The Marker Waterfront Resort

Key West’s The Marker Waterfront Resort is an outlier in opulence. Though the town’s been popular with vacationers for decades, there haven’t been many new hotels erected. And locals are just fine with that. Look around and you may find a few paint buckets here and there, but there will be no cranes or major construction sites obstructing the Gulf of Mexico views. All of which makes the ascension of The Marker so fascinating. The first new-build hotel in 20 years in Old Key West, the two-acre property that opened December 2014 easily could have become the poster child for everything locals hate about progress. But because the luxury hotel was so thoughtfully designed and constructed, The Marker’s been nothing but a welcomed addition to the tight island community.