Valencia Cay at Riverland

Valencia Cay at Riverland is an age-restricted, 55-plus, gated village and the first Valencia-branded neighborhood built within GL Homes’ roughly 4,000-acre Riverland master-planned community on the west side of Port St. Lucie, near the Tradition area off the Tradition Parkway/I-95 corridor. Multiple sources confirm Riverland as a whole is exclusively age-restricted 55-plus across all its Valencia-branded neighborhoods, with no evidence found in this research of an all-ages section within Riverland itself. Valencia Cay is a genuinely distinct community from Valencia Grove at Riverland and Valencia Walk at Riverland, two other GL Homes Valencia villages within the same broader Riverland master plan, as well as from Valencia Falls and Valencia Palms in Delray Beach and the various other Valencia-branded communities GL Homes has built in Boynton Beach and elsewhere in Florida. Valencia Cay consists of 1,071 single-family homes, built roughly between 2018 and 2022, making it the first and one of the largest of Riverland’s Valencia villages. As part of the broader Valencia-at-Riverland product family, homes span roughly 1,293 to 3,436 square feet under air, with Valencia Cay’s own home stock skewing toward the smaller and earlier collections within that range given its position as the first village built. Resale pricing spans from the low $400,000s for smaller 2-bedroom-plus-den Premier-collection homes up to roughly $1.2 million for large, upgraded lakefront homes, giving buyers a genuinely wide range of price points within a single village. As one of several Valencia villages within Riverland, Valencia Cay residents share access to the master plan’s substantial common amenity infrastructure: a 16-acre Sports & Racquet Club, a 51,000-to-52,000-square-foot Wellness & Fitness Center, a 5-acre Arts & Culture Center with an 11,550-square-foot Creativity Hub, and 52 pickleball courts spread across the broader community, alongside multiple pools. Valencia Cay also maintains its own neighborhood-level clubhouse in addition to this shared Riverland-wide amenity base, giving residents both intimate, village-scale gathering space and access to a genuinely large-scale shared recreational campus. HOA fees run approximately $400 to $500 per month, covering lawn care, gated security, common areas, and amenity access. Notably, Riverland as a whole, including Valencia Cay, carries no Community Development District fee; the master plan is structured with $0 CDD, relying instead entirely on HOA dues to fund shared infrastructure and amenities, a genuine differentiator relative to the CDD-heavy developments common elsewhere in the broader Tradition/Port St. Lucie corridor. For healthcare access, Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital, located at 10000 SW Innovation Way in the adjacent Tradition area, is the nearest major hospital; exact mileage from Valencia Cay itself was not separately confirmed in this research, though multiple realtor sources describe the distance as "minutes" given Riverland’s proximity to Tradition. For air travel, Treasure Coast International Airport is the closest regional airfield, while Palm Beach International Airport sits roughly 40 to 45 minutes south, giving residents both a nearby smaller-airport option and a larger, full-service alternative within a reasonable drive. Buyers comparing Valencia Cay against Riverland’s other Valencia villages, Valencia Grove and Valencia Walk, should note that all three share the same underlying Riverland amenity infrastructure and no-CDD fee structure, meaning the choice between them largely comes down to each village’s specific home inventory, construction vintage, and current pricing rather than fundamentally different lifestyle offerings. As the first Valencia village built within Riverland, Valencia Cay played a genuinely foundational role in establishing the master plan’s reputation as one of the Treasure Coast’s most significant active-adult destinations, helping justify GL Homes’ subsequent investment in Valencia Grove, Valencia Walk, and additional villages within the same development. This first-mover status generally means Valencia Cay carries a somewhat more established, settled character relative to Riverland’s newer villages, with landscaping and common areas that have had more time to mature, though it also means the village’s home stock skews toward Riverland’s earlier, generally smaller floor plans relative to some later-built sections. Riverland’s overall position within Port St. Lucie’s broader active-adult market is genuinely significant: the roughly 4,000-acre master plan represents one of the largest single active-adult developments on Florida’s Treasure Coast, and its no-CDD financing structure is a real point of differentiation relative to many comparable master-planned communities elsewhere in the state that rely on CDD bonds to fund shared infrastructure. Buyers evaluating Valencia Cay against non-Riverland active-adult options in Port St. Lucie, including Del Webb Tradition or Cresswind at PGA Village Verano, should factor in this financing-structure difference alongside each community’s specific amenity package and home pricing when comparing total cost of ownership. As with any established, resale-driven active-adult community, current inventory and pricing should be confirmed directly with a local agent before finalizing a purchase decision, particularly given the wide resale price range spanning from the low $400,000s to roughly $1.2 million across the village’s different lot types and home sizes, a range broad enough that two otherwise-comparable listings within the same village can differ substantially in final sale price depending on lot, view, and upgrade level.

Age Restriction

Valencia Cay at Riverland is an age-restricted, 55-plus, gated village and the first Valencia-branded neighborhood built within GL Homes’ roughly 4,000-acre Riverland master-planned community on the west side of Port St. Lucie. Multiple sources confirm Riverland as a whole is exclusively age-restricted 55-plus across all its Valencia-branded neighborhoods. Valencia Cay is a genuinely distinct community from Valencia Grove at Riverland and Valencia Walk at Riverland, two other GL Homes Valencia villages within the same Riverland master plan, as well as from Valencia Falls and Valencia Palms in Delray Beach and the various Valencia communities in Boynton Beach and elsewhere in Florida.

Housing Types

• Single-family homes

Pricing

Valencia Cay at Riverland consists of 1,071 single-family homes, built roughly 2018 to 2022 as the first Valencia village within Riverland. As part of the broader Valencia-at-Riverland product family, homes span roughly 1,293 to 3,436 square feet under air, with Valencia Cay specifically skewing toward the smaller and earlier collections in that range. Resale pricing spans from the low $400,000s for smaller 2-bedroom-plus-den Premier-collection homes up to roughly $1.2 million for large, upgraded lakefront homes.

Fees & Assessments

HOA Dues: HOA fees run approximately $400 to $500 per month, covering lawn care, gated security, common areas, and amenity access.

CDD Assessment: Riverland as a whole, including Valencia Cay, carries no Community Development District fee; the master plan is structured with $0 CDD, relying instead on HOA dues to fund infrastructure and amenities, distinguishing it from CDD-heavy developments elsewhere in the Tradition/Port St. Lucie area.

Amenities

• Shared access to Riverland’s 16-acre Sports & Racquet Club
• A 51,000-52,000-square-foot Wellness & Fitness Center
• A 5-acre Arts & Culture Center with an 11,550-square-foot Creativity Hub
• 52 pickleball courts across the broader Riverland community
• Multiple pools
• Valencia Cay’s own neighborhood clubhouse

Getting Around

Healthcare: Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital, located at 10000 SW Innovation Way in the adjacent Tradition area of Port St. Lucie, is the nearest major hospital; exact mileage from Valencia Cay itself was not separately confirmed, though multiple realtor sources describe the distance as "minutes" given Riverland’s proximity to Tradition.

Airport: Treasure Coast International Airport (formerly St. Lucie County International) is the closest regional airfield. Palm Beach International Airport is roughly 40 to 45 minutes south.