Bubbly
This is, according to the parking lot attendant, an "indoor amusement park" named Bubble Planet. It's what's taken over what used to be Toys'R'Us in Bellevue. From what I've gathered, the place seems to be a bunch of different ball pits, but I didn't go inside, so I don't know for sure. (They also seem to have a side hustle in parking... it's not free to use the lot.)
What's interesting about this place is that it appears to be the first permanent resident of the building since Toys'R'Us folded back in 2018, I wouldn't have thought that the place would have remained vacant (other than Spirit Halloween showing up for a few months a year) for so long. Although maybe it's a sign of the times... there aren't much in the way of large retail tenants that could use so large a space.
Given that they've painted the building's facade, I presume that Bubble Planet is intending to be around for quite some time. We'll see... I haven't seen much in the way of indoor amusement parks; maybe they're on to something that will blow up.

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