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Signature Home Spotlight: Why The Palm Is One of the Most Popular Home Designs

With 29 unique home designs available at Catalina Palms, finding the right fit comes down to understanding how you want to live. Some buyers prioritize low-maintenance living. Others want extra room for visiting family, entertaining friends, or pursuing their favorite hobbies. For those who value flexibility and space to gather, The Palm is worth a closer look.

Meet The Palm: Designed for the Host

With 2,287 square feet of air-conditioned living space and more than 3,000 total square feet, The Palm offers a comfortable balance of openness and flexibility. Designed to adapt to a variety of lifestyles, this single-story home provides the space buyers need today while offering the versatility to evolve with their needs over time.

The Palm offers:

  • 3 to 4 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
  • 2-Car Garage
  • Optional Multi-Generational Suite
  • Dedicated Study
  • Spacious Great Room
  • Standalone Dining Area
  • Screened Lanai
  • & More!

One of The Palm’s greatest strengths is its flexibility. The dedicated study can serve as a home office, hobby room, fitness space, or reading retreat, while optional configurations allow buyers to tailor the home to their lifestyle. For those who anticipate frequent visits from family or want additional privacy for guests, the optional multi-generational suite provides a thoughtful solution that adds even more versatility to the floor plan.

A Home That Makes Entertaining Easy

The heart of The Palm is its open-concept living area, where the great room, dining space, and kitchen work together to create a natural gathering place. The layout allows hosts to stay connected with guests while preparing meals, serving drinks, or enjoying conversation.

Large sliding glass doors open to the screened lanai, creating seamless indoor-outdoor living that’s perfect for Florida’s year-round sunshine. Whether it’s a casual afternoon with neighbors or a weekend gathering with family, The Palm provides the space to make every occasion feel effortless.

Explore More Home Designs in the Ruby Collection

While The Palm is one of the most versatile home designs at Catalina Palms, it’s just one of several thoughtfully designed home designs available within the Ruby Collection. The collection offers buyers a variety of single-story homes designed to accommodate different lifestyles, preferences, and needs.

Ruby Collection home designs feature:

  • Single-story living
  • Approximately 2,033 to 2,287 square feet of living space
  • Pricing from the high $400s
  • Flexible, open-concept layouts
  • Modern kitchens and gathering spaces
  • Outdoor living opportunities
  • Low-maintenance living designed for active adults

For buyers who want the convenience of single-story living without sacrificing space, the Ruby Collection provides an ideal balance of comfort, functionality, and value.

Why Buyers Are Choosing Catalina Palms

Located within the master-planned Sundance community in Port St. Lucie, Catalina Palms offers more than just beautiful homes. Residents will enjoy access to Club Catalina, a planned 56,000-square-foot clubhouse located right within the neighborhood, making it easy to enjoy resort-style amenities, dining, wellness facilities, sports courts, entertainment venues, and social spaces without ever having to leave.

Combined with introductory pricing opportunities, a variety of home designs, and a lifestyle-focused community plan, Catalina Palms continues to attract homebuyers looking for exceptional value and the convenience of having everything they need close to home.

Tour The Palm Today

Whether you’re just beginning your home search or narrowing down your favorite floor plans, a visit to Catalina Palms offers the opportunity to experience The Palm, compare home designs, and discover everything the community has to offer.



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