Hunters Creek South

Hunter's Creek is one of Orlando's most deliberately engineered residential success stories. Planning began in 1984 when Canadian-based Genstar Development Company assembled approximately 3,840 acres of former citrus groves and pastureland in south Orange County, east of what would become the US-192 tourism corridor. Genstar kicked off construction in 1986 describing the project as a 15-to-20-year buildout. In 1987 the company sold much of the remaining development rights for $25.8 million to American Newland Associates, a California partnership that brought the master-plan framework to completion over the following two decades.

The master plan was structured around seven interconnected parks — a level of recreational infrastructure that was designed into the ground plan rather than added as an afterthought — along with a golf course designed by Lloyd Clifton that opened in 1986. The 417 GreeneWay was extended through the community, giving Hunter's Creek a direct highway connection that fundamentally shaped its demographics: the community became a natural home for hospitality, theme park, and airport employees who needed reliable access to both I-4 and the airport corridor.

By the time the buildout reached what is broadly described as the southern sections of the community, the design vocabulary was well-established — gated village entries, neighborhood parks, trail connections, and a consistent landscape palette. Today Hunter's Creek encompasses approximately 36 neighborhoods and roughly 14,000 homes, with the southern villages representing the newer, larger, and generally higher-priced end of the inventory.