8020 Highway A1a S, Melbourne Bch
Brevard County Real Estate - Grant
Grant-Valkaria is a town located south of Melbourne in Brevard County, Florida. Grant was originally established in 1925 as a fishing village, and since 1966, the city has held the annual Grant Seafood Festival. The revenues collected through the seafood festival go back into the community through college scholarships and summer break activities for the local children. Originally two separate communities, Grant and Valkaria were joined in July of 2006 to create the single Incorporated Town of Grant-Valkaria.
Grant is in East Central Florida. Grant is approximately 46 miles from Port Saint Lucie (population 164,603) and around 8 miles from Palm Bay (population 103,190).
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Brevard County
Brevard County is located in the East Central Florida region, along with Orange, Volusia, Sumter, Seminole, Lake, and Osceola counties. There are many incorporated municipalities in Brevard. Cities include Cape Canaveral, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite Beach, Titusville, and West Melbourne. The towns in Brevard are Grant-Valkaria, Indiatlantic, Malabar, Melbourne Beach, Melbourne Village, and Palm Shores. Brevard?s population is well over half a million.
Top industries for Brevard County include technology, tourism, agriculture, and other service businesses. Top public sector employers for Brevard County are the Brevard County School Board, Brevard County Board of County Commissioners, NASA, and US Department of Defense. Private sector employers include Harris Corporation, Health First, Inc., United Space Alliance, Wuesthoff Health System, and Northrop Grumman Corporation.
Kennedy Space Center is located on Merritt Island in Brevard County and provides many jobs for the area, as well as acting as a popular tourist destination. It is from this activity that Brevard takes its nickname, the Space Coast. Nicknamed "Space City USA", the city of Titusville is across the water from KSC. The city?s population is highly-educated. The city is a popular destination for visitors wishing to see spacecraft launches.
Other tourist attractions in Brevard County include Port Canaveral, one of the busiest cruise ports in the world, the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, and Cocoa Beach. Port Canaveral is serviced by Disney Cruise Lines, Carnival, and Royal Caribbean. Not just a tourist destination, the port is within a foreign trade zone.
In 2010 and 2011, the Brookings Institution reported that Brevard ranked in the bottom fifth of the nation's top metro areas, based on unemployment, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosed properties. In 2011, the county was rated the 6th worst in the nation for foreclosures. RealtyTrac rated Brevard as the best county in the United States for buyers in 2013 because of the low prices.
Neighboring Properties
Address | Type | Sq Ft | Class | |
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8035 Highway A1a | Single Family | 3,136 | B | |
8020 Highway A1a | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 3,656 | B | |
8024 Highway A1a | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 3,656 | B | |
8040 Highway A1a | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 2,517 | C | |
8045 Highway A1a | Single Family | 2,100 | A | |
8010 Highway A1a | Single Family | 3,323 | A | |
7995 Highway A1a | Single Family | 1,337 | B | |
8055 Highway A1a | Single Family | 1,172 | C | |
8000 Highway A1a | Multi-family - less than 10 units | 2,568 | B | |
7985 Highway A1a | Single Family | 1,996 | B | |
8064 Highway A1a | Mixed use - store and office or store and residential or residential combination | 2,872 | B | |
8065 Highway A1a | Single Family | 2,200 | B | |
7990 Highway A1a | Single Family | 1,650 | B | |
8068 Highway A1a | Mixed use - store and office or store and residential or residential combination | 3,859 | C | |
8060 Highway A1a | Mixed use - store and office or store and residential or residential combination | 3,859 | C | |
8050 Highway A1a | Mixed use - store and office or store and residential or residential combination | 3,859 | C |
Nearest MLS Listings
Nearest properties for sale within 3 miles of this location
Address | Miles | Sq Ft | Price | |
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356 Aquarina Blvd | .99 | 2,103 | $675,000 | |
110 Warsteiner Way | 1.09 | 2,400 | $829,900 | |
333 Woody Cir | 1.58 | 3,023 | $1,150,000 | |
6830 Highway A1a | 2.22 | 0 | $439,000 | |
7656 Highway 1 | 2.38 | 1,447 | $549,900 | |
6240 Highway 1 | 2.55 | 1,152 | $1,899,900 | |
413 Plover Dr | 2.73 | 0 | $79,500 | |
47 Vip Is | 2.75 | 1,150 | $699,900 | |
5319 Bannock St | 2.89 | 1,269 | $220,000 | |
6465 Highway A1a | 2.93 | 4,048 | $3,397,777 | |