A high-end “urban country club” is teeing up for Queen Anne, with two Seattle entrepreneurs pitching a private social-and-sports hangout on Dravus Street that blends golf, wellness and rooftop lounging. Branded East West Club, the project would take over buildings at 6 and 10 Dravus St., just east of the Seattle Pacific University campus. Founding members are reportedly being asked to put down $25,000 up front, an amount said to cover four years of dues.
Fox 13 Seattle reported that Ryan Schaffer and Shankar Sundaram filed plans to open the club at the Dravus addresses, and noted a related report that lays out the project’s details. According to Puget Sound Business Journal, the venue is slated to feature four custom-built golf simulator bays, a rooftop lounge, a self-serve beverage wall, small office suites and wellness facilities, with promoters pitching East West as a place where members can work, practice and socialize under one roof.
Project listings on Seattle in Progress expand on the wellness and event side, describing a recovery spa with sauna, cold plunge and hot tub, soundproof executive offices, boutique locker rooms and flexible meeting areas. The listing dates some of the design material to late 2025, suggesting the concept has been quietly in the works for months and underscoring that the club is being framed as both a sports practice space and a private social venue.
How It Would Fit In Queen Anne
The combination of a steep buy-in and tightly controlled amenities points squarely at affluent professionals and corporate clients in the surrounding area. The Dravus corridor, just east of Seattle Pacific University, is a stretch of commercial and light-industrial properties that developers have been steadily repurposing in recent years. Neighbors and neighborhood groups are likely to watch the permit process closely to see how a members-only club of this size could affect traffic, parking and late-night activity.
Next Steps For The Project
With plans filed, the proposal now moves into formal review and permitting with the city’s building and land-use agencies. The club will need approvals from the Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections before any conversion or construction work can begin; for general timelines and requirements, the city directs applicants to permit guidance on the department’s website. The filings do not yet list a public opening date for East West Club.
If it clears those hurdles, East West Club would join a growing national wave of boutique, membership-focused venues that package leisure and wellness in dense urban neighborhoods. We will track city filings and local review for updates as the project moves through Seattle’s approval pipeline.
