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During the last 50 years, most of the development in South Florida has been limited to single use zoning where housing was separate from businesses and schools and all were inter-connected by highways requiring the use of cars to navigate between them.  Abacoa in Jupiter was designed to return the “work, live, play in one place” idea, so popular in years gone by, to the mainstream of family life.

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In the center of Abacoa is the Village at Abacoa Town Center where condominiums provide residents with the opportunity to live above or very near the retails businesses and other venues that would form the fabric of their lives such as college campuses, a golf course, a baseball stadium and restaurants.  There are 350 condos in the Village at Abacoa Town Center utilizing 14 different floor plans.  Some of these buildings are free standing and others located above the retail shops and restaurants along Main Street.  With so many different floor plans, living areas range from around 1,000 feet to around 1,600 feet.

Abacoa Town Center hosts many community events like a weekly Farmer’s Market, a monthly Classic Car Show and in addition Abacoa has many neighborhood civic groups that meet in the Town Center.

Four schools are located in or adjacent to Abacoa:  Beacon Cove Intermediate School, Independence Middle School, Lighthouse Elementary School and Jupiter Middle School.  The high schools nearby are Jupiter High School and Dwyer High School and all of these schools are part of the Palm Beach County School District.  In addition, Abacoa is home to the Jupiter branch campus of Florida Atlantic University and the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College.

The central location in Jupiter means residents here have only a 10 minute drive to reach the beaches of Jupiter or Juno and only 10 minutes to the shopping and dining of Palm Beach Gardens.

Abacoa is a 2,055 acre development consisting of fifteen family based communities consisting of townhomes, condos, and single family homes.  In response to the suburban sprawl found in most of South Florida, Abacoa was planned to integrate work, live, play into a community of mixed use zoning and bringing all facets of community life together in one place.   A central part of the mixed use zoning is the work/live concept where your home office is included as a part of your residence.  Antigua in Abacoa provides this and more.

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Antigua features two and three story townhomes in the heart of Abacoa and offering work/live units.  The 280 units range in size from about 1,300 to over 2,400 square feet and were built in 2004-2005 so they are some of the newest homes in Abacoa.

If the central idea behind a carefully planned community like Abacoa is to live, work and play in the same area, then Antigua captures the spirit of this lifestyle.  Located adjacent to the Roger Dean Stadium you can catch the Florida Marlins or the St. Louis Cardinals during spring training or the Jupiter Hammerheads who play here after the major league teams leave.  The Abacoa Town Center is less than a ¼ mile away with restaurants and small retail shops.  Other activity in town centers around the Abacoa Golf Club.

Students at Florida Atlantic University or the Honors Campus may find the homes in Antigua a perfect spot to live while attending.  Other business opportunities include Scripps Institute and the Max Planck Society as well as G4S which all make their home in the Abacoa area.

You might want to consider Antigua if a central location is important to you, if being able to head to school without using a car or if you have a home based business.

During the last 50 years, most of the development in South Florida has been limited to single use zoning where housing was separate from businesses and schools and all were inter-connected by highways requiring the use of cars to navigate between them.  Abacoa is a 2,055 acre development in Jupiter consisting of 15 family based communities that are located just 5 minutes from the famous beaches at Jupiter and Juno Beach.

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Cambridge, a friendly neighborhood in Abacoa, was built in 2001 and features 77 single family homes and 132 townhomes.  The townhomes ranging in size from 2 bedroom, 2 baths models of about 1,300 square feet and the single family homes have up to 5 bedrooms with nearly 3,300 square feet.  Homes in Cambridge are woven around hiking paths, green spaces and the community clubhouse and pool with playground.

Cambridge Abacoa Jupiter townhomes for sale is in the heart of Abacoa.  Abacoa is home to Roger Dean Stadium where the Florida Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals have spring training.  Once the season starts, the Jupiter Hammerheads have games here enjoyed by all residents.  The Abacoa Golf Club offers residents that chance to tackle a challenging course without having to venture out of the community.  However, there are many other fine golf courses within just a short drive.

Our beaches, boating and fishing are some of the best in the world and are only a few minutes away.  If you like to fish from the beach or a fishing pier, you can do either in Juno Beach just a 5 minute drive away.

Four schools are located in or adjacent to Abacoa:  Beacon Cove Intermediate School, Independence Middle School, Lighthouse Elementary School and Jupiter Middle School.  The high schools nearby are Jupiter High School and Dwyer High School and all of these schools are part of the Palm Beach County School District.  In addition, Abacoa is home to the Jupiter branch campus of Florida Atlantic University and the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College.

In response to the suburban sprawl which is found in most of South Florida built since the 1950′s, Abacoa in Jupiter was carefully planned to integrate work, live, play into a community of mixed use zoning and bringing all facets of community life together in one place.  Abacoa is a carefully planned community of 15 neighborhoods incorporating the needs of daily life in one integrated master plan with schools, recreation, higher education and scientific research facilities all within the overall plan.  One of the first communities to be built were the 188 Victorian styled townhomes of Charleston Court located on the west side of Abacoa near the Abacoa Golf Club.

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The townhomes in Charleston Court are 3 bedroom floor plans with between 1,600 and 1,850 square feet of living space.  These are two-story units with 6 units per building.  The architectural style features a portico entry with columns on either side and the live oaks that line the street have had about 10 years to mature and provide a perfect shady canopy inviting you to venture out and enjoy all the Abacoa lifestyle offers.

The Abacoa lifestyle revolves around the walking scale of the Town Center, Roger Dean Stadium, Abacoa Golf Club, Scripps and Max Planck Society research institutes and the new headquarters of G4S, formerly known as Wackenhut.

Schools near the townhouses in Charleston Court include Beacon Cove Intermediate School, Independence Middle School, Lighthouse Elementary School and Jupiter Middle School.  The high schools nearby are Jupiter High School and Dwyer High School, all part of the Palm Beach County School District.  In addition, Abacoa is home to the Jupiter branch campus of Florida Atlantic University and the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College.

Our beaches are just 5 minutes away, the shopping and dining in Palm Beach Gardens are only about a 10 minute drive and Charleston Court may make the perfect place for you to call home.