Quarterly Research
Central Florida CRE Market Reports
Quarterly commercial real estate intelligence for Central Florida and the Space Coast. Cap rates, vacancy, absorption, and notable transactions across every major asset class. Every data point traces back to a published source — or is explicitly flagged as an in-market observation. No fabricated numbers, no fluff.
Central Florida Commercial Real Estate Market Report
Q1 2026 closed with the Federal Reserve on hold at a 3.50–3.75% target range and the 10-year Treasury oscillating in the low-4% area, a macro backdrop that kept Central Florida capital markets active but disciplined. Industrial was the clear winner, with the national market printing its strongest first quarter for net absorption since 2023 and Orlando-area industrial vacancy at 7.2% — a 110 bps year-over-year improvement. Multifamily remained Orlando's most complex story: supply is finally tapering but 11,367 units were still under construction at year-end 2025 and vacancy sat near 8.9%, keeping asking-rent growth in negative territory. Office stayed sharply bifurcated — metro-wide vacancy at 17.6% with rent growth of just 1.3% year-over-year — but institutional capital still placed a $96M portfolio bet on the market in January. Retail fundamentals remained the tightest of any sector, although firms with current Q1 2026 Orlando-specific retail prints had not yet published at the time of this report.
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Methodology
Every MaxLife Realty market report follows the same discipline: macro data comes from publicly cited sources (Federal Reserve / FRED, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census, and Central Florida regional economic releases), asset-class statistics are drawn from quarterly publications of major commercial brokerages (CBRE, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, Colliers, Newmark, Marcus & Millichap), and notable transactions are pulled from public press coverage in outlets like the Orlando Business Journal, Connect CRE, Commercial Observer, Bisnow, and GlobeSt.
Each data point in each report is attached to a numbered source citation. Any commentary, cap rate range estimate, or submarket observation that reflects MaxLife Realty's own in-market practitioner view — rather than a published number — is labeled as such so you know which is which.
Reports are published within two to three weeks of quarter end, once enough sourced data is available. If you're looking for a specific submarket, asset class, or deeper historical quarter that isn't in the archive yet, send us a note and we'll prioritize it.
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