Ocala, FL is showing no elevated distress signals across the four independent feeds we track right now: store closures, WARN layoff notices, bank CRE noncurrents, and securitized loans in special servicing are all at quiet levels, with 6 of 6 pairs agreeing and 0 elevated. Store closures run at 4 over a trailing 365-day window (ranked 98th of 392 by count, 56th by rate at 3.86 per 100k jobs); WARN notices sit at 2 (ranked 166th of 386 by count, 196th by rate at 0.06% of employment); bank CRE at lenders over the noncurrent line is $93.2mm or 5.54% of the metro's allocated book (ranked 168th of 393 by count, 137th by rate); and the CMBS tape shows 0 rows in special servicing, 0.0% of its balance. The bank allocation caveat applies—only 5.5% of these dollars sit at banks that lend in one metro and need no allocation—but across the board, no reading is elevated.
| Signal | Level | Rate | Rank by count | Rank by rate | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| store closures store closures per 100,000 jobs |
4 closures | 3.86 per 100k jobs | 98 of 392 | 56 of 392 | quiet trailing 365 days to today
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| layoff notices (WARN) workers on layoff notices as a share of the metro's employment |
2 notices | 0.06% | 166 of 386 | 196 of 386 | quiet trailing 365 days to today
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| bank CRE at lenders over the noncurrent line share of the CRE lent into this metro that sits at a lender over the blended-noncurrent line |
$93.2mm | 5.54% | 168 of 393 | 137 of 393 | quiet
allocated 2026-03-31
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| securitized loans in special servicing share of the securitized balance read here that is in special servicing |
0 loan records | 0% | 220 of 335 | 220 of 335 | quiet 2026-07-29
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In Ocala, FL, current distress signals are elevated only in isolated form: bank CRE at risk at the 90th percentile stands at 35.1%, and distressed lender CRE totals $93.2mm, with bank CRE allocation at 5.5% (bank CRE total $1.68bn). However, the signal is deemed immaterial—there is "little to no distressed CRE dollars behind the signals"—and it is a "watch" phase with no convergence (convergence reading: 0). Readings that cannot be obtained include the CMBS special servicing UPB (stated as $0.0mm, with a 0.0% share of metro UPB), distressed bank assets (0), and any store-closure or WARN-notice figures for the past year (unavailable in the provided data). The phase sequence is also "no reading," and no elevated signals are listed for this metro.
| Bank | Deposit share | CRE / Capital* | Room contributed | Noncurrent CRE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seacoast National Bank FL | 1.4% | 230% total 325%
|
🔒 | 0.57% |
| Brannen Bank FL | 15.7% | 140% total 202%
|
🔒 | 0.01% |
| Cogent Bank FL | 3.6% | 162% total 276%
|
🔒 | 0.32% |
| United Southern Bank FL | 17.8% | 224% total 279%
|
🔒 | 0.18% |
| Ameris Bank GA | 0.8% | 263% total 319%
|
🔒 | 0.12% |
| Gulf Atlantic Bank FL | 49.3% | 231% total 374%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Mainstreet Community Bank Of Florida FL | 8.3% | 292% total 529%
|
🔒 | 1.94% |
| Millennium Bank TN | 7.0% | 382% total 544%
|
🔒 | 0.61% |
Ocala, FL’s $34.9mm CMBS wall maturing within 24 months runs at 1.21 times the $28.9mm of room its regional and community banks have left after committed draws, ranking it 49 of 270 metros counting from the most strained. That strain, however, is exclusion-driven: only 8 banks qualify as lenders here versus 3 excluded (nationals, card and charter banks whose deposits don’t indicate local lending), so the reading is likely an artifact rather than a credit event—and the metro’s 0.0% distressed share supports that. With $82.8mm of room before committed draws (a 0.42 ratio), the banks have ample capacity to refinance the maturing balance if they choose, though the wall is CMBS-only and room remains a deposit-footprint proxy, not a guarantee of lending appetite.
In the Ocala, FL metro over the past 365 days, there have been 1 WARN notice, affecting 85 jobs, alongside 5 store closures and 4 CRE-likely bankruptcy filings (a state proxy, not metro-native). The reading for store closures, layoffs, and bankruptcies is available from vetted data, with no additional on-the-ground metrics provided.