Historic Mixed-Use & Entertainment · Hillsborough County

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Ybor City is Tampa's historic Latin Quarter — a National Historic Landmark District founded as a cigar manufacturing center in the 1880s. Today Ybor combines authentic historic architecture with one of Tampa's most active entertainment, restaurant, and emerging tech submarkets, anchored by the Centro Ybor mixed-use destination and the Hillsborough Community College Ybor campus.

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By the numbers · data as of November 4, 2026

Ybor City commercial real estate by the numbers

The 2026 final tax roll lists 1,200 commercial and industrial parcels with 13.7 million square feet of buildings in Ybor City (ZIP 33605), with 41 arm’s-length sales on the roll. The median sale price is $300 per square foot.

Commercial and industrial parcels

1,200

2026 final tax roll

Building square feet

13.7M

2026 final tax roll

Arm’s-length sales

on the roll sales file, excluding hotels

Median $/SF

$300

ZIP medians, 5+ sales

ZIP	Parcels	Bldg SF	Sales	Median $/SF	Median year built	Out-of-state owners	Bank REO
33605	1,200	13.7M	41	$300	1963	10.4%	0

For context, Hillsborough County as a whole has a median of $272 per square foot on 905 sales. Year to date through September 2026, the county median is $269, −0.4% from a year earlier.

Hillsborough County Market Pulse

Asking-side listing data for every Florida county: inventory, days on market, price cuts and listing prices, from Realtor.com® Economic Research. These are listings, not closed sales.

HillsboroughCounty · details →
Active listings
6,284
down −2.0% YoY
Median days on market
71 days
Listings with price cuts
28.5%
Median listing $/SF
$230
Listing price, YoY
down −7.1%
Median listing price $408K
Market condition
Balanced
vs. Florida statewide^*
Source: Realtor.com® Economic Research, September 2026.

How these figures are calculated

* Market condition. Market condition compares a county's share of active listings with a price reduction and its median days on market with the Florida statewide figures Realtor.com publishes for the same month. Both above the statewide figure: leaning buyer's market. Both below: leaning seller's market. Anything else, including a tie or one missing metric: balanced. Both metrics missing, or no statewide figure for that month: shown as —. This is a read of asking-side listing data only; it is not months of inventory or a measure of closed sales. Florida statewide, September 2026: 20.1% of listings with a price cut, 81 median days on market. Methodology · Data dictionary

Residential. Realtor.com® Economic Research, monthly. Listing counts, days on market and listing prices come from the monthly history; price-cut share and $/SF are stored for the latest month (September 2026) only. Earlier months show the snapshot for that month, not an average. YoY compares a month with the same month a year earlier; for September 2026 it uses Realtor.com's published YoY figures.

Commercial. Florida Department of Revenue tax roll (NAL/SDF) and Florida Department of State (Sunbiz), via LGData; Linton Global calculations. Commercial (DOR 010-039) and industrial (040-049) parcels. Sales and $/SF = arm's-length single-parcel sales (DOR qualification codes 01-02) on the current roll, excluding hotels/motels (DOR 039, which in resort counties includes condo-hotel and vacation-rental units). Areas with fewer than 5 parcels, and $/SF medians from fewer than 5 sales, are suppressed.

The full Hillsborough County report

Source: Florida Department of Revenue tax roll and Florida Department of State, via LGData; Linton Global calculations. Commercial and industrial parcels; sales are arm’s-length, single-parcel transfers, excluding hotels and motels. Medians from fewer than 5 sales are not shown, and a small sample can swing a ZIP median, so read each one with its sales count. * Fewer than 10 sales.

Market Data

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Tampa, Florida — The Numbers

U.S. Census figures for Tampa, Florida, the city that Ybor Cityis part of. Census data isn't published at the submarket level.

401,618

Population

$75,475

Median HH Income

$420,400

Median Home Value

$1,701/mo

Median Gross Rent

50.3%

Homeownership

5.6×

Price-to-Income

4.3%

Unemployment

+7.1%

Income Growth (YoY)

Listing MarketHillsborough County · residential · Realtor.com®

$408,250

Median List Price

6,284

Active Listings

Days on Market

28%

Price-Cut Share

List price · 3-yr trend

Inventory · 3-yr trend

Days on market · 3-yr trend

City-level figures from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023 5-yr). Unemployment and income growth are Hillsborough County-level (BLS / BEA — not published at city grain). Unemployment September 2026. Listing-market figures © Realtor.com® Economic Research (Hillsborough County, residential). Public-domain + attributed data, market context only — not an appraisal or investment advice. Snapshot updated 2026-11-01.

Live market data · refreshed as each source publishes

Ybor City: key facts for September 2026

In September 2026, the median listing price in Hillsborough County was $408K, down 7.1% from a year earlier, with 6,284 homes for sale (Realtor.com).
FHFA’s house price index for Hillsborough County rose 1.7% in 2025.
Investors took out 8.5% of home-purchase mortgages in Hillsborough County in 2025 (HMDA; cash purchases not included).
Hillsborough County had 795,729 jobs (2025 annual average), up 0.8% from the prior year (BLS QCEW).
The unemployment rate was 4.3% in September 2026 (BLS, not seasonally adjusted).
Permits were issued for 6,281 housing units in January–September 2026, down 15.5% from the same months a year earlier (U.S. Census Bureau).

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ZIP code snapshot for Ybor City

Listing data for September 2026 (Realtor.com) · HUD Fair Market Rent FY2027. *Share of home-purchase mortgages for investment property (2025, HMDA, estimated from census tracts; cash purchases not included). Open any ZIP for its full report.

ZIP	Area	Median list price	vs. last year	Homes for sale	HUD 2BR rent	Investor share*
33605	Tampa	$320K	−2.2%	110	$1,540/mo	20.4%	Report →

Sources: Realtor.com® Economic Research, FHFA, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau. County-level figures; informational only, not an appraisal.

Ybor City: Market Overview

Ybor City's commercial real estate is dominated by historic two- and three-story masonry buildings along 7th Avenue (La Septima), 8th Avenue, and adjacent streets. Restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, and increasingly creative-class offices occupy the historic building stock.

The submarket has emerged as a center for Tampa's tech and creative class through Embarc Collective and the broader startup ecosystem. The Centro Ybor mixed-use development anchors entertainment and retail; the Hillsborough Community College Ybor campus and University of Tampa proximity bring student and faculty demand.

Ybor's historic district designation creates strict preservation requirements but also gives the submarket genuine character that newer Florida developments cannot replicate. Adaptive reuse and creative redevelopment are the dominant CRE strategies in the historic core.

Economic Drivers

Historic Character

National Historic Landmark; authentic late-1800s architecture

Entertainment & Dining

Centro Ybor, 7th Avenue restaurants and bars; weekend destination

Embarc Collective

Tampa's leading tech startup ecosystem; creative-class offices

Centro Ybor

Mixed-use destination with entertainment, dining, and retail

TECO Streetcar Access

Connects Ybor to Downtown Tampa and Channelside; planned extension

University Proximity

University of Tampa, Hillsborough Community College Ybor

Asset Class Activity in Ybor City

Asset Class	Activity	Market Commentary
Historic Adaptive Reuse	Strong	Restaurant, retail, creative office reuse of historic building stock
Mixed-Use Development	Strong	Perimeter parcels suitable for new development complementing historic core
Multifamily	Hot	New apartment development adjacent to historic district; strong rent growth
Entertainment Venues	Strong	Established entertainment district; weekend destination demand
Creative Office	Strong	Embarc Collective ecosystem; tech and creative-class demand
Retail / Restaurant	Strong	La Septima retail; restaurant concentration

Why Invest in Ybor City?

Ybor City is for investors with historic adaptive reuse expertise or restaurant/entertainment operator relationships. The historic district designation prevents undifferentiated suburban-style development — preserving the character that drives the submarket's value. Pricing is below downtown but rent fundamentals support reposition and creative reuse strategies.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Michael R. Linton a licensed commercial real estate broker in Ybor City?

Yes. Michael R. Linton is a Florida-licensed commercial real estate broker (FL Broker #BK703722) with 39 years of transaction experience, serving Ybor City and the broader Hillsborough County market. He holds NCREA (National Commercial Real Estate Advisor), CREIPS (Certified Real Estate Investment Property Specialist), and REALTOR® credentials, and advises investors, owners, and tenants on multifamily, office, industrial, retail, hospitality, land, mixed-use, medical office, self storage, and special-purpose commercial real estate in Ybor City.

How do I contact a commercial real estate broker in Ybor City?

Contact Michael R. Linton at Linton Global Solutions — (312) 612-1031 or mike@lintonglobal.com — for a free Ybor City commercial real estate consultation. Linton Global Solutions serves Ybor City across all major asset classes and represents both buy-side and sell-side principals, plus 1031 exchange replacement-property sourcing.

Why is Ybor City historically significant for Tampa?

Ybor City was founded in the 1880s as a cigar manufacturing center, with a workforce drawn primarily from Cuba, Spain, and Italy. At its peak, Ybor produced 700 million cigars annually. The historic district has been preserved as a National Historic Landmark District and remains the most architecturally and culturally distinct submarket in Tampa.

What CRE strategies work in Ybor City?

The dominant strategies are historic adaptive reuse (converting historic buildings to restaurants, retail, creative office, or boutique hotels) and perimeter-development complementing the historic core. New construction within the historic district is constrained by preservation requirements; reposition of existing inventory is the typical CRE play.

How active is Tampa's startup ecosystem in Ybor?

Very active. Embarc Collective — Tampa's leading startup ecosystem hub — operates in Ybor and draws significant tech and creative-class activity to the submarket. The combination of historic character, entertainment density, and growing tech ecosystem produces meaningful creative-class office and residential demand.

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