History of the City of Viera, Florida

The city of Viera, Florida is a relatively new master planned community, which is located in Brevard County.  It was originally part of a ranch owned by the Duda Company, which encompassed over 38,000 acres near Cocoa, the town directly to the north.  Development on the community began in 1989. The name Viera means “Faith,” in the native Slovak language of the Duda family.  The city of Viera now comprises over 9,000 acres with many several thousand additional acres awaiting approval by various governmental agencies and private organizations.

Development started in earnest about 1993. Until then, the area was mostly open land or farmland with road access via a single lane highway.  The Viera community has literally been built from the ground up, and careful attention to detail has been dedication to its magnificent landscaping and the structural layout of every one of its internal communities.  There are numerous neighborhoods in Viera, Sonoma, Gatwick Manor, Daintree, Sunstone Estates, Terramore, Eason Landing, Cortona, Levanto, Charolais Estates, Chelford, Colfax Landing, Ravencliffe, Indigo Crossing, Heritage Isle, Stone Ridge, and Fairway Lakes at Viera just to name a few.  Most of the neighborhoods were part of the Viera West Expansion in the Villages of North Solerno and The Villages Of South Solerno during 2010.

Also developed as part of the 2010 expansion is Summer Lakes, and the Wyndham At Duran, an affiliate of the hotel by the same name.  The older part of Viera includes Wickham Lakes, Viera East Golf Club, Crane Creek, Grand Isle Retirement Community, Herons’ Landing, the Indian River Colony Club, Six Mile Creek, Hammock Trace, Osprey Ridge, Osprey Landing and The Villages of Viera East.  Hammock Lakes was the first neighborhood, having been completed in 1994.