The designation made during the conference of mayors' 86th annual meeting in Boston stems from Tampa's first place finish in its 39th annual City Livability Awards Program. The city of Broken Arrow, OK, earned the top spot in the small cities category.

A multimillion-dollar capital improvement program getting underway includes significant street level renovations and improvements to the building's interior concourse walkway.

Single-user investment sales in 2017 totaled $13.2 billion on 1,158 properties with a total of 171.4 million square feet, a 45.4% increase from the previous year, according to Avison Young.