Burgermaster plans enlargement in WA with mixed-use improvement

The age-old Seattle-area burger chain, Burgermaster, is creating a mixed-use mission in Marysville.

Burgermaster filed permits for a 2,200-square-foot drive-in restaurant positioned at 8925 thirty fifth Avenue, in line with The Puget Sound Business Journal.

The different a part of the mission contains establishing a constructing with 9,600 sq. ft of workplace area and 17 residential models on high.

Drive-in restaurant, residences, workplace area deliberate for Marysville web site

Bothell-based Grey Belle LLC, an entity tied to Burgermaster, beforehand bought the lot in April 2024 for $2.1 million, in line with Snohomish County information obtained by the Puget Sound Business Journal.

“We put a residential, kind of mixed-use building there, because the city said, ‘Hey, we got to have something there,’” Alex Jensen, proprietor and CEO of Burgermaster, stated. “We’re still developing plans on what that’s going to be, but we’re hoping it’s something that’s a synergistic use that can complement what we have and maybe provide customers flowing both directions.”

The mission shall be constructed out in phases, with a Burgermaster meals truck anticipated to function on the location by the tip of the yr as development on the restaurant is underway. Burgermaster’s new restaurant has a projected price of $5 million and is slated to open in 2027. The mixed-use improvement is anticipated to be accomplished in 2029.

Burgermaster at present operates 4 areas in Aurora, Bellevue, Mill Creek, and Mount Vernon, with its fifth location deliberate to open this Summer in Issaquah, inside the previous Triple XXX Rootbeer Drive-In constructing.

Burgermaster leases its Seattle and Bellevue restaurant areas, whereas proudly owning each properties in Mill Creek and Mount Vernon, which Jensen famous was a “good investment for the family.”

“I’m delighted for the stability that is created when we own our own property,” Jensen stated. “It enables us to focus more on operations, making our customers happy, making our employees happy, and to really dig in and build roots in the community. Because we know we’re going to be there for a long time.”

Burgermaster’s University Village flagship closed in 2025 after 73 years

In February 2025, Burgermaster closed its 73-year-old flagship retailer in University Village after its lease was terminated.

The purpose for the closure was that Burgermaster didn’t personal the land the place the situation sat, together with a lot of parcels that included the boarded-up Safeway subsequent door, that are being bundled for a brand new $400 million mission that features a 944,700-square-foot mixed-use condominium constructing.

“Trying to find land in the University District is very difficult,” Jensen instructed The Puget Sound Business Journal. “Anywhere in the Seattle area, to make it pencil out where you can afford to buy the land and run a restaurant is tough. Even leasing is very difficult, especially with our menu prices. We’re not selling steaks and alcohol.”

As Marysville is among the fastest-growing cities within the state, Burgermaster appears to construct on that momentum by supporting the group not simply by way of hamburgers however as an excellent “partner.”

“We look forward to being a part of that Marysville community and supporting the community, not just through jobs and hamburgers, but by just being a good partner,” Jensen stated.

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