Current events: New hotel represents continuation of a family legacy

Taking up the mantle of his grandfather, a Tampa developer stared down significant risks and less-than-ideal market conditions to bring a new class of accommodation to the region.

Mark Wemple. Stan Lifsey helped develop Current, a new 10-story, $54 million Marriott Autograph Collection hotel in Tampa's Rocky Point.
Mark Wemple. Stan Lifsey helped develop Current, a new 10-story, $54 million Marriott Autograph Collection hotel in Tampa's Rocky Point.
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The name “Lifsey” has been associated with Tampa’s Rocky Point neighborhood for decades. Now Stan Lifsey, grandson of Julian Lifsey Jr., the man who keyed the commercial development of the area in the 1960s and '70s, has ensured the name will live on in perpetuity with the opening of Current, a new 10-story, $54 million Marriott Autograph Collection hotel perched on the edge of Tampa Bay at 2500 Rocky Point Drive.

 

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