Jul 3, 2025
Compass Oncology is converting a former Bed Bath & Beyond location to an oncology clinic.
The cancer practice entered a long-term lease for the location at 12535 SE 82nd Ave. in Happy Valley and began converting the empty big box location a few months ago. Once complete, the 40,000-square-foot space will provide a full spectrum of cancer care to patients in East Portland.
Clark KJOS Architects and Pence Contractors are designing and renovating the space, which could open later this year.
“We know from our many years taking care of cancer patients that they wholly benefit from receiving quality care in one location where their entire team is under one roof,” Dr. R. Scott Rushing, a gynecologic surgeon and Practice President at Compass, said in a statement. “That’s why we are committed to building cancer centers like this new location on the Eastside of the metro area.”
Compass is relocating its Rose Quarter office near the Moda Center and a smaller medical oncology office on Providence Portland’s campus to the new facility, which already operated with limited care capabilities.
The new spot will be able to house 100-plus staff members and double the patients for whom the practice can provide care.
“Everybody will be providing care under one roof,” Executive Director Liza Bohmer told the Business Journal. “We’re all committed to staying somewhere in the City of Portland for those patients. We don’t have it fully baked in but there are still a lot of conversations.”
Liza Bohmer is the executive director at Compass Oncology
Bed Bath & Beyond closed the east Portland location in 2023. Bohmer said the practice initially looked to construct a new building, especially given the office requirements a medical practice needs.
But lack of land large enough to meet the requirements for the practice steered it to the shuttered Bed Bath & Beyond space.
“It was pretty much a blank slate,” Bohmer said adding that its proximity to the Clackamas Town Center and ample parking on the site were also a plus.
Costs for construction are currently between $30 million and $40 million, Bohmer added.
Compass operates two existing cancer centers in Tigard and Vancouver. The practice employs nearly 500 workers, including 35 physicians and 35 advanced practice practitioners who treat 9,500 patients annually.
Bohmer said East Portland currently has little access to oncology services.
“This will bring a lot of people closer to being able to access care,” she said. “We want to provide the quality comprehensive care in a community where patients live, where our staff live and we’re just really excited to offer that.”