Extended Florida market
Ocala
and Marion County.
The middle of the peninsula on I-75, where national distributors went when South Florida land stopped making sense.
I-75 corridor / national distribution and the equine economy
Ocala is a land story. It sits on I-75 at roughly the midpoint of the peninsula, inside a one-day truck drive of most of Florida and a large part of the Southeast, and the dirt costs a fraction of what it costs in the tri-county. That is why national distribution built here through the last cycle and why the corridor keeps absorbing large-format space.
There is a second demand driver here that no other Florida market has at this scale. Marion County is the centre of the state’s horse economy, and the World Equestrian Center pulls trailers, rigs, equipment and seasonal traffic that need somewhere to sit. That is storage demand, and it is not seasonal noise.
Where the industrial actually is
- Ocala 489 and the I-75 interchangesThe large-format distribution corridor and the county’s main industrial address.
- Ocala International AirportAirport industrial park, aviation service and light manufacturing.
- SR 200 corridorService industrial, flex and small bay serving the southwest county.
- US-27 and NW OcalaThe horse country side. Trailer, rig and equipment storage.
- Belleview and the south countyContractor yards, service product and cheaper industrial land.
- Silver Springs and the eastOlder service industrial and outdoor storage on SR 40.
- Dunnellon and the westRural yard and land, at the lowest basis in the county.
- Marion OaksSouthern residential growth pulling trades and small bay behind it.
- The Villages edgeThe Sumter County line, and a service economy serving one of the largest retirement communities in the country.
The infrastructure
What sets value here
Industrial value is access. Every figure on this page is downstream of these six things.
- I-75The peninsula spine. Tampa and Naples to the south, Gainesville and Georgia to the north.
- US-27 / US-441The inland routes through horse country and down toward Leesburg and Orlando.
- SR 200The county’s main commercial and service corridor, running southwest from the city.
- Ocala InternationalGeneral aviation, cargo and the industrial park attached to it.
- Turnpike connectionWildwood, where I-75 meets the Turnpike and the freight splits toward both coasts.
- The equine economyThe World Equestrian Center and the Marion County horse farms, which are a real storage demand driver.
What we sell here
Six asset classes, one national buyer list
- Industrial land. The county’s core product, and the reason national distribution came. Large parcels, low basis, real interstate access.
- Industrial outdoor storage. Contractor, fleet and equipment yards, plus trailer and rig storage from the equine economy.
- Truck parking and terminals. I-75 staging, and the Wildwood split where the Turnpike joins.
- Warehouse. Large-format distribution on the corridor, and owner-user product closer to the city.
- RV and boat storage. Retirement and recreational demand across Marion and Sumter, with land cheap enough to build on.
- Small bay and flex. Following residential growth in Marion Oaks, Belleview and the SR 200 corridor.
How we work outside the tri-county
Phil is straight about this, because a broker who claims every market is telling you something about himself. Inside Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach he is a local market expert and he walks the sites. Outside the tri-county, what you are hiring is the asset class and the buyer list.
On IOS, truck parking, RV and boat storage and small bay, the buyer pool is national and it does not care which county you are in. That pool, and the way this product is actually priced, is what we bring to Ocala and Marion County.
What he will never do is describe asset-class depth as though it were a closing on your street. See what the firm has actually closed.
Cities we work in this market
Straight answers
Questions owners actually ask
Land value here follows interstate access and entitlements rather than the county average, so there is no single answer. What has not changed is the underlying reason distribution chose Marion County: the position on I-75 and a land basis a fraction of South Florida’s. Phil will price your parcel on what it can legally be used for today, not on what the market did two years ago.
Yes. Trailer, rig and equipment storage is industrial outdoor storage, and Marion County has a demand driver for it that nowhere else in Florida has at the same scale. It is priced on usable acreage, permitted use, ground condition and access, not on any building.
We work the asset class and we bring the buyer list. Inside Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach, Phil is the local market expert and walks the sites himself. Outside the tri-county, what you are hiring is the product knowledge and the national capital relationships behind it. He will tell you plainly which of the two he is relying on for your property.
Before you list in Ocala
Read these before you sign a listing agreement.
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How to choose an industrial broker
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Next step
Find out what your property is worth.
A confidential broker opinion of value, at no cost and with no obligation to list. Phil sets the number himself.