Here’s what’s happening at former Rite Aid/Bartell sites in Pierce County
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- The former Rite Aid at 11220 Canyon Road E. sold for $5.5 million to an Auburn-based LLC.
- Filings say the Auburn LLC affiliated with Muckleshoot Tribe and sought clinic info.
- Filings show another site being considered for VMFH freestanding emergency department.
One year after Rite Aid began its second round of bankruptcy proceedings in two years, one of its former Pierce County sites has sold.
The former Rite Aid at 11220 Canyon Road E. between Summit and Summit View was one of several in the Puyallup area to close as result of the drugstore chain’s bankruptcy last year.
The Auburn-based LLC that purchased the property appears to be affiliated with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe’s development side, according to filings with the Secretary of State’s Office.
The site was sold by a Puyallup LLC for $5.5 million.
Paperwork filed with Pierce County Planning and Public Works in February of this year by legal representatives for the LLC sought more information on county code interpretation for a proposed use of the property — a We Care Daily Clinic.
According to the letter, “We Care Daily Clinics are a collaboration between the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and Indigenous Pact Collaboratives, which offer important out-patient opioid treatment, counseling and related services to members of the community.”
There are We Care Daily sites in Seattle and Auburn, with mobile units in Seattle and Tacoma, according to the entity’s website.
Correspondence from the county on file dated April 14, 2026, confirmed the site’s zoning allowed for Level 1 health service use and indicated the clinic would qualify as such.
A representative for the LLC did not respond to a request for comment from The News Tribune.
The former drugstore location was one of dozens shuttered last year as Rite Aid dissolved into bankruptcy for a second time after emerging from another bankruptcy in September 2024.
Closure of the Canyon Road East site was announced in July 2025.
Rival drugstore chain CVS purchased the prescriptions from hundreds of Bartell (which had become a Rite Aid subsidiary in 2020) and Rite Aid sites. It also took on more than 60 Rite Aid locations in the Northwest to convert to CVS.
Details on other former drugstore sites in area
Meanwhile a South Hill-area site, 12811 Meridian St. E., appears to be under consideration for a Virginia Mason Franciscan Health freestanding emergency department, filings with the county show.
In response to questions, the medical system told The News Tribune in an emailed statement, “VMFH continually evaluates community needs with the goal of improving access to care closer to home for our patients.”
It added, “We are currently assessing a site in Puyallup and look forward to sharing more details in the near future.”
Another South Hill-area store at 9502 176th St. E., became a CVS. A fourth site, 1323 E. Main Ave., Puyallup, remains available.
Other former Rite Aid or Bartell locations that remain available are in in Lakewood, Milton, Tacoma, Gig Harbor, University Place and Bonney Lake.
University Place Community and Economic Development director Kevin Briske told The News Tribune in response to questions via email, “The City has been in contact with the management company for the old Rite Aid site (3840 Bridgeport Way W.), but there has not been any applications made to the City for the space.”
Meanwhile, a former Bartell’s at 2700 Bridgeport Way is becoming a Kiddie Academy, a national franchise of educational child care centers opening this fall, Briske told The News Tribune.
A few other former Rite Aid/Bartell locations in the area have been acquired by new owners since last year’s bankruptcy.
A former Rite Aid at 22201 Meridian E., Graham is being converted into a Grocery Outlet and is advertised as opening this summer on its Google business listing.
Grocery Outlet also took on the former Rite Aid in Belfair in Mason County last year.
Elsewhere, Tacoma-based MultiCare purchased a former Renton Rite Aid site in March of this year for $7.3 million, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal, with plans to convert it to an emergency center with Overlake Medical Center.
