Avalon Park Daytona Clears Major Hurdle, Setting Stage For Long-Term Growth West Of I-95

Daytona Beach has signed off on a major rezoning for Avalon Park Daytona, advancing one of Volusia County’s most ambitious master-planned communities and setting the framework for years of residential, commercial and infrastructure growth west of Interstate 95.

The City Commission approved the rezoning for approximately 2,760 acres south of State Road 40, clearing the way for a long-term mixed-use plan that calls for 8,818 residential units and roughly 1.09 million square feet of commercial and other non-residential development at buildout.

The project represents a significant increase from earlier approvals tied to the property, which had previously contemplated about 3,250 homes. Avalon Park Group’s current vision is much broader, positioning the Daytona Beach site as a self-contained community with housing, retail, employment space, civic uses and road improvements delivered in phases.

The first phase is expected to include 2,032 residential units and 90,000 square feet of mixed-use buildings. It also includes construction of Avalon Park Boulevard from State Road 40 to Tymber Creek Road, along with other roadway improvements intended to support future phases of the development.

City officials emphasized that the project is not expected to come online quickly. The full buildout could take 20 to 25 years, with infrastructure requirements tied to each phase before the developer can move forward with additional sections.

Those infrastructure commitments are a major part of the project’s significance. Avalon Park is expected to bring more than $100 million in road-related improvements to the area, including new internal streets and connections designed to handle traffic generated by the new community. The plan also includes land set aside for public safety uses, including police and fire substations, as well as a potential charter school if needed.

For Central Florida’s commercial real estate market, the approval is another example of how growth continues to push outward from established urban centers into large master-planned communities that combine housing with retail, services and employment uses. In Daytona Beach, the scale of Avalon Park could create a new demand node west of I-95, adding future opportunities for retailers, service providers, medical users, restaurants and other neighborhood-serving commercial tenants.

The project also comes with familiar growth concerns. Residents from nearby areas, including Ormond Beach, raised questions about traffic, road capacity, flooding and the impact of construction activity on surrounding neighborhoods. Those concerns are likely to remain part of the discussion as Avalon Park advances through future phases.

Avalon Park Daytona also continues to face a separate legal issue involving utilities and the City of Ormond Beach, meaning the rezoning approval is an important step forward but not the final word on every aspect of the project.

Still, the City Commission’s approval gives Avalon Park Group a clearer path to pursue a decades-long development plan that could reshape a large portion of Daytona Beach’s western growth corridor. If built as planned, Avalon Park Daytona would add thousands of new residents, a sizable commercial footprint and a new mixed-use center to one of Central Florida’s fastest-evolving coastal markets.