For anyone comparing Melbourne, FL apartments near Florida Tech, the trip from Windover Palms to campus covers about a mile, and the causeway to the Atlantic runs east.
Employers, Shopping, Parks, and Roads Within Reach
Distances below are straight-line, so allow extra time behind the wheel.Nearby Employers
Aerospace, defense, and health care drive this market. Florida Institute of Technology, a private research university founded in 1958, sits a mile north on West University Boulevard. L3Harris Technologies headquarters stands on West NASA Boulevard, just under three miles northwest, and the Northrop Grumman campus beside the international airport is about three and a half miles out, with a workforce the company put near 5,000 in August 2026. Health First's Holmes Regional Medical Center is roughly two and a half miles north, though that system is headquartered in nearby Rockledge.Shopping and Everyday Errands
A Walmart Neighborhood Market sits four tenths of a mile northeast on South Babcock Street. Melbourne Square, the enclosed mall on West New Haven Avenue anchored by Dillard's and Macy's, is about two and a half miles northwest, and Hammock Landing on Palm Bay Road NE sits about the same distance west with Target, Kohl's, and Academy Sports.Parks and Outdoor Recreation
The Southwest Recreation Complex at 401 West Florida Avenue is four tenths of a mile north with ball fields, a basketball court, a playground, and the Pieloch Dog Park. Atlantic beach access waits at James H. Nance Park in Indialantic, over the Melbourne Causeway.Roads and Getting Around
South Babcock Street runs a short distance east of the community and carries the State Road 507 designation, north to New Haven Avenue, or US 192, and south into Palm Bay. Space Coast Area Transit stops along that corridor, and Palm Bay Road reaches Interstate 95 at Exit 176 to the west.Map your route and stop by the leasing office this weekend.