What is The Hub @ Everett? The Hub @ Everett is the new name and design for the redeveloped Everett Mall — an outdoor walkable shopping district replacing the former indoor mall, anchored by a planned three-level Topgolf, with Ulta Beauty and At Home moving into the former Sears box. The relocated $2 million Mall Station opened in December 2025, and the broader redevelopment is targeted to open in 2026, though Topgolf’s exact opening date is on hold pending the company’s corporate restructuring.
If you have driven past the Everett Mall in the last six months, you have already noticed it: the old indoor mall is becoming something else. The interior food court is gone, the central building has been carved up, and the walls between the parking lot and the storefronts are coming down. What is going up in its place has a new name — The Hub @ Everett — and a very different idea of what a shopping center is supposed to do in 2026.
We have been watching this one for a while because it is one of the largest physical transformations happening anywhere in the city right now, and it is the rare Everett project that is changing what the south end of town actually looks like — not just adding apartments, but completely rethinking 11 acres at the corner of Everett Mall Way and the Mall Station bus loop.
Here is where things actually stand in April 2026.
The Hub @ Everett, in plain English
The Hub @ Everett is the rebrand and redesign of the former Everett Mall. The owner, Brixton Capital, announced the transformation in August 2022 and has spent the years since working through demolition, permitting, transit relocation, and tenant negotiations.
The big idea is to flip the model. Instead of an indoor mall with everything pointed inward and a parking moat around the outside, The Hub is an outdoor walkable shopping street that runs through the middle of the property. Storefronts open to the sidewalk. Restaurants get patios. The center spine becomes the front door. Brixton’s design team at AD Collaborative described it as turning the mall inside out.
The result is roughly a 20% reduction in overall retail square footage, traded for outdoor walkways, gathering space, restaurant patios, and the new entertainment anchor that is supposed to give the whole district a reason to exist after 8 p.m.
That entertainment anchor is Topgolf.
The Topgolf piece
The Topgolf at The Hub is going up on the southeast side of the property, next to the Regal Cinemas and LA Fitness. The permitted plan is a three-level, 68,000 square foot building with restaurant, bar, event space, and the chain’s signature outfield with electronic targets that golf balls embed RFID tags to score. Everett approved the building permits for the Topgolf project in January 2025.
That is the good news. The complicated news is that the opening date is no longer a sure thing.
Topgolf’s parent company has been working through a corporate restructuring since late 2024 that has affected new construction starts across the country. As of late December 2025, Brixton Capital said publicly that they look “forward to working with them further as they solidify their timing,” which is the polite way of saying nobody has a confirmed opening date for the Everett location. A Topgolf spokesperson confirmed at the same time that the company has no updates to share on the Everett project specifically.
So the permits are in. The site is ready. The financing on the broader Hub project is moving forward. The question is when Topgolf the company is in a position to actually start vertical construction on a 68,000 square foot building in south Everett. That answer has not arrived yet.
What is actually open and moving
While Topgolf waits, the rest of The Hub is not waiting on it. Two big tenant moves are reshaping the rest of the property right now.
The first is Ulta Beauty. The second is At Home. Both are relocating into the former Sears building on the north side of the mall — a 100,000-plus square foot box that has been vacant since Sears closed and that has been the single biggest empty space on the property. Putting two anchor-scale national tenants into that building is the most important leasing event the redevelopment has had to date, because it solves the dead-anchor problem that hollowed out so many American malls in the late 2010s.
The third big move is one most people have already used without thinking about it. Everett Transit’s Mall Station — the bus loop where Everett Transit and Community Transit routes meet on the south side of the property — relocated about 500 feet west of its original location and reopened in December 2025. The City of Everett funded the $2 million station relocation specifically because the old station was sitting on a piece of land that Brixton needed to redevelop. Now riders board from a rebuilt facility, and the redevelopment got the parcel back.
That is the kind of unsexy infrastructure handshake that has to happen before private redevelopment can actually move forward, and the fact that it closed cleanly is one of the reasons the rest of The Hub is on schedule.
Why this matters for Everett’s south end
The Everett Mall has been the center of gravity for retail south of 41st Street for about 45 years. When it opened in 1980, it pulled shoppers from every direction. By the late 2010s, it was doing what almost every American indoor mall has done — bleeding tenants, struggling on Saturday traffic, and watching anchor stores close and not get replaced. Sears, Macy’s, JCPenney — the cycle was familiar.
What is happening at The Hub is the bet that the cure for an old indoor mall is not a slightly nicer indoor mall but a fundamentally different kind of place: an outdoor district with food, entertainment, and walkable retail that gives people a reason to stay for hours instead of running in for one errand.
If that bet works, the practical effect for Everett residents is significant. The Hub sits at one of the most accessible spots in the city — Everett Mall Way, with direct freeway access from I-5 and SR 526, and the relocated Mall Station for transit riders. A redeveloped center with Topgolf, two new anchor tenants, restaurants, and outdoor space puts a real entertainment-and-retail destination on the south end of town for the first time since the original mall’s heyday.
If the bet does not work — if Topgolf’s restructuring drags on, if the outdoor format does not pull Saturday traffic the way Brixton expects — then south Everett gets a partially redeveloped property with empty pad sites for years. That is the version every city in the country is trying to avoid right now with mall redevelopments.
The honest read on the timeline
The original target for The Hub was a 2026 opening for the redeveloped portions, with Topgolf as part of that opening. As of April 2026, the realistic read is more nuanced:
The mall station is open. The non-Topgolf tenant moves are progressing. Ulta and At Home moving into the former Sears is real. The outdoor walkable design is being built out in the central portion of the property. The Topgolf opening is the part that has slipped, and nobody is publicly committing to a new date.
That makes The Hub one of those projects where the headlines and the ground truth are pulling in different directions. The headline version is “mall redevelopment opens in 2026.” The ground truth version is “the mall redevelopment is opening in pieces over the next 18 to 24 months, with the Topgolf piece on its own timeline that depends on a national chain’s restructuring.” Both are true.
What to watch
A few specific things will tell us where The Hub actually lands over the next year:
Watch when Ulta and At Home actually open in the former Sears box. Permits, signage, and hiring announcements are the leading indicators. Both tenants closing the gap between “moving in” and “open for business” is the most important leasing milestone for the redevelopment.
Watch for any movement on the Topgolf vertical construction. Right now the site is permitted and ready. A Topgolf groundbreaking would change the conversation about The Hub immediately. Right now there is silence.
Watch the rest of the central spine. The reason the outdoor walkable design works — or does not — is the smaller restaurants and shops that fill in between the anchors. Brixton has not announced a complete tenant lineup yet for the central walkway portion of the project. Each new lease announcement is a real signal about how attractive the redevelopment is to mid-size national and regional tenants.
We will keep watching. The Hub @ Everett is one of those projects where the version of south Everett that exists in 2030 is going to be meaningfully different depending on how this redevelopment lands. Worth paying attention to.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is The Hub @ Everett located?
The Hub @ Everett is the redevelopment of the former Everett Mall at 1402 SE Everett Mall Way in south Everett, on roughly 11 acres at the intersection of Everett Mall Way and the relocated Mall Station bus loop.
Is the old Everett Mall closed?
Parts of the original indoor mall have been demolished as part of the redevelopment, including the central food court area. Some existing tenants are still operating, and others — including Ulta Beauty and At Home — are relocating to the former Sears building as the new outdoor walkable design is built out around them.
When will Topgolf in Everett open?
The City of Everett approved the building permits for the three-level, 68,000 square foot Topgolf in January 2025. As of April 2026, Topgolf has not announced a confirmed opening date. The chain’s parent company is working through a corporate restructuring that has affected new construction starts nationally, and Brixton Capital — the mall’s owner — has said publicly that the timing is still being worked out.
What is replacing the old Sears at the Everett Mall?
Ulta Beauty and At Home are relocating into the former Sears building on the north side of The Hub @ Everett. Putting two national anchor-scale tenants into that space is the biggest leasing event the redevelopment has had to date.
Why was the Mall Station moved?
Everett Transit’s Mall Station was relocated about 500 feet west of its original location to clear the parcel for Brixton Capital’s redevelopment. The new $2 million station opened in December 2025 and serves Everett Transit and Community Transit routes.
Who owns the Everett Mall?
The Everett Mall is owned by Brixton Capital, a private real estate investment firm, which announced the redevelopment plan and rebrand to The Hub @ Everett in August 2022.
What does The Hub @ Everett look like compared to the old indoor mall?
The Hub flips the indoor mall model into an outdoor walkable shopping district. A central pedestrian street runs through the property with storefronts, restaurants with patios, and gathering spaces opening directly to it. The redesign reduces overall retail square footage by about 20% in exchange for outdoor walkways, restaurant patios, and the entertainment anchor space for Topgolf.
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