Solivita

Solivita is one of the largest dedicated 55-plus active-adult communities documented anywhere in this site’s research: roughly 4,300 gated acres in the Poinciana area south of Kissimmee proper, planned for approximately 5,900 single-family and villa homes, with an amenity base exceeding 150,000 square feet spread across multiple village centers. The community was originally developed by Avatar Properties Inc. as part of the broader Poinciana master-planned area; ownership of the community’s remaining developer inventory later passed to AV Homes and then, following AV Homes’ 2018 acquisition, to Taylor Morrison, a corporate ownership history this page states plainly rather than attributing the entire built-out community to a single developer. Solivita’s scale genuinely sets it apart from most other Florida 55-plus communities covered on this site: two full 18-hole golf courses, 14 swimming pools, 17 lighted pickleball courts, and more than 250 resident-organized clubs and activity groups give residents an unusually deep bench of on-site recreation without needing to leave the gates. Governance runs through two separate Community Development Districts — the roughly 3,240-acre Poinciana CDD and the roughly 947-acre Poinciana West CDD — both financing shared infrastructure (stormwater management, drainage, irrigation, utilities, and roadways) through tax-exempt bonds repaid via non-ad-valorem assessments on the property tax bill, layered on top of the community’s own separate HOA-style amenity fees. This two-layer cost structure is genuinely easy for a buyer comparing Solivita to a single-HOA-fee community to underestimate, and at least one individual listing reviewed in this research demonstrated the real, per-parcel financial impact of a paid-off CDD bond balance versus one still being repaid. A genuine, honestly disclosed area of ambiguity involves Solivita’s precise jurisdictional geography: though the community carries a Kissimmee, FL 34759 mailing address and sits within the broader Poinciana area documented on this site’s Kissimmee page, at least one source describes the Poinciana area as straddling the Osceola/Polk county line, meaning a specific home’s school-district assignment and precise combined millage rate should be confirmed directly with the relevant county property appraiser rather than assumed from the community’s general area. For healthcare, Solivita residents rely on the broader Kissimmee area’s hospital infrastructure documented on this site’s own Kissimmee page — HCA Florida Osceola Hospital’s Level II trauma center and Level III NICU, and AdventHealth Kissimmee’s separate acute-care campus — rather than an on-site medical facility of its own. Solivita’s combination of scale, golf, and an unusually deep clubs-and-activities program makes it a genuinely distinctive option among Central Florida 55-plus communities, though buyers weighing it against a smaller, single-CDD or HOA-only community elsewhere on this site should budget carefully for its layered fee structure and confirm current per-parcel figures directly before purchasing. The sheer number of resident-organized clubs and activity groups at Solivita is itself a genuinely distinguishing feature relative to smaller 55-plus communities documented elsewhere on this site: more than 250 clubs spanning fitness, arts and crafts, card games, and travel interests give new residents an unusually fast path to an active social calendar without needing to build a friend group from scratch, a real practical advantage for retirees relocating from out of state without an existing local social network. The community’s multiple village centers, each with its own pool and gathering space, also mean day-to-day recreation for most residents happens within a short golf-cart or walking distance of home rather than requiring a drive across the entire 4,300-acre footprint, softening some of the scale-related friction that a community this large might otherwise create for residents with mobility limitations.

Age Restriction

Solivita is a confirmed 55-plus, age-restricted active-adult community following the standard federal Housing for Older Persons Act "80/20" model, requiring at least one resident 55 or older in at least 80 percent of occupied homes. Buyers should verify Solivita’s exact school-district and taxing-authority situation directly before purchase: the community sits in the Poinciana area with a Kissimmee, FL 34759 mailing address, but this research found the area’s precise relationship to the Osceola/Polk county line described as genuinely ambiguous across sources, and this page does not resolve that ambiguity.

Housing Types

• Single-family homes
• Attached and detached villas

Pricing

Solivita spans roughly 4,300 gated acres with approximately 5,900 single-family and villa homes at build-out, one of the largest dedicated 55-plus communities documented anywhere in this site’s research. Reported price figures for individual listings were not independently reconciled into a single confirmed median in this research; buyers should treat any specific figure as directional and confirm current pricing directly with a Solivita-specialist agent or the community’s own sales office, since both new-construction and a substantial resale market operate within the community simultaneously. Housing spans a genuine range of floor plans, from smaller attached villa product suited to a full-time or seasonal single or couple, up to larger detached single-family homes with dedicated home-office or den space, reflecting the scale of a community built out over multiple development phases under successive ownership rather than a single, uniform product line.

Fees & Assessments

HOA Dues: Solivita layers standard HOA-style community fees covering its extensive shared amenities on top of its separate CDD assessment structure. At least one individual listing reviewed in this research noted a specific home where "CDD debt paid" saved the owner roughly $374 per year relative to a comparable home still carrying its bond balance, confirming that CDD-related costs are a genuine, verifiable, per-parcel line item rather than a flat community-wide figure, and that a paid-off bond can meaningfully lower a specific home’s effective carrying cost relative to an otherwise similar unit still repaying its share of the original infrastructure bond.

CDD Assessment: Solivita is governed by two separate Community Development Districts: the roughly 3,240-acre Poinciana Community Development District and the roughly 947-acre Poinciana West Community Development District, both issuing tax-exempt bonds to finance stormwater management, drainage, irrigation, utilities, and roadway infrastructure across the community. Buyers should confirm the specific CDD, bond balance, and remaining repayment term for any individual address before purchasing, since two similar-looking homes in different sections of Solivita can carry meaningfully different total non-ad-valorem assessment costs on their property tax bill.

Amenities

• Two 18-hole golf courses within the gated community
• 14 swimming pools distributed across the community’s villages
• 17 lighted pickleball courts
• More than 250 resident-organized clubs and activity groups, spanning fitness, arts, crafts, cards, and travel interests
• More than 150,000 square feet of combined amenity and clubhouse space across multiple village centers
• Multiple fitness centers and dedicated exercise/movement studios distributed across the community
• Tennis courts in addition to the community’s extensive pickleball infrastructure
• Gated entry and community-wide security

Getting Around

Healthcare: HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, a roughly 400-to-407-bed tertiary teaching hospital affiliated with UCF’s College of Medicine, holds the area’s Level II trauma-center designation and operates the only Level III NICU in Osceola County; it sits within the broader Kissimmee area documented on this site’s Kissimmee page. AdventHealth Kissimmee, a separate 282-bed facility following a 2024 expansion, provides additional nearby acute care without a trauma-center designation of its own. This research did not independently confirm a specific drive time from Solivita itself to either facility.

Airport: Orlando International Airport (MCO) sits roughly 16 miles from central Kissimmee, per this site’s own Kissimmee research, with Kissimmee Gateway Airport offering nearby general-aviation-only access; Solivita’s own distance to either airport was not independently measured in this research and would run somewhat farther than figures cited for downtown Kissimmee given the community’s more southerly Poinciana-area location.