Courtyard Marriott Madeira Beach targets February opening
By Eric Snider
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Published: Dec 15, 2014

After 10 years with no hotel chain on Madeira Beach, what's a couple more months?

The $10 million Courtyard Marriott Madeira Beach, which juts out into the Intracoastal Waterway on 1.5 acres, is slated to open in February, its management team revealed Monday. That's a little behind the original target date of Oct. 15.

The 91-room, full-service hotel was approved by the city of Maderia Beach in 2012 and broke ground last year.

The buildout awaits a certificate of occupancy, after which the rooms can be outfitted with furniture and the project finished.

All of the rooms follow the chain's "Gen Next" configuration, with an abstract wall accent, integrated lighting and tone-on-tone décor to emphasize relaxation, said Jessica Respondek, the hotel's director of sales.

The Courtyard Marriott's ground floor consists of parking. It features a second-floor terrace that overlooks the water. Its eatery, Courtyard Bistro, also has a waterside terrace.

Madeira Beach is dotted with small independent motels, short-term rentals and cottages. The last hotel flag to fly in the beach community was a Holiday Inn, which came down in 2014 to make way for condos.

Eric Snider is a reporter for the Tampa Bay Business Journal.