Tampa’s Epicurean Hotel Has a New Owner

The Epicurean Hotel in Tampa has been sold to KHP Capital Partners following a 51-room expansion that increased the Hyde Park property’s capacity by more than a third.

Mainsail Lodging & Development, which opened the Epicurean in 2013, will continue operating the 188-room hotel under its new owner. The companies did not disclose the sale price or KHP’s plans for the property.

The operating agreement keeps Mainsail in control of the hotel’s day-to-day business after more than a decade of developing and managing the property. KHP acquires a recently expanded hotel affiliated with Marriott’s Autograph Collection along the South Howard Avenue dining corridor near Bern’s Steak House.

Mainsail completed the expansion in 2025, increasing the Epicurean’s room count from 137 to 188. The project added 51 rooms, including eight apartment-style suites in historic buildings, along with indoor and outdoor rooftop event space.

The expansion gave KHP more rooms, larger accommodations and additional event capacity at a hotel within walking distance of Hyde Park Village and Bayshore Boulevard. Downtown Tampa sits a short drive from the property.

KHP, a San Francisco Bay Area private-equity firm, invests in lifestyle hotels across the United States. The firm is investing KHP Fund VI, which has $300 million in discretionary equity, although the sale announcement did not say whether the fund financed the Epicurean acquisition.

KHP’s leadership has overseen six funds representing more than $1.4 billion in equity committed to acquiring and developing 47 hotels during the past 22 years. The Epicurean adds a Tampa property with an established operator, Marriott affiliation and expanded room and event capacity to that investment record.

The Plasencia Group represented Mainsail in the sale.