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#21 tallest hotel in Florida · JW Marriott
JW Marriott Tampa Water Street
Tampa, United States · in Water Street Tampa · completed 2021
Highest room
280 ft
about 85 m above the street
Top room floor
25th
hotel floors 1–26
Building height
289 ft
88 m · 26 floors
Typical rate
$350
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower
How high is JW Marriott Tampa Water Street?
JW Marriott Tampa Water Street is a JW Marriott hotel in Tampa, United States. Its highest guest rooms are on the 25th floor, roughly 280 ft (85 m) above the street: about 25 ft below the Statue of Liberty's torch.
The hotel fills Water Street Tampa, a 26-floor tower that rises 289 ft (88 m) and was completed in 2021. Guest rooms stop at floor 25, one floor below the top of the building.
It ranks #21 of the 44 hotels in our Florida ranking by highest room. In Tampa it ranks #2 of 5; Tampa Marriott Water Street has the highest rooms there, at 315 ft. Among the 7 JW Marriott hotels we track, it ranks #7.
A standard room typically costs around $350 a night, above the $250 median across the tall hotels we track. Rates swing a lot by season, so check live prices before you book.
About the hotel
The JW Marriott stands in Water Street Tampa, the downtown district developed by Strategic Property Partners, a joint venture of Jeff Vinik and Bill Gates's Cascade Investment. A glass skybridge carrying 'Halocline Sky', a footstep-responsive digital artwork by London artist Jason Bruges, links it to the Tampa Marriott Water Street. The hotel has about 520 rooms and suites, the Driftlight restaurant, the rooftop bar Beacon, a Spa by JW, a rooftop pool and the H.B. Plant Ballroom, billed as the largest hotel ballroom in Tampa Bay.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: JW Marriott Tampa Water Street and its neighbours in the Florida ranking by highest room.
More tall hotels in Tampa
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Questions about JW Marriott Tampa Water Street
What floor are the highest rooms at JW Marriott Tampa Water Street?
The highest guest rooms at JW Marriott Tampa Water Street are on the 25th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–26 of the 26-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at JW Marriott Tampa Water Street?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 280 ft (85 m) above street level, about 25 ft below the Statue of Liberty's torch. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is Water Street Tampa?
Water Street Tampa is 289 ft (88 m) tall, with 26 floors, and was completed in 2021.
Is JW Marriott Tampa Water Street the tallest hotel in Tampa?
Not by highest room. Tampa Marriott Water Street has higher rooms (315 ft vs 280 ft), and JW Marriott Tampa Water Street ranks #2 of the 5 Tampa hotels on our list.
How much does a night at JW Marriott Tampa Water Street cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $350 per night, though rates vary a lot by date and season.
Heights come from CTBUH, Wikipedia and the hotels themselves. The highest-room figure is the top room floor multiplied by the building's average floor height, so treat it as accurate to within a few floors. How we measure.