Vitalia at Tradition

Vitalia at Tradition is an age-restricted, 55-plus, gated community within the larger Tradition master-planned development in Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, on Florida’s Treasure Coast. The community spans 450 acres of landscaping and nature preserves, with more than 1,200 single-family homes and attached villas built specifically for active adults 55 and better. AV Homes took over the 452-acre gated community project, and the resulting development gives residents a genuine active-adult enclave embedded within Tradition’s much larger, still-actively-growing master-planned footprint, one of the most significant ongoing development corridors on the Treasure Coast. The community’s centerpiece amenity is the Captiva Club, a 24,000-square-foot lakefront facility that anchors both daily fitness routines and larger social events. The club houses a full fitness center and an aerobics studio equipped with Fitness On Demand technology, giving residents access to on-demand workout classes alongside traditional group fitness offerings. Billiards and dart rooms, a ballroom for larger gatherings, an arts-and-crafts room, and a catering kitchen round out the Captiva Club’s indoor amenity package. Outdoor recreational infrastructure is genuinely extensive: a resort-style pool with poolside cabanas gives residents a relaxed setting for swimming and lounging, while eight pickleball courts and five tennis courts reflect real investment in racquet sports, supplemented by two bocce ball courts for a more traditional option. An event lawn with fire pits and a dedicated lakeside pavilion give the community additional outdoor gathering space distinct from the Captiva Club itself, and a putting green offers a casual golf-adjacent amenity even though Vitalia is not built around a full golf course. A full-time activities director coordinates the community’s extensive calendar of resident clubs and events, a standard and expected feature of a well-run, amenity-dense 55-plus community. HOA fees at Vitalia typically range from roughly $250 to $350 per month, with the specific amount depending on home type and location within the community; villa homeowners generally pay a higher fee than single-family homeowners, reflecting the additional exterior maintenance services the association provides for attached, shared-wall product. Buyers should confirm the current assessment and exact coverage for any specific home via an estoppel certificate before purchasing, given how much fee levels can vary by housing type within the same community. Vitalia sits within Tradition’s broader master-planned footprint, which commonly carries Community Development District financing for shared infrastructure across the larger development; buyers should independently verify Vitalia’s own specific CDD status and any associated assessment against St. Lucie County or CDD-district records before purchasing, since this was not independently confirmed in this research. Proximity to Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital, one of the newer full-service hospitals on the Treasure Coast, gives Vitalia residents a genuine healthcare-access advantage tied directly to the broader Tradition development’s master-planning, which prioritized hospital access as part of its original design. Tradition itself is one of the most significant ongoing master-planned developments on the Treasure Coast, combining residential neighborhoods with a growing commercial and medical corridor, and Vitalia’s age-restricted section benefits directly from that surrounding infrastructure investment even though the 55-plus community itself is not new construction. Residents get the advantages of an established, settled neighborhood within Vitalia’s own gates while still being close enough to Tradition’s newer commercial development to benefit from its continued growth. Buyers comparing Vitalia against other Treasure Coast 55-plus options, including nearby Cascades at St. Lucie West, should weigh Vitalia’s larger lot sizes and 450-acre preserve-adjacent setting against Cascades’ more centrally located, slightly more affordable positioning within the same broader Port St. Lucie market; both draw on overlapping regional healthcare and airport infrastructure while offering genuinely distinct amenity packages and community scales.

Age Restriction

Vitalia at Tradition is an age-restricted 55-plus gated community within the larger Tradition master-planned development in Port St. Lucie. Specific governing-document language on minimum qualifying age and the standard Florida 80/20 Housing for Older Persons Act allowance for under-55 co-residents was not independently confirmed and should be verified directly against the community’s governing documents. The broader Tradition development that surrounds Vitalia is not itself age-restricted, so residents should expect Tradition’s commercial and civic areas to serve a genuinely mixed-age population even though Vitalia’s own residential section maintains its 55-plus restriction.

Housing Types

• Single-family homes
• Attached villas
• Multiple floor-plan collections across the community’s 450-acre footprint

Pricing

Vitalia at Tradition spans 450 acres of landscaping and preserves within the larger Tradition master-planned community, with more than 1,200 single-family homes and villas built for active adults 55 and better. AV Homes took over the 452-acre gated community project; as an established community within the broader, still-growing Tradition development, current pricing should be confirmed directly given ongoing Treasure Coast market activity. Villa and single-family product carry genuinely different price points and maintenance profiles, so buyers should compare each housing type’s specific floor plans and total cost of ownership rather than treating Vitalia as a single uniform product.

Fees & Assessments

HOA Dues: HOA fees at Vitalia at Tradition typically range from roughly $250 to $350 per month, varying by home type and location within the community; villa homeowners generally pay higher fees than single-family homeowners due to additional exterior maintenance services the association provides for attached product. Buyers should confirm the current assessment and specific coverage for any particular home via an estoppel certificate before purchasing, along with a review of the community’s current reserve-fund status and any anticipated near-term capital projects or special assessments.

CDD Assessment: A Community Development District is common across the broader Tradition master-planned area in which Vitalia sits; specific CDD status and assessment levels for Vitalia at Tradition itself were not independently confirmed in this research and should be verified directly against St. Lucie County or CDD-district records before purchasing, since any CDD assessment would appear as a separate line item on the property tax bill.

Condo Fees: Not applicable; Vitalia at Tradition consists of single-family homes and attached villas governed by a homeowners’ association rather than a separate condominium association fee structure.

Amenities

• Captiva Club — 24,000-square-foot lakefront facility with fitness center, aerobics studio (Fitness On Demand technology), billiards and dart rooms, a ballroom, arts-and-crafts room, and catering kitchen
• Resort-style pool with poolside cabanas
• Eight pickleball courts and five tennis courts
• Two bocce ball courts
• Event lawn with fire pits and a lakeside pavilion
• Putting green
• Full-time activities director coordinating an extensive list of resident clubs and community events

Getting Around

Healthcare: Vitalia at Tradition sits within the Tradition master-planned area of Port St. Lucie, close to Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital, one of the newer full-service hospitals serving the broader Treasure Coast, along with an expanding cluster of medical office and specialty-care development within the Tradition corridor; specific drive time from the community itself was not independently confirmed in this research and should be verified directly before purchasing, particularly given how actively that medical corridor continues to expand.

Airport: Treasure Coast International Airport (formerly St. Lucie County International Airport) and Palm Beach International Airport both sit within a reasonable regional drive of Vitalia at Tradition; specific mileage was not independently confirmed in this research and should be verified directly by residents who travel frequently or host visiting family, since flight options differ meaningfully between the two airports.