Commercial Real Estate Q&A

Stan Lifsey's grandfather assembled the land that is Rocky Point, today home to more than 1.4 million square feet of upscale office space and a pair of high-end hotels. To carry on his family's legacy, Lifsey, 39, and his family firm are partnering with Pinnacle Hotel Management to develop a 10-story, Marriott Autograph Collection hotel named Current, which will contain 180 rooms, 5,000 square feet of meeting and event space and a rooftop terrace. The 2500 N. Rocky Point Drive hotel also will contain an upscale restaurant, retail space by Tampa's Oxford Exchange and Buddy Brew coffee. Pinnacle, a company started in 1997 by former Marriott executive Ron Franklin and Dick Vilardo, manages more than three dozen hotels nationwide, including more than a dozen in Florida. Current will be the Tampa Bay area's second Marriott Autograph property, following Mainsail Lodging & Development's Epicurean. The hotel broke ground on March 30 and is slated for completion in late 2018.