THE TAMPA EDITION RISES TO FULL HEIGHT IN WATER STREET TAMPA

Sweeping Views Now Available from City’s First Five-Star Hotel and Branded Residences 

TAMPA, FL (February 8, 2021) – The Tampa EDITION, the city’s first five-star hotel and branded residences, is celebrating its official topping out, with the tower reaching its full height of 26 stories. Masterminded and created by Ian Schrager in partnership with Marriott International, and developed by preeminent Tampa-based real estate development firm Strategic Property Partners (“SPP”), The Tampa EDITION offers 37 private residences and a 172-room hotel in Water Street Tampa. Built around wellness, connectivity, walkability and sustainability, Water Street Tampa places residents in the heart of a balanced urban experience offering sparkling waterfront views, publicly-accessible green space and world-class dining, shopping, cultural attractions, entertainment venues, residences and offices. The hotel and residences are slated to open later this year. 

“Not often have I had the opportunity to work on a project that will completely transform the very center and heartbeat of a great city like Tampa, and make it even greater,” said Ian Schrager. “I call it urban expansion, rather than urban renewal. Water Street Tampa includes new hotels, retail, dining, workplace and residential offerings, at a scale that has the potential to make Tampa a 24-hour international gateway city for all of central and southern Florida, one of the fastest growing states in the country!” 

“With a level of service and design never before available in Tampa, The Tampa EDITION is unlike any other hotel and residential development in this city’s history,” said Charlie Rollins, Executive Vice President of Construction and Development for SPP. “Seeing the building rise on the Tampa skyline has been extremely exciting, especially coupled with the incredible response the development has received from the market since launching sales just a few weeks ago. We look forward to welcoming the first residents and hotel guests later this year and to sharing this new hospitality experience with Tampa.” 

In realizing the hotel and residences, Schrager and SPP have collaborated with a national design team including architecture firm Morris Adjmi Architects and design firm Roman and Williams to introduce a level of sophistication unparalleled in Tampa, and achieve a new standard of living that is setting the course for the city’s ambitious future. The hotel and residences feature a rooftop terrace with pool, expansive spa, fitness center, ground-floor retail space and seven dynamic food and beverage experiences. This set of beautifully designed and carefully considered social and amenity spaces characterize Schrager’s universally recognizable aesthetic and offers guests and residents Schrager’s most fully realized vision to date of effortless living. 

Crowning the top 15 floors of the tower, the residences embrace seamless indoor-outdoor living with private wraparound terraces, ceilings reaching up to 10-feet high and floor-to-ceiling windows offering unparalleled views of Hillsborough Bay and Downtown Tampa. Top-of-the-line finishes and appliances are present throughout, including Polaris White marble countertops and backsplashes, custom waterfall islands, integrated wine refrigerators and Gaggenau appliances in the kitchens alongside custom Roman and Williams-designed fixtures and luxurious freestanding Kaldewei steel enamel extra-deep soaking tubs in the owner’s baths. Residents of the development will enjoy a new genre of carefree living at The Tampa EDITION, which provides all the advantages of private ownership complemented by the service, amenities and entertainment of a luxury hotel. A full suite of private amenities and dedicated residential services programmed by The EDITION include a fitness center, social kitchen and lounge with private balcony, 

dedicated residential lobby, residents’ valet, 24/7 attended residential front desk, Director of Residences, private residents’ elevators and secure garage parking with electric car charging available. 

Since launching sales in late 2020, the development’s 37 condominiums have continued to resonate with diverse local and national buyers who are drawn to the unprecedented combination of five-star service, quality design and sweeping waterfront views in the world’s first anticipated WELL district. Several professional athletes, including players for Tampa’s NFL and NHL teams, have toured the development’s sales gallery, impressed by the residences’ comprehensive lifestyle services and proximity to Amalie Arena. 

Construction on The Tampa EDITION is being handled by Suffolk Construction, one of the Southeast’s premier construction companies. 

“The Tampa EDITION is unlike any property in the market, and Suffolk is thrilled to partner with SPP to bring the vision to life,” said Suffolk’s General Manager Josh Christensen. “Alongside our trade partners, our team has been focused on delivering the highest level of quality for this incredible project.” 

Pricing for The Residences at The Tampa EDITION begins at $2 million and occupancy will commence later this year. Smith & Associates, a Tampa-based real estate brokerage company, is the exclusive sales agent for the development. For additional information or to schedule an appointment at the sales center, please visit www.tampaeditionresidences.com or call (813) 492-2922. 

Strategic Property Partners 

Strategic Property Partners, LLC (“SPP”) is a partnership between Cascade Investment LLC, and Jeff Vinik. SPP is a full-service commercial real estate development firm focused on world-class execution, innovation, and creating high-quality and experiential places. SPP’s first project, Water Street Tampa, is being developed on over 50 acres of contiguous waterfront land the company controls in downtown Tampa. The phased Water Street Tampa development project is revitalizing a currently underutilized tract of land into an urban, mixed-use waterfront district consisting of approximately 9 million square feet of new commercial, residential, hospitality, cultural, entertainment, education, and retail uses, totaling over $3 billion in private investment from SPP. Integrating principles of walkability, sustainability, connectivity, design quality, and wellness, SPP is developing and will own and operate this new world-class neighborhood in in Tampa, while also working to elevate the city’s national prominence. For more information on Water Street Tampa, visit www.waterstreettampa.com. 

EDITION 

EDITION Hotels is an unexpected and refreshing collection of individualized, customized, one-of-a-kind hotels which redefines the codes of traditional luxury. Displaying the best of dining and entertainment, services and amenities “all under one roof’, each EDITION property is completely unique, reflecting the best of the cultural and social milieu of its location and of the time. 

For an underserved market of affluent, culturally savvy and service-savvy guests, the EDITION experience and lifestyle explores the unprecedented INTERSECTION and the perfect BALANCE between taste-making design and innovation and consistent, excellent service on a global scale. 

The EDITION brand’s timeless design, uncompromising quality, true originality and impeccable modern service, has defined the new generation of luxury. Open hotels in London, New York, Miami Beach and Sanya, China. Future hotels are underway in Bangkok, Abu Dhabi, Shanghai, Barcelona, Times Square in New York, West Hollywood, Bodrum, Reykjavik, Iceland, Bali, Indonesia, Dubai and Singapore. 

Ian Schrager Company 

After leaving Morgans Hotel Group in 2005, the company he founded and created, Ian Schrager developed his namesake, Ian Schrager Company. This company owns, develops, manages and brands hotels, residential and mixed-use projects. Since then, he has transformed the fabled Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City, created two ground-breaking residential properties, 40 Bond and 50 Gramercy Park North, successfully launched his new brand, PUBLIC Hotels, and is currently working on multiple hotels in New York City and two luxury residential projects; 215 Chrystie and 160 Leroy also in New York City. In addition, 

Schrager in partnership with Marriott International created EDITION Hotels, a luxury lifestyle brand with properties in London, Miami, New York City and Sanya with more in development around the world and Shanghai, Bodrum, Barcelona, Bangkok, Times Square, Abu Dhabi and West Hollywood opening next. 

Suffolk 

Suffolk is a national enterprise that invests, innovates, and builds. Suffolk is an end-to-end business that provides value throughout the entire project lifecycle by leveraging its core construction management services with vertical service lines that include real estate capital investment, design, self-perform construction services, technology start-up investment and innovation research/development. 

Suffolk is a national company with $4.0 billion in annual revenue, 2,500 employees and main offices in Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Boston, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. Suffolk serves clients in every major industry sector, including healthcare, science and technology, education, gaming, transportation/aviation, and commercial. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. Suffolk is ranked #23 on the Engineering News Record list of “Top 400 Contractors.” 

Smith & Associates Real Estate 

Founded in 1969, Smith & Associates Real Estate is Tampa Bay’s largest independent and locally-owned real estate brokerage, with a commitment to exceptional service and superior market knowledge. Deeply embedded in the community and comprised of six strategically located offices in the Tampa Bay area, 300 associates, an annual sales volume of $1.52 billion, and over 2,600 transactions a year. Smith & Associates Real Estate is the number one luxury brokerage firm of $1M + residences with 17.4% of the market share and an average price of $1.67M* (*average of luxury transactions as of December 31, 2019). The company completes a transaction every other day and is a nationally recognized leader in the Real Estate industry. For more information on Smith & Associates Real Estate, please visit smithandassociates.com. 

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