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Restaurant Brands Franchisee Support
Restaurant franchisors shift focus to franchisee support, with implications for net lease real estate performance.
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Restaurant franchisors shift focus to franchisee support, with implications for net lease real estate performance.
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Cleveland's retail market in Q1 2026 maintained a 5.1% vacancy rate supported by limited new construction and tight supply, though demand softened with negative absorption of 623,000 square feet and rent growth moderated to 0.7%. Investment activity strengthened with sales volume reaching $140 million, as investors focused on grocery-anchored centers and net lease assets offering stable income despite broader economic uncertainty and demographic headwinds.
Columbus's retail market maintained historically tight fundamentals in Q4 2025 with 3.0% vacancy and 423,000 square feet of absorption despite retailer bankruptcies and big-box relocations, supported by strong population growth and limited new supply of only 361,000 square feet under construction. Rent growth moderated to 3.8% year-over-year at $20.28 per square foot, while investment sales totaled $132 million at $157 per square foot with an 8.3% cap rate, reflecting stable investor demand anchored by constrained availability and durable demand drivers from the region's diversified economy and major new manufacturing investments.
Columbus's multifamily market reached a two-decade high vacancy rate of 9.9% in Q4 2025 as new supply deliveries increased 41% year-over-year while average asking rents stalled at approximately $1.4K per unit with flat quarterly growth of 0.4%. The report identifies elevated mid-priced Class B deliveries in suburban submarkets, particularly Delaware County, as the primary driver of competitive pressure, while noting that the slowing construction pipeline and expected sharp decline in 2026 deliveries may improve market balance.
Fort Lauderdale's multifamily market experienced a slowdown in Q3 2025 with asking rent growth of just 0.1% following the unsustainable surge of 2021–22, driven by a large luxury supply wave that expanded vacancy to 7.6% and increased concessions, though rents remained over 25% above early-2021 levels and 34% above the U.S. average. The market recorded 8,760 units under construction (predominantly Class A luxury), annual sales of $1.8 billion with cap rates rising to 5.6%, and strong absorption averaging over 1,000 units per quarter since late 2023, while lower-rent submarkets posted some of the strongest annual rent gains as renters shifted toward more cost-effective areas.
Fort Lauderdale's retail market in Q3 2025 exhibits tight conditions with asking rents averaging $36 per SF, vacancy at 3.9%, and annual rent growth slowed to 1.1%, supported by strong tenant demand from fitness, grocery, and entertainment users despite minimal new supply of approximately 281,000 SF under construction. Retail investment sales reached $292 million over the past year driven by grocery-anchored and neighborhood centers, with the metro's economy remaining resilient supported by a median household income of $79,795, unemployment at 3.6%, and employment 5% above pre-pandemic levels.
The Jacksonville industrial market in Q1 2026 recorded 74 lease deals at $10.11/SF asking rent with a 10.2% vacancy rate (up 430 basis points year-over-year), reflecting a supply-digestion phase driven by 2025 deliveries rather than demand contraction. The report indicates leasing activity remains concentrated in the 50K–200K SF mid-box segment, the construction pipeline is moderating with 0.9M–2.4M SF under construction, and sales volume totaled $289 million in the quarter, with institutional pricing for quality assets remaining intact despite softer leasing conditions.
Charlotte's Q1 2026 multifamily market experienced $2.3 billion in transaction volume, a 5.0% average cap rate, and 6.2% vacancy, with asking rents declining 3.2% year-over-year to $1,516 per month amid approximately 18,000 units under construction. The market is navigating peak supply pressure while maintaining strong demand fundamentals supported by 2.8 million metro residents and 1.39% year-over-year job growth, with Matthews projecting rent growth to turn positive in 2027 at an expected +1.8% annual change.
Charlotte's sub-125K SF industrial segment reported a 5.8% vacancy rate and 4.6% year-over-year rent growth reaching $10.63/SF in Q1 2026, with approximately 2.1 million SF under construction and negative absorption of 275K SF reflecting modest demand softening. The segment showed relative resilience compared to the broader market, with institutional investment activity rebounding and sales pricing reaching $119/SF, supported by limited new supply in smaller-format spaces.
Jacksonville's multifamily market in Q3 2025 showed early stabilization with vacancy declining to 12.2% and positive absorption despite soft asking rents averaging $1,500 and negative 1.5% annual rent growth, reflecting pressure from several years of heavy supply delivery. The market featured 813 units delivered during the quarter with 2,800 units remaining under construction, sales volume of $315 million at an average price of $181,000 per unit and 5.8% cap rates, while the metro continued strong in-migration and employment growth supported by investments including a new University of Florida graduate campus and Otto Aviation manufacturing facility.
The Matthews Tampa industrial market report for Q1 2026 documents market fundamentals that softened as vacancy rose to 7.3% despite 379K SF of positive absorption, with 322K SF of new deliveries and 2.6M SF under construction continuing to pressure fundamentals. Asking rents reached $12.69/SF with annual growth of 3.4% representing a significant deceleration, while industrial sales volume totaled $240M with average sale prices at $154/SF and cap rates at 7.6%.
Orlando's retail market in Q1 2026 showed strong performance with net absorption of approximately 540,000 square feet over the preceding 12 months, vacancy near historic lows at 3.9%, asking rents at $31.19 per square foot reflecting 5.4% year-over-year growth, and sales volume reaching $523 million. The market remained structurally undersupplied with only 1.17 million square feet under construction, mostly preleased, while leasing activity rose more than 15% year-over-year despite tenant expansion constraints from limited availability.
Tampa's retail market in Q1 2026 maintained a 3.7% vacancy rate near historic lows despite negative net absorption of approximately 80,000 square feet driven by store closures and bankruptcies, while asking rents averaged $27.00 per square foot with continued quarterly growth supported by a constrained construction pipeline of roughly 800,000 square feet, most of which was preleased. The metro's strong fundamentals reflected population growth exceeding 3.4 million residents, unemployment at 3.9%, and broad tenant demand across grocers, discount retailers, fitness, and medical users, with annual investment sales volume reaching approximately $1.6 billion at a cap rate around 6.7%.
Austin's multifamily market in Q1 2026 experienced negative rent growth of 4.7% with asking rents averaging $1,500 per unit and a 13.5% vacancy rate, reflecting oversupply from 14,600 units under construction. Despite soft fundamentals, the market absorbed 3,800 units during the quarter, exceeding the 2,000 units delivered, though a large construction pipeline is expected to sustain competitive pressure and limit near-term rent recovery.
The Austin industrial market in Q1 2026 reached a 14.5% vacancy rate—a more than 20-year high—driven by over 15 million square feet of new supply outpacing demand, with asking rents declining 1.1% year-over-year to $14.17 per square foot and leasing activity slowing amid economic uncertainty. Absorption totaled roughly 678,000 square feet, while development concentrated in suburban submarkets like Round Rock and Southeast Austin, with institutional capital showing renewed interest despite downward pricing pressure on both stabilized and lease-up risk properties.
Denver's Q1 2026 industrial market experienced an 88% year-over-year surge in sales volume to $348.0M, with pricing rising 3.2% despite vacancy increasing from 8.1% to 9.1% and asking rents declining 2% to $11.41 per square foot. Construction starts rose to 774,867 square feet while space under construction declined to 1.57 million square feet, leasing months increased to 6.6 from 5.3 months, and time on market extended to 7.2 months, reflecting a market transition toward tenant-favorable conditions and more disciplined development activity.