Approved and pre-construction in Poinciana, FL
Osprey Creek
A new community of about 950 homes coming to Poinciana in Central Florida
About 950 single-family homes are planned on roughly 400 acres in Poinciana, with much of the site kept as protected wetland and open space. The plan is county-approved and the developer is Kolter. Nothing is for sale yet, and no builder, pricing, floor plans or model date have been released. Join the list and you will hear the day it opens.
- Area
- Poinciana, FL
- Homes
- About 950
- Site
- About 400 ac
- Status
- Coming soon
At a glance
Osprey Creek fast facts
Here is what is known today and what has not been released. Anything marked not yet released, join the interest list and it goes out the day it drops.
- Area
- Poinciana, FL
- County
- Unincorporated Polk County
- Site
- About 400 acres
- Homes planned
- About 950 single-family homes
- Wetlands
- About 140 acres kept as open space
- Density
- About 3.5 homes per acre
- Status
- County-approved, coming soon
- Lot widths
- 40 and 50 feet
- Open space
- About 84 acres
- District name
- Cypress Creek Reserve, not Osprey Creek
- Developer
- Kolter
- Home builder
- None named yetGet notified
- CDD assessment
- Not yet publishedGet notified
- Pricing
- Not yet releasedGet notified
Details on this page are compiled from public records and are targets, not commitments. Pricing, floor plans, the home count and timing have not been released by the builder and are subject to change without notice.
Where it is
In Poinciana, in unincorporated Polk County, near Marigold Avenue and Lake Hatchineha Road. Individual home addresses have not been assigned yet.
Hear about the first release before it is advertised
The earliest buyers get the most homesites, the most floor plans and the fewest lot premiums to compete with. Add your name, email and phone and you will hear the day Osprey Creek opens.
The part that surprises buyers
Your tax bill may not say Osprey Creek
One quirk of this property is worth knowing long before you get to a closing table. Osprey Creek is the community name -- it is what the sign will say and what the developer markets. But the special-purpose district that covers this land, and whose assessment can show up on your annual tax notice, is named Cypress Creek Reserve. Same acreage, same location, different name.
That is completely normal in Florida, where large communities are often built inside a community development district that finances the roads and utilities and carries its own name. It matters only because a buyer doing sensible homework -- pulling a tax estimate, searching county district records -- can hit a name they have never heard and reasonably think they are looking at the wrong property. You are not. If you see Cypress Creek Reserve attached to this land, that is Osprey Creek.
Worth knowing: the district assessment is separate from, and on top of, any HOA dues, and a specific per-home figure has not been published yet. It is one of the first questions to ask the day pricing is released, because two homes at the same sticker price can carry very different yearly costs depending on the district assessment that rides along.
What is coming
A community built around the wetlands
The plan calls for about 950 single-family homes on roughly 400 acres. A large share of that land is protected wetland that cannot be built on, so the homes are laid out across the higher, buildable ground while the wetlands and their buffers stay as permanent open space. That is a big part of the appeal here: a good deal of the community's footprint stays green.
Lots are planned in a mix of widths, and the layout is designed to keep homes out of the wetlands and their buffers. This is the wooded, unincorporated part of Polk County, so buyers here are choosing a little space and quiet over being in a town, and paying county taxes with no city layer on top.
What has not been released: home designs and sizes, the amenity plan, a homebuilder, a phasing schedule, a model date and pricing. Those come from the builder at launch, and the day they land for Osprey Creek they go out to this list.
The area
Living in Poinciana and the Kissimmee corridor
Poinciana sits in Central Florida southwest of Kissimmee, straddling the Osceola and Polk county line. It is one of the state's larger master-planned areas, and it has grown up over the years into a genuine community rather than a subdivision: parks, trails, community pools, schools, ballfields and everyday shopping are already in place, wrapped around the lakes and open country that define this stretch of Florida.
The draw for most buyers is simple, and it is value. Poinciana lets you live within reach of the Orlando metro and the theme-park corridor without paying the premium that comes with living right next to it. New construction here has long been among the more affordable in the greater Orlando area, which is a large part of why families, first-time buyers, retirees and, increasingly, national builders keep moving in.
For work and everyday life, the Kissimmee and wider Orlando job market is a commute up the corridor, and the tourism economy of the Disney and Universal area is one of the largest concentrations of employment in the state. Everyday errands, medical care and big-box shopping are close in Kissimmee and along U.S. 17-92 and the Poinciana Parkway, and Orlando International Airport is a straightforward drive for anyone who travels.
What sets the area apart, though, is the water and the open space. This is lake country: the chain of lakes around Poinciana and neighboring Polk County means boating, bass fishing, lakefront parks and long green horizons are part of daily life rather than a weekend trip. State-owned preserve land and the wetlands built into communities like Osprey Creek keep the setting green even as the area grows, and the Gulf beaches and the Atlantic coast are each an easy day trip in opposite directions.
And then there is the obvious draw of Central Florida: Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and the rest of the attractions corridor are a manageable drive north, close enough to be a regular weekend habit rather than a vacation. For a lot of buyers, that combination -- real value, real community, lakes and open space on your doorstep, and the whole Orlando region within reach -- is exactly the trade they are looking for, and it is what makes getting into a community like Osprey Creek early, before a builder's first release sets the tone on price, worth doing.
What you need to know
Buying new construction, the smart way
Whoever ends up building the homes at Osprey Creek, the same rule applies: the person at the model's sales desk works for the builder, not for you. They are usually helpful and usually honest, and they still represent the seller's side of the transaction. You are allowed, and smart, to have your own representation, and in almost every case it costs you nothing, because the builder budgets a cooperating commission into the deal whether you bring an agent or not.
The catch is timing. Most builders require your agent to register you on your first visit. Tour or sign in alone and bring an agent later, and the builder can refuse to recognize them, and you lose your representation for that community. Get connected before you tour, have your agent register you, and let them read the contract, the addenda, and the CDD disclosure.
On this community the CDD disclosure is the document to slow down on. This land sits inside the Cypress Creek Reserve district, and Florida requires that you be given a disclosure about the district and its annual assessment. It is one of the most commonly skimmed pages in a new-construction contract. Have someone read it before you sign, and ask specifically what the annual per-home assessment will be and for how many years it runs.
Subdiview is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by NVR, Inc., Ryan Homes, Kolter, the Cypress Creek Reserve Community Development District, or Polk County. NVR, Inc. and its brands, and their community names, are trademarks of their respective owners and are used here for identification only. All community information is compiled from public records and is subject to change. NVR, Inc. is named on this page because it is the petitioner of record on the district establishment petition in Polk County's published records, and Kolter is identified from its own published portfolio; both are statements of fact about the public record and about published material, not representations of any relationship or of any sales program. Subdiview is operated by a real estate broker licensed in Illinois. We are not your agent, we do not represent you, and we perform no real estate brokerage services in this state. No one at Subdiview is licensed in this state. If you join an interest list, your information is referred to a real estate professional licensed in the state where the property is located, who will contact you directly. We are compensated by that professional's brokerage, not by you. All community details on this page are compiled from public records, are targets rather than commitments, and are subject to change without notice.
Questions and answers
Osprey Creek FAQ
What is Osprey Creek?
Osprey Creek is a new community of about 950 single-family homes planned on roughly 400 acres in Poinciana, in unincorporated Polk County. The plan is county-approved. A large share of the site is protected wetland that stays as open space, so the homes sit on the higher, buildable ground. Nothing has been built yet, nothing is for sale, and no pricing, floor plans or model date have been released. This page exists so you can hear the moment it opens.
Who is building Osprey Creek, and who is the developer?
The developer behind Osprey Creek is Kolter, which carries the community in its own project portfolio. No individual homebuilder has been named yet. That is the normal order of things: a developer takes the land through approval and puts in the roads and utilities, then one or more homebuilders come in to build and sell the houses. Until a builder is announced there is no model home, no price sheet, and nothing listed for sale under this name anywhere.
When will homes be for sale?
No sales date has been announced. What usually happens next is site work and infrastructure, then a builder announcement, a model home, and a first release of homesites, which can take months. The advantage of getting on the interest list now is simple: the earliest buyers hear about a first release before it is advertised, when the most homesites and floor plans are still available and before any lot premiums climb.
How much will homes at Osprey Creek cost?
Pricing has not been released, and any number you see elsewhere today is a guess. Builders in this area typically publish a starting price only when a community opens for sale. The day real pricing is posted for Osprey Creek, it goes out to this interest list. For context, Poinciana and the wider Osceola and Polk County corridor have long been among the more affordable places to buy new construction in the Orlando area, which is a big part of why so many families and builders are moving here.
Why might my tax bill show a different name?
This is the single most confusing thing about the property, so it is worth knowing up front. The special district that covers this land -- the one whose assessment can appear on your annual tax notice -- is named Cypress Creek Reserve, not Osprey Creek. Same land, different name. If you pull records for the property and see Cypress Creek Reserve, that is this community, not a different one.
Will there be a CDD or extra assessment?
Very likely, and it is one of the first questions to ask when pricing is released. Larger Florida communities like this are commonly built inside a community development district, which finances roads and utilities and repays that cost through an annual assessment on your tax notice, separate from and on top of any HOA dues, sometimes for many years. The district here is named Cypress Creek Reserve. A specific per-home assessment figure has not been published yet, so anyone quoting you a dollar amount today is guessing. We will surface the real number here as soon as it is on the record.
Where exactly is it?
In Poinciana, in unincorporated Polk County, near Marigold Avenue and Lake Hatchineha Road, a few miles from Haines City and within reach of the wider Kissimmee corridor. It is county land rather than a city, so a buyer would pay county taxes with no separate city tax on top. Individual home addresses have not been assigned yet, so we have not published drive times, because any mileage would be invented precision.
What is it like to live in Poinciana?
Poinciana sits in Central Florida southwest of Kissimmee, straddling the Osceola and Polk county line, within easy reach of the Orlando metro and the theme-park corridor without the price tag that comes with living right next to it. It is one of the larger master-planned areas in the state, with parks, trails, community pools, schools and everyday shopping already in place, and it is surrounded by the lakes and open country that define this part of Florida. Buyers come for space and value, a real community feel, and a reasonable commute to the jobs, attractions and airport of greater Orlando.
Does it cost anything to join the interest list?
No. Joining is free, it does not obligate you to anything, and it does not create any brokerage relationship. When homes get close to release, a real estate professional licensed in Florida will reach out and can make sure you are properly represented before you ever walk into a builder's sales office, which is the single most valuable thing a buyer can line up in advance.
Be first in line
Get on the Osprey Creek interest list
About 950 homes are planned in one of Central Florida's fastest-growing corridors, and no builder has been named to a single lot yet. That gap is exactly why the list is worth being on: when a builder is announced or a phase is priced, the people on it hear first.
Joining costs nothing, creates no brokerage relationship, and does not obligate you to anything. When you are ready, a real estate professional licensed in Florida will reach out and can register you as represented before your first visit to a sales office.