Tampa, FL Retail Market Report Q1 2026

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%.