StorageCafe, a subsidiary of real estate data firm Yardi, ranked Horizon West seventh on its list of the 20 fastest-growing housing markets in the country, confirming what anyone who has driven State Road 429 lately already suspected.
The ranking measured housing inventory growth over a ten-year period. Horizon West posted a 234% increase, with the average home price rising 86%. Five Florida markets landed in the top 20, but Horizon West’s combination of master-planned design, school quality, and beltway access set it apart.
"Some of these submarkets are like gigantic freight trains taking off."
Speaking to the Orlando Business Journal, Greider described a market that moves slowly for a while and then becomes impossible to ignore. That residential momentum is driving commercial growth in equal measure, and Hamlin Town Center sits at the center of it.
The growth story extends past the Orange County line, too. A $90 million land deal in the Wellness Way corridor of south Clermont drew region-wide attention, and land brokers pointed to Horizon West’s proximity as the reason pricing moved into new territory for Lake County. All of those new Lake County residents will be looking for somewhere to shop, dine and gather. That somewhere is Hamlin Town Center.
Orlando Business Journal
Here’s how Horizon West compares to fastest-growing housing markets in nation
July 29, 2024, by Steven Ryzewski
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Since this article was published in July 2024, several of the commercial projects mentioned have opened at Hamlin Town Center, including Dutch Bros, Outback Steakhouse, the first Orlando location of Agave Bandido, and Tiger Woods’ PopStroke in the Lake District.
In September 2026, the Orlando Business Journal reported that Orange County will complete a $12.2 million, one-mile extension of New Independence Parkway by year’s end, creating a direct four-lane connection from Hamlin west to US 27 in south Lake County via Wellness Way Boulevard. The surrounding Wellness Way corridor is a 15,000-acre planning area entitled for up to 16,000 homes. A separate $550 million tolled State Road 516, under construction by the Central Florida Expressway Authority, will add a second connection between US 27 and SR 429, with partial opening expected in 2027, placing Hamlin between the two new east-west routes linking Orange and Lake counties.
Orlando Business Journal
One-mile road project to link Horizon West with south Lake County by year’s end
September 8, 2026, by Ryan Lynch
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