viera: Expanding Its Horizon
PRESERVING THE PAST, REACHING FOR THE FUTURE [ By Ly n Dowl i n g ] Photography by Cathy Heinz
R esidents of Central Viera know the drill.
Invariably, as they are walking their dogs or jogging or taking their children to the park on a weekend morning, people in a vehicle with out-of-town plates will pull up and ask directions
to a model home or the Viera Home Discovery Center. And in most cases, once they arrive there, the home- seekers will not be alone, even if it isn’t the greatest time to be in the real estate market.
When the market was at its lowest, the engines of progress continued to roar in Viera. New communities were opened,
new homes built and existing properties bought and sold. Companies like Lexus of Melbourne moved in to do business, and work continued in earnest on the long-awaited Health First Viera Hospital and its adjacent medical park. Conditions may not be the same as they were during the home buying frenzy of the last decade, but the master-planned community has contin- ued to grow. While some developers discussed cutting their losses, Viera’s continued to speak of progress. “Forward,” as in “moving forward,” may be the most
frequently used word among those who are responsible for planning and development of Viera, and they continue to go there, carefully.
Left: Tracy Duda Chapman, CEO of The Viera Co. at the 200-acre Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands. Right: Tracy Duda Chapman with Steve Johnson, president of The Viera Co.
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