GL Homes' four newest Boca Raton communities, compared on location, clubhouse, homes, dues, resale prices and schools.
Lotus, Lotus Palm, Lotus Edge and Boca Bridges are the four communities GL Homes has built in Boca Raton since 2019. On paper they look alike: a staffed gate, homes around lakes, a resort clubhouse and a racquet center, all included with the home through the homeowners association, with no golf course and no club membership to buy. In practice they differ in where they sit, how large the homes get, how big the club is and what they sell for. This guide puts them side by side.
Top: Lotus and Lotus Palm. Bottom: Lotus Edge and Boca Bridges. Entrance images are enhanced from photographs of each real entrance.
| Lotus | Lotus Palm | Lotus Edge | Boca Bridges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Lyons Rd, north of Clint Moore Rd | Glades Rd, just west of the Turnpike | Lyons Rd, just north of Glades Rd | Lyons Rd, between Clint Moore Rd and Atlantic Ave |
| City limits | Unincorporated, Boca Raton address (33496) | City of Boca Raton (33434) | City of Boca Raton (33434) | Unincorporated, Boca Raton address (33496) |
| Homes (county records) | 804 | 525 | 497 completed, about 655 planned | 502 |
| Built | 2019–2022 | 2023–2024 | 2024–still building | 2019–2022 |
| Builder status | Sold out, resales only | Sold out, resales only | GL Homes still selling new | Sold out, resales only |
| Clubhouse | Resort clubhouse, café and weekend pool bar | About 26,000 sq ft, Crave restaurant | About 39,000 sq ft, full-service restaurant, wellness retreat | About 27,000 sq ft on a 7-acre amenity island |
| Racquet | 6 Har-Tru tennis, 6 pickleball | 6 tennis, 4 pickleball | 6 tennis, 10 pickleball, 2 padel | 7 tennis (6 clay, 1 hard), 4 pickleball |
| Architecture | All contemporary | All contemporary | All contemporary | Contemporary, transitional and Mediterranean |
| Home sizes (living area) | About 1,966–5,160 sq ft | About 1,966–5,177 sq ft | About 2,573–5,453 sq ft | About 2,600 to 8,000+ sq ft |
| HOA dues (published) | About $720 a month | About $679 a month | About $700 a month | About $1,120–$1,173 a month |
| Resales, last 12 months | 46 | 51 | 22 | 31 |
| Resale range | $1.35M–$3.00M | $1.50M–$2.64M | $1.62M–$3.30M | $2.02M–$6.5M |
| Median resale | $2.08M | $1.96M | $2.07M | $3.25M |
| Florida's Turnpike | About 10 min | About 3 min | About 7 min | About 10 min |
| Town Center at Boca Raton | About 20 min | About 8 min | About 12 min | About 15 min |
| Downtown Boca and the beach | About 25 min | About 15 min | About 20 min | About 25 min |
Sales are closed resales from the Beaches MLS for the 12 months to late October 2026; GL Homes' own new-home closings at Lotus Edge are not included. Home counts and years are from Palm Beach County property records. Amenities and HOA dues are from community and listing sources and should be confirmed with each association. Drive times are approximate and vary with traffic.
Every one of these communities is guard-gated, built by GL Homes and organized around lakes rather than a golf course. Clubhouse, pools, fitness and racquet facilities come with the home through the homeowners association, so there is no initiation fee, equity or annual club dues on top. Each has a resort-style pool, a lap pool, a fitness center, an indoor sports court and a year-round social calendar, and each is pet-friendly within its association's rules. All four are served by the School District of Palm Beach County.
Lotus is the first and largest of GL's three Lotus communities, with 804 homes on Lyons Road north of Clint Moore Road. Because it is sold out and the biggest of the four, it has the deepest resale market: 46 homes closed in the last 12 months, from $1.35M to $3.00M, with a median of $2.08M. Delray Marketplace is about five minutes away. Buyers who want the contemporary Lotus look with the widest choice of floor plans, lots and lake views usually start here. Living in Lotus →
Lotus Palm sits on Glades Road right next to Florida's Turnpike, on the site of the former Boca Raton municipal golf course, and is the only one of the four within about 15 minutes of downtown Boca and the beach. It also had the lowest median resale, $1.96M across 51 sales, and the lowest published dues, about $679 a month. Built in 2023 and 2024, it is the newest of the sold-out communities. For buyers who drive east often or travel through Boca Raton Airport, location is the reason to choose it. Living in Lotus Palm →
Lotus Edge opened in 2024 and has the largest clubhouse GL Homes has built in Boca Raton, about 39,000 square feet, with a wellness retreat and cold plunge, a teen club, ten pickleball courts and the first padel courts in a GL community. It is also the only one of the four where you can still buy new from the builder, so buyers weigh a new GL home against an early resale that is already finished, landscaped and ready. Olympic Heights Community High School is directly across Lyons Road. Its 22 resales in the last 12 months had a median of $2.07M. Living in Lotus Edge →
Boca Bridges is the upper tier of the four. Its five collections run from about 2,600 to more than 8,000 square feet, in contemporary, transitional and Mediterranean designs, and most homes have private pools. That shows in the numbers: a median sale of $3.25M, more than $1 million above the three Lotus communities, with sales up to $6.5M in the last year. The amenities sit on their own seven-acre island at the center of the community, the racquet center has seven tennis courts, six of them clay, and dues are higher at about $1,120 to $1,173 a month. Living in Boca Bridges →
Lotus Palm. It is minutes from the Turnpike, Town Center and Boca Raton Airport, and the closest of the four to downtown and the beach.
Lotus Edge, where you can also compare a brand-new GL home with a nearly new resale.
Lotus, the largest and most active resale market of the three Lotus communities.
Boca Bridges, the only one of the four with homes above about 5,500 square feet and with transitional and Mediterranean designs.
All four are within about 15 minutes of one another, so it is easy to see them in a single afternoon. Ricky can tour them with you and show you what the same size of home has sold for in each. Plan a tour →
No. In all four, the clubhouse, pools, fitness center and racquet facilities come with the home through the homeowners association. There is no initiation fee, equity membership or golf course.
Over the last 12 months, Lotus Palm had the lowest median resale at $1.96M and the lowest published dues at about $679 a month. Lotus had the lowest single sale, at $1.35M.
Lotus Edge, at about 39,000 square feet. Boca Bridges' clubhouse is about 27,000 square feet and Lotus Palm's about 26,000.
Only at Lotus Edge, where construction continues on the remaining lots. Lotus, Lotus Palm and Boca Bridges are sold out, so every sale there is a resale.
Lotus Palm and Lotus Edge are inside the city limits. Lotus and Boca Bridges are in unincorporated Palm Beach County with a Boca Raton mailing address.
Lotus and Boca Bridges have been assigned to Whispering Pines Elementary, Eagles Landing Middle and Olympic Heights Community High. Lotus Palm and Lotus Edge are zoned for Boca Raton public schools, and Olympic Heights is directly across the street from Lotus Edge. Boundaries change, so confirm the assignment for a specific address with the School District of Palm Beach County.
Lotus Palm, at roughly 15 minutes to downtown Boca Raton and the beach. The other three are about 20 to 25 minutes.
In communities where many homes share the same floor plans, the model, upgrades, lot and lake view decide the price. Ricky can show you how your home compares with the latest sales of the same plan in your community and in the other three, and every seller receives a personal video market assessment. Request yours →
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