U.S. Retail Asking Rent Growth Decelerated in the Third Quarter of 2026
CoStar Group released Q3 2026 research showing U.S. retail asking rent growth slowed to +1.6% annually, the weakest pace since 2017, down from +2.3% last quarter and +2.9% a year earlier. All major retail formats decelerated, with general retail at roughly 1.0% growth, while Cincinnati (+6.2%), Nashville (+5.3%) and Charlotte (+5.0%) led markets and Pittsburgh and San Diego posted declines.
Key figures
- Charlotte growth
- +5.0%
- Nashville growth
- +5.3%
- San diego growth
- -1.3%
- Cincinnati growth
- +6.2%
- Pittsburgh growth
- -1.4%
- Year prior growth
- +2.9%
- Prior quarter growth
- +2.3%
- General retail growth
- +1.0%
- Strip center mall growth
- +1.7%
- Monthly unique visitors q2 2026
- 118 million
- Power neighborhood center growth
- +2.4%
- National annual asking rent growth q3 2026
- +1.6%
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