- May 25, 2026
The Daytona Beach City Commission has approved the massive Avalon Park development rezoning of 2,760 acres, paving the way for over 8,800 new homes.
The development had previously been approved for over 3,250 homes in 2018, and has been described as “a city within a city.” In addition to the increase in residential homes, Avalon Park will have over 1 million square feet of commercial and other non-residential space, according to the May 20 Daytona Beach Commission meeting documents.
The development, located west of Interstate 95 and south of State Road 40, will be built out in multiple phases. with Phase 1 including the buildout of Avalon Park Boulevard from S.R. 40 to Tymber Creek Road, 2,032 residential units, 90,000 square feet of mixed-use buildings, meeting documents stated.
The approval included the annexation and rezoning of a 28-acre lot of land into Daytona Beach and the Avalon Park development. The City Commission approved the rezoning request and annexation in three unanimous votes.
“A project like this, there's a long-term vision, they're creating a community,” Commissioner Monica Paris said. “This is something that we know is going to be contained within itself, and there's also public benefits with roads being built and infrastructure being put in. So, when projects like this come before us, I know what I'm voting on.”
Zone 4 Commissioner Stacy Cantu — whose district Avalon Park is a part of — said the developer will be adding $120 million in road infrastructure to the area. Avalon Park will also, she said, be built out over a 20-25-year span. The development also includes land set aside for a police substation, a fire substation and, if needed, a charter school.
The developer is also required to put in place the road infrastructure before they are allowed to move onto the next phase, she said.
Cantu argued these were benefits for Daytona and resident, though some Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach residents said the roads, infrastructure, substations and school would only benefit the residents of the city within a city.
Ormond Beach resident Ted Rhodes said Avalon Park will add 20,000 people to the area.
“That's a lot, especially on the road where I live,” he said. It's a fallacy that growth increases revenues to the point where it increases quality of life.”
Traffic was a major concern for the Ormond Beach residents in attendance, and several residents near Avalon Park requested the Daytona Beach Commission require Avalon Park not use Booth Road for any construction activities.
Booth Road is a residential and commercial road on the south side of West Granada Boulevard. Cantu included the requirement in her motion to approve the Avalon Park rezoning.
Avalon Park will likely create more than 27,000 construction jobs, $30 million of impact fee revenue for Daytona Beach, and, at buildout, over $13 million in sales tax revenue, $70 million in ad valorem tax revenue and over 2,600 full-time jobs, according to a a letter from the firm England-Thims & Miller, representing Avalon Park.
Despite the approval of the City Commission, Avalon Park is still facing the legal roadblock of a federal lawsuit with the City of Ormond Beach over utilities.
Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry said he was not going to deny that the growth could be “painful in some ways,” and he understands the frustration of traffic on Granada Boulevard. But, he said, Daytona Beach is now in a spot where it is able to attract a developer like Avalon Park, after years of slow growth.
“I have waited all of my life for Daytona Beach to grow up,” Henry said.
