The site, an Autograph Collection property in South Tampa, Florida, has launched its expansion project that is located directly across from the 137-room main hotel.
The four-storey expansion has added 51 rooms and suites, a private lobby, meeting space and a rooftop terrace to Epicurean Hotel’s offerings.
Accommodation consists of 31 standard king rooms, eight deluxe king rooms, three two-room suites and one junior suite. The project also incorporates two fully restored apartment buildings which are scheduled to open later this spring, offering eight suites with separate dining and living areas, a kitchenette and a king-sized bed and sofa bed.
New meeting space includes the Chateau Room featuring an eight-foot video wall, accommodating up to 50 guests. The Cask Room offers a built-in plasma TV and can cater up to 30 guests. Both meeting rooms open onto the Vineyard Terrace, suitable for private receptions for up to 130 people.
Architect and interior designer Orlando-based L2 Studios, Inc. led the project. Additional partners include Cooper Johnson Smith Peterson Architects, Inc. for the exterior concept design and Nelson Construction, the general contractor.
Epicurean Hotel was developed in partnership with Mainsail Lodging & Development and Bern’s Steak House. It marked the first newly constructed hotel in the United States to join Marriott’s Autograph Collection.
