The long-promised Topgolf at Everett Mall looks like it has been quietly taken off the scoreboard. Newly filed redevelopment drawings now show a self-storage complex and office space where the three-story entertainment center was supposed to rise, a pivot that could rewrite the "Hub @ Everett" vision and the kind of visitors the site pulls in.
Brixton Capital's latest filings replace the planned golf and entertainment anchor with an "Everett Mall Self Storage" building and a sizable office conversion, according to reporting by the Puget Sound Business Journal. Those documents, paired with the Business Journal's coverage, mark a clear break from the project's earlier public sell sheets and glossy renderings.
Background: The Topgolf plan that was
Topgolf had been pitched as the marquee anchor for the redevelopment. Earlier permit filings and renderings described a roughly 68,000-square-foot, three-story venue with dining, event space and rows of hitting bays. Those materials, covered at the time and still available in city records, include a trip-generation memorandum that modeled about 102 golfing bays along with the facility's traffic impacts. See HeraldNet and the city's project memo on file with Everett permit services.
Why it matters
The corporate picture behind Topgolf has been shifting in the background. The chain was the subject of a majority-stake sale to a private equity firm in late 2025 and has seen executive turnover, a combination that analysts say has cooled what had been a rapid expansion streak. That kind of ownership shakeup can make high-profile leisure projects harder to lock in, and it helps explain how a once-buzzy anchor can suddenly be delayed or dropped. See coverage by The Dallas Morning News.
What the new plan shows
The latest concept for the Everett Mall site labels part of the property as "Everett Mall Self Storage" and marks a "Proposed Office" where the Topgolf facility had been planned. The city's permitting portal lists a pre-application meeting on May 19 to discuss "interior demolition of the existing enclosed mall structure and the conversion of a portion of the building into a self-storage facility," according to local reporting and the permit postings. For the permit details and renderings, see My Everett News.
Next steps
For now, the new filings are conceptual. A pre-application meeting starts the formal review process but does not authorize demolition or construction, and any changes still need staff review and full permits. Brixton Capital will have to run its proposals through the city's process before the Hub's final tenant mix is locked in, and neighbors along with retail watchers say the apparent shift raises fresh questions about whether the project will deliver the kind of entertainment destination that was originally promoted. The Puget Sound Business Journal reported the new filings that outline the swap.
These latest documents are only the newest turn in a long redevelopment saga that still has plenty of procedural hurdles ahead. Upcoming city review and future permit postings will ultimately decide whether the Hub lives up to its billing as an entertainment hub, or settles into a more low-key role built on storage units and office space.
