Where $1.5M to $3M Buys New Construction in Palm Beach County (2026)

Community	Location	General Price Range	HOA (approx.)	Key Trade
Avenir	Palm Beach Gardens / North County	$1.5M to $3M+	Lower	More lot size, farther north
Lotus	West Boca	$1.2M to $3M	Lowest of the four	Newest product, social scene still forming
Seven Bridges	West Boca	$1.7M to $3M	Highest of the four	Strongest established social culture
The Bridges	West Delray	$1.3M to $2.5M	Middle	Value position, older GL product

These ranges shift with market conditions and available inventory. Use them as a starting framework, not a guarantee.

Avenir is the only community in this group that offers meaningful lot size. If space between homes matters to you - actual yard, distance from your neighbor, room for outdoor living - this is where that option exists at this price range in the GL product.

The community sits in the Palm Beach Gardens / North County corridor, which is a real geographic distinction. If your job, your family, or your regular life is in PBG, Jupiter, or the northern end of the county, Avenir is geographically logical in a way that the West Boca and West Delray communities are not. If your orbit is Boca or Delray, you are adding 30 to 40 minutes to your commute in a community that is still building its social infrastructure.

The HOA is typically lower than Seven Bridges or The Bridges. The trade is that Avenir is a newer community - the courts are there and the clubhouse is active, but the organized social rhythm takes time to develop. Buyers who move in expecting an immediate community feel should have realistic expectations.

Lotus is the newest GL product in West Boca. If modern floor plans and updated finishes matter to you, Lotus typically leads this group on that dimension. The homes are newer, the layouts reflect current GL design, and the finish level is what the builder is putting out now rather than ten or fifteen years ago.

Pricing runs roughly from the low $1Ms into the mid-to-high $2Ms, with the best lots and larger models pushing into the $3M range. The HOA is typically the lowest of the four communities here. That difference is a few hundred dollars a month - worth knowing before you fall in love with a floor plan.

The trade at Lotus is the same one at Avenir: the social infrastructure is still forming. The courts and pools are active, but an established weekly social rhythm takes time. Buyers who want to move in and immediately plug into organized community life will find more of that at Seven Bridges.

Lotus development page

Seven Bridges is where buyers land when they want the GL product and want a community that already functions socially. The courts get used. There are organized groups. The clubhouse has real activity most days. That is the main reason buyers pay the higher HOA here.

Pricing generally runs from about $1.7M to $3M, with some homes outside that range depending on lot, model, and renovation level. The HOA is typically the highest of the four communities in this guide.

Seven Bridges is in West Boca, which means the Boca Raton address is real and your daily life is anchored in the Boca orbit. If your life is already there, this is a clean fit. If you are still working out which part of the county you want to be in, the location is worth settling before you commit to a floor plan here.

Seven Bridges development page

The Bridges is the value position in this group. It is an older GL community, which means the product is not as current as Lotus - but you typically get more square footage at a comparable price. Buyers who want the GL amenity format without paying Seven Bridges numbers, and who are comfortable with older finishes, tend to find The Bridges works well.

The community is in West Delray, with pricing roughly from $1.3M into the mid-$2Ms. The HOA typically sits between Lotus and Seven Bridges. The lifestyle here is more settled than the newer communities - the social scene exists, but it tends to feel calmer than Seven Bridges.

The Bridges development page

Every community here carries a meaningful monthly HOA. Across Avenir, Lotus, Seven Bridges, and The Bridges, you are looking at roughly $600 to $1,200 per month depending on the community and what is covered.

That range is worth taking seriously before you tour. A $400 monthly difference is nearly $5,000 per year. Over five years of ownership, it is a real number that sits alongside your mortgage every month whether you think about it or not. Model the full monthly carry - mortgage, taxes, insurance, and HOA - before you are emotionally attached to a specific floor plan.

Before assuming what is covered, pull the actual HOA documents. Some communities include landscaping, cable, and internet. Others are bare-bones and charge separately for everything. The all-in monthly can vary by $1,500 to $2,500 from one community to another even at similar purchase prices.

The most common mistake in this market is choosing based on finishes and figuring out location second. It should be the other way around.

Start with where your daily life is actually centered. If you are working in Palm Beach Gardens, or your kids are in schools near PBG, or most of your social and family life is north of Boca, Avenir belongs on your shortlist first. If your life is anchored in Boca or Delray, the West Boca communities make sense and Avenir becomes a detour.

Once you have the geography right, then run the HOA math and think through the product trade-offs. Newest finishes versus established community culture. Lower HOA versus higher social infrastructure. More lot size versus a more built-out amenity environment.

For buyers still working out which GL community fits on a broader basis, the GL community decision guide covers the framework in more detail. And there are a few buyer assumptions about GL communities worth pressure-testing before you commit - what buyers get wrong about GL Homes covers the ones that come up most often.