Westlake Homes for Sale

In September 2013, Minto Communities purchased 3,800 acres of former Seminole Improvement District farmland in western Palm Beach County for $51 million. Three years later, on June 22, 2016, Westlake was incorporated as the 39th municipality in Palm Beach County, the only city in the continental United States planned, developed, and built by a single private builder from a blank slate.

The comparison that most buyers reach for is Weston, the Broward County master-planned city that Minto also helped build in the 1980s, and consistently one of the most sought-after addresses in South Florida. Both cities share the same design philosophy: artificial lakes woven throughout the community, creating waterfront views at every price point; a mix of housing types for every life stage; and a commercial town center that becomes the social anchor of daily life.

Unlike an HOA-governed planned community, Westlake has real city infrastructure: an elected city council and city manager, a dedicated Palm Beach County Sheriff patrol district, a fire rescue station staffed 24/7, and a 10-year water supply plan. Wellington Regional Medical Center has already acquired 35 acres inside the city for a future hospital campus.

The city's fastest-growing characteristic is not its population to though growth from 5 residents in 2010 to 906 at the 2020 Census (an 18,020% increase) tells a story on its own. It's the pace of investment. A new elementary school broke ground in April 2026. Zeus World, a 92,773 sq ft regional entertainment complex, opened adjacent to the Adventure Park. A 134,000+ sq ft Lowe's anchors Town Center West. And Minto released The Estates, its ultra-luxury tier, in April 2026 with homes starting above $1.5M.