Magnolia Island.
Peninsula community on Lake Minneola — geographically a true peninsula, gated at the entrance, surrounded on three sides by chain water. One of the most curated custom-build enclaves on the chain.
Magnolia Island is the chain’s quiet luxury answer. Custom homes only, generous lot sizes, restrained architectural variation. Properties trade infrequently because owners do not leave. When inventory does surface it tends to clear at the chain’s strongest price-per-square-foot figures for the lake.
Communities and Subdivisions
Magnolia Island
The community itself. Trades typically transact in the $1.5M-$2.5M range when they list.
Magnolia Bay (sister community)
Adjacent waterfront community on the same lake. Trailing comp $1,600,000.
Trailing Twelve Months
Trailing chain-frontage sales in Magnolia Island and Magnolia Bay (May 2025-Apr 2026): $1,600,000 verified comp. Verified via StellarMLS, May 2026.
Gated Peninsula on Minneola
Magnolia Island
Magnolia Island: the gated peninsula that delivers Lake Minneola access with a private-island feel.
12-Month Snapshot
Magnolia Island Closings, May 2025 to Apr 2026
Limited 12-month sales sample on this lake. Properly pricing a property here is not a job for an automated valuation tool. Request a personal read and I will pull the relevant comps off-system, including off-chain water bodies that read similarly to Magnolia Island and recent transactions that did not hit the public MLS.
Source: StellarMLS · Trailing 12 months · Chain-of-lakes waterfront only.
About This Lake
What I tell my buyers about Magnolia Island
Magnolia Island is a gated peninsula community on Lake Minneola, and it functions as one of the most private addresses on the chain despite sitting on the chain’s biggest lake. The community is a single guarded entry, a short interior road network, and a closed loop of waterfront lots that wrap the peninsula. Buyers who want chain access without the open-shore traffic of Lakeshore Drive end up here.
Magnolia Bay (a related subdivision adjacent to the island itself) closed a $1.6 million sale at 16744 Bay Club Dr in late 2025; that close at $426 per heated foot tells you how the market prices the gating premium on Minneola frontage. New custom builds on Magnolia Island consistently price at or above the chain median per foot, and resales tend to clear quickly when priced to comparable Osprey Pointe and Palisades trades.
Architectural review on Magnolia Island is active, which is what protects the value over time but also slows the renovation timeline on older homes. A buyer planning a substantive remodel should budget the HOA architectural review process into their closing-to-occupancy timeline, and should price-in the cost of complying with the community’s roof, exterior, and dock-style standards.
Active Inventory
Active listings on Magnolia Island
Live StellarMLS feed, filtered to the chain-of-lakes communities and ZIPs that match Magnolia Island. Refreshed every 15 minutes.
Recent Significant Sales
Notable Magnolia Island closings, trailing 12 months
Verified StellarMLS data. Sample drawn from chain-of-lakes waterfront only.
Closed Sale 01
16744 BAY CLUB DR
Source: StellarMLS · May 2025 to Apr 2026 · Chain-of-lakes waterfront.
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