Tampa among nation's most active apartment markets

The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan statistical area (MSA) ranks among the Top 20 markets nationwide this year for new apartment development, according to a new survey by real estate research firm Yardi Matrix.

With a projected 4,912 new units set to be delivered by Dec. 31, the three-city MSA ranks 18th in the U.S., ahead of Minneapolis and Portland, Ore., and just behind San Francisco and Boston, Yardi’s RentCafe affiliate finds.