 planned buildings, 350,000 square feet of retail, 48,000 square feet of grocery space, roughly 3,000 planned multifamily residences (300 units already under construction), 500,000 square feet of office space, and two hotels totaling 250 to 300 rooms. A section is preliminarily zoned for single-family residential, which would bring an Avenues at Viera style anchor to the northwest Palm Bay and West Melbourne area.

• Sunrise Estates: A Pulte single family and townhome community in West Melbourne with the ability to pick your home site, floor plan, and structural changes.
   
• Green Leaf: A Stanley Martin community in West Melbourne with larger home sites, including three-car garage options. Most homes here are spec and already under construction. Worth noting for anyone sensitive to highway noise given the I-95 proximity.

Palm Bay

Palm Bay is the biggest section of this list, and it breaks down into four quadrants: northwest, southwest, northeast, and southeast. The northwest and southeast quadrants are the ones to watch closely, both tied to the ongoing St. Johns Heritage Parkway extension, which is expected to eventually connect the north and south segments of the parkway and open up significant new development along that corridor.

• Country Club Estates: Built on a former golf course in the northeast quadrant, close to Melbourne and West Melbourne. Stanley Martin and Risewell (formerly LandSea) are offering a mix of spec and to be built homes here, positioned as an executive level, single story product with three car garage options available.
   
• Everlands: One of the highest traction communities in Palm Bay right now, made up of several sub communities:
   
• Riverwood: New homes starting just over $300,000, with strong Lennar incentives and a well received layout. The amenity center is currently under construction and should open in 2026
   
• Timbers at Everlands: The 55+, active adult section, with villas starting under $300,000 and larger homes topping out closer to $500,000, roughly half the price of a comparable Del Webb product.
   
• St. Johns Preserve: Located at the corner of St. Johns Heritage Parkway North and Malabar Road, next to a new Publix shopping center. Multiple builders are represented, primarily Lennar and Adams Homes currently, with Minto previously active here.
   
• Malabar Springs: Directly west of St. Johns Preserve, this community features single family homes, to be built, by Ryan Homes and Maronda. This is a great community for buyers who want to build from scratch and pick their selections and finishes. 
   
• Tillman Lakes: A value driven Lennar community southeast of Malabar Springs, with smaller home sites, fewer amenities, and a lower price point aimed at buyers who want the most home for the least money.
   
• Richmond Cove: A Holiday Builders community with roughly 86 home sites, positioned as a value driven series with prices starting in the low $300,000s and homes ranging from about 1,200 to 1,800 square feet.
   
• Waterstone (SE Palm Bay):
  Gardens at Waterstone: A lower HOA, no-CDD option with Adams Homes, Landsea, and KB Home represented. KB Home holds the remaining home sites.
   
• Cypress Bay West: Its own master-planned community within Waterstone, with a separate CDD and what's expected to be the top amenity package in the area. Built by D.R. Horton, including their popular Freedom series, with a townhome product and higher-tier homes expected in late 2026 to early 2027. CBW is growing in popularity due to it's resort style amenity center that opened in summer of 2026. 
   
• Emerald Lakes: After years of anticipation, site development is finally underway. The first two residential neighborhoods are being built by Lennar. The master plan includes over 3,700 residential homes, 2.8 million square feet of commercial, office, and industrial space, a planned hospital with roughly 300 beds, and 865 hotel rooms, positioned as a 20-year build-out designed to rival Viera in scale.
   
• Lotus Palm Bay: A 353-acre mixed-use development with 770 planned residential units, two rental communities totaling more than 500 units, 100,000 square feet of commercial space, and a 70-acre lake as the centerpiece.
   
• Ashton Park: Slated for roughly 3,900 single-family homes, 870 townhomes or villas, over 1,000 multifamily units, and 1.5 million-plus square feet of flexible commercial space.
   
• Sun Terra: Over 1,000 acres south of Cypress Bay West and Waterstone, planned for more than 2,700 residential units plus commercial space. Site clearing is underway now, with development activity expected to pick up through 2026.

Grant-Valkaria

• Crystal Bay Estates: D.R. Horton's higher-end follow-up to the now complete Crystal Bay community, currently in its final building phase.

Key Takeaways

• The most active growth corridors right now are Palm Bay's northwest and southeast quadrants, both tied to the St. Johns Heritage Parkway extension.
• Viera's new construction is essentially closed to outside builders, with almost everything controlled by Viera Builders except custom homes and 55-plus product.
• Catamaran Cove is one of the few communities offering Viera-adjacent school zoning without Viera's fee structure, which is a rare combination for this market.
• Several large master-planned communities, including Emerald Lakes, Ashton Park, Lotus Palm Bay, and Sun Terra, are multi decade builds just getting started, meaning today's buyers are getting in ahead of long term appreciation potential in those corridors.
• Highway and rail noise is a real factor in several communities (Green Leaf, Riverwalk), and it's worth a drive-by at different times of day before deciding it's a dealbreaker or just background noise.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which area of the Space Coast has the most new construction right now?

• Palm Bay, by a wide margin. Between Everlands, Waterstone, Emerald Lakes, Lotus, Ashton Park, and Sun Terra, it's the single most active corridor for new home construction in Brevard County heading into 2026.

Is there new construction close to the beach?

• Yes, though it's more limited. Satellite Beach has The Vue and Tortuga Cay, both close to the sand, and several custom and semi-custom communities near Merritt Island and the Space Center area put you within a short drive of the coast.

Can I still buy new construction in Viera?

• Only through Viera Builders, a custom home builder, or the Del Webb 55+ product. If you want new construction with more builder variety and lower community fees, Catamaran Cove is worth a look.

How far out are communities like Emerald Lakes and Ashton Park?

• These are long term, master-planned builds expected to unfold over roughly 20 years. Early Emerald Lakes development has started but full build out will happen in phases well beyond 2026.