{"id":94113,"date":"2025-12-23T20:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/94113\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T20:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:56:06","slug":"tampa-ranks-2nd-among-top-u-s-retail-markets-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/94113\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa ranks 2nd among top U.S. retail markets in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tampa landed at No. 2 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globest.com\/2025\/12\/22\/inside-costars-top-10-us-retail-markets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CoStar\u2019s<\/a> list of the top 10 U.S. retail markets for 2025, a Sun Belt-heavy ranking built around tight space, steady rent gains and durable investor returns, not one-time leasing spikes.<\/p>\n<p>CoStar\u2019s 2025 \u201cretail league table\u201d evaluated 43 U.S. markets with at least 100 million sq ft of retail inventory. <\/p>\n<p>The company said it weighted five metrics equally: percent of inventory leased, availability rate, market rent growth, year-over-year change in sales volume and total return for retail properties measured by its market price index. <\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TAMPA REAL ESTATE NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Across the full 43 market set, CoStar reported averages of 4.6% availability, 1.8% asking rent growth and 6.6% total return.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa did not lead any single category, but it scored well across all five measures. <\/p>\n<p>CoStar reported Tampa at 2% of inventory leased, a 3.8% availability rate, 4.5% asking rent growth and a 7.8% total return. <\/p>\n<p>CoStar attributed Tampa\u2019s performance to continued population inflows and limited retail availability, conditions that support demand even when capital markets stay selective.<\/p>\n<p>Why the ranking matters for Tampa Bay<\/p>\n<p>Retail is a real time read on a region\u2019s growth. <\/p>\n<p>When availability stays tight and rents still move up, it usually signals sustained household formation, job growth and daily spending power across a metro, not just a single headline lease.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LATEST TAMPA BAY BUSINESS NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For business owners, the data points to two realities at once<\/p>\n<p>Landlords still have leverage in many submarkets when space is limited and demand is steady.<\/p>\n<p>Tenants have to be sharper on site selection, timing and buildout decisions as costs rise and options narrow.<\/p>\n<p>The top 10 markets, and what drove them<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte topped CoStar\u2019s list, jumping from sixth in 2024. CoStar reported Charlotte at 7.4% asking rent growth and an 11.6% total return, with a 3.4% availability rate and 1.4% of inventory leased. <\/p>\n<p>Brandon Svec, CoStar\u2019s national director of retail analytics, said Sun Belt cities continue to dominate due to demographic growth and business-friendly conditions, and he pointed to Charlotte\u2019s disciplined supply pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando ranked third, with CoStar reporting 2.3% of inventory leased, 4.8% rent growth, a 4.4% availability rate and a 10.2% total return despite a modest dip in sales volume.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas placed fourth, boosted by a 113.6% jump in sales volume alongside 2.1% of inventory leased, 5.1% availability and 3.4% rent growth, producing a 7.5% total return.<\/p>\n<p>Norfolk rounded out the top five. CoStar reported it had the highest leased share among the top 10 at 2.4% of inventory leased, with 5.2% availability, 4.5% rent growth and a 10.4% total return.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2025\/11\/21\/tampa-multifamily-market-outperforms-sun-belt-q3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa multifamily market outperforms Sun Belt in new Q3 report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kansas City ranked sixth, offsetting a 5% availability rate with 3.8% rent growth, nearly 60% sales volume growth and a 9.6% total return.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville came in seventh, with 5.2% rent growth, an 11.1% total return and a 3.7% availability rate.<\/p>\n<p>Miami ranked eighth, driven by scarcity. CoStar reported 2.8% availability, 7.6% total return and a 75.7% increase in sales volume, even as rent growth was modest at 1.2%.<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix placed ninth, with 4.9% rent growth, 4.9% availability and a 9% total return.<\/p>\n<p>Columbus rounded out the list at No. 10. CoStar reported a 3.6% availability rate, 2.9% rent growth and a 10.2% total return, even with a 14.7% decline in sales volume.<\/p>\n<p>What to watch next<\/p>\n<p>If Tampa is going to keep showing up near the top of lists like this, the swing factors will be simple: how much new retail product gets delivered, where it lands and whether household growth continues to outpace supply. <\/p>\n<p>If availability remains tight, rent pressure and tenant competition usually follow.<\/p>\n<p>Stay Informed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa landed at No. 2 on CoStar\u2019s list of the top 10 U.S. retail markets for 2025, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[24110,5752,31834,7143,178,1724,20224,3047,135,1526,1703,13693,137,136,278],"class_list":["post-94113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-business-growth","tag-commercial-real-estate","tag-consumer-trends","tag-economic-development","tag-economic-growth","tag-investment","tag-office-space","tag-retail","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-bay-business","tag-tampa-growth","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}