If you live in Twin Creeks, Westmont, Holly, or anywhere within walking distance of the old Everett Mall — now branded The Hub @ Everett — Brixton Capital’s May 19, 2026 pre-application meeting with the City of Everett is the most consequential signal you’ve gotten about what your neighborhood is actually going to become. Topgolf was the headline anchor. The pre-application now on file shows self-storage and a 60,000-square-foot office in the footprint where Topgolf was going to be built. Here’s what that means specifically if you live nearby.
What the original Hub @ Everett vision was going to mean for your block
The entertainment-led version of the Hub @ Everett — Topgolf, Chicken N Pickle, plus retail and restaurant follow-on — would have brought significant evening and weekend foot traffic to a corner of South Everett that has been quiet for years. The neighborhood-level effects would have included more restaurant demand, more nighttime activity, and more on-the-block jobs in the entertainment and food service categories. It would also have brought significant evening and weekend traffic patterns to Everett Mall Way and the I-5 interchange.
What the new pre-application program would mean instead
Self-storage and office produce a fundamentally different neighborhood pattern. Self-storage is low-traffic, weekday-tilted, and brings essentially no evening foot traffic. Office at 60,000 square feet — depending on tenant mix — produces weekday daytime traffic during commute hours and almost nothing on evenings and weekends. The aggregate footprint that would have been Topgolf becomes a much quieter use.
For residents who were looking forward to a walkable evening destination, the pivot is a step backward. For residents who were dreading the traffic and noise that an entertainment anchor would have brought, the pivot is a step in a different direction. Both reactions are reasonable.
What hasn’t changed for the neighborhood
- Mall Station is still functional. The rebuilt and relocated transit stop opened on schedule and operates regardless of what happens with the Hub redevelopment program. Your Community Transit access is unaffected.
- The Twin Creeks neighborhood identity is still intact. The neighborhood that took its name from the buried creeks beneath the mall renamed itself in 2026. That identity sits independently of the property’s eventual program.
- The half-open mall corridors continue to operate. The partial-tenancy version of the Hub @ Everett that has been functioning during 2026 continues. The pre-application doesn’t immediately change what’s open today.
- The Westmont-Holly Neighborhood Association still meets first Mondays at Horizon Elementary. The Hub program shift is the kind of issue worth bringing to neighborhood meetings — but the meetings themselves and the city’s neighborhood structure are unchanged.
What you can actually do with this
The pre-application is a planning conversation, not an approval. Several practical things are still on the table for residents:
- Watch for the formal land use application. Pre-applications often lead to formal applications within months when the project is moving forward. The formal application is the public-comment moment.
- Bring it to your neighborhood association meeting. The Westmont-Holly Neighborhood Association meets first Monday at Horizon Elementary. Twin Creeks and surrounding neighborhood groups have similar standing meeting cadences. Programmatic concerns about a major property like this are exactly what neighborhood meetings are for.
- Talk to your council member. The Hub @ Everett property’s program decisions are private but the city’s permitting process is public. Council members hear from constituents about properties like this and can sometimes shape the conversation through staff direction or public statement.
- Use the half-open period to actually visit. The Hub @ Everett’s existing partial-open corridors and tenants are still operating. The more those tenants succeed, the better the case for a more activated final program.
The bigger question this raises
South Everett has been waiting for the Hub @ Everett to define what kind of neighborhood the property would create. Self-storage and office is one answer — quieter, less foot-traffic-intensive, more daytime-only. The Topgolf-anchored vision was a different answer. Neither is finalized; the pre-application is the first signal of which direction the property owner is currently leaning.
For residents, the practical work between now and the formal application is to decide what you actually want from this corner of your neighborhood — and to make that view known to the people who shape the city’s response.
Frequently asked questions for South Everett residents
Is Topgolf cancelled?
Not officially. Neither Brixton Capital nor Topgolf has issued a public cancellation. The May 19, 2026 pre-application Brixton filed shows a 60,000-square-foot office where Topgolf was going to be — that’s a strong signal but not a formal end of the venue plan.
What is replacing Topgolf at the Hub @ Everett?
The pre-application shows a self-storage conversion of part of the existing enclosed mall structure plus a 60,000-square-foot proposed office sitting where the Topgolf venue was going to be built.
Will this affect Mall Station?
No. Mall Station opened on schedule and operates independently of the Hub redevelopment program.
Will the Twin Creeks neighborhood identity change?
No. The neighborhood that renamed itself after the buried creeks beneath the mall site has its own identity independent of what the property eventually becomes.
How can residents have input?
Watch for the formal land use application that typically follows a pre-application meeting. The formal application is the public-comment moment. The Westmont-Holly Neighborhood Association meets first Monday at Horizon Elementary; surrounding neighborhood groups have similar cadences.
Are the existing tenants at the Hub @ Everett staying?
The half-open corridors and tenants that have been operating in 2026 continue to operate. The pre-application is for changes to the larger building program, not an immediate displacement of current tenants.
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