May 2012
BUSINESS
The Southwest Portland Post • 5
Walgreens to replace Castle Superstore at Barbur Crossroads
ZoomCare opening soon in
Multnomah Village
THE COUNTRY STORE
By Jillian Daley
The Southwest Portland Post
After completely tearing down the
former Castle Superstore, a Walgreens
drug store that could open as soon as
the fall at Southwest Capitol Highway
and Barbur Boulevard will offer more
than the average store.
Like any Walgreens, the local site will
provide retail goods such as contact
lenses, beauty products and toys as well
as pharmacy and mail services.
Yet, this future store also will be in
the new format, which can include ad-
ditional features, such as an area to host
health-related seminars and classes,
said Robert Elfinger, a Walgreens
spokesman.
Elfinger said these features might
include a private room for consultations
or immunizations and a pharmacist
waiting for customers at a front desk
rather than in a back pharmacy.
At 17,610 square feet, the Walgreens
at 9855 SW Capitol Hwy will be larger
than the average 14,500-square-foot
store, Elfinger said.
Walgreens is seeking applications for
the Southwest Capitol Highway store
and, according to Elfinger, usually hires
25 to 30 people per store.
There currently are 68 Walgreens
stores open in Oregon, and the drug-
store founded in 1901 now has 7,847
A new Walgreens drugstore is under construction along SW Capitol Highway
near Barbur Blvd. (Post photo by Jillian Daley)
locations in the nation and Puerto Rico.
Walgreens officials weigh demo-
graphics as well as the level of vehicular
and pedestrian traffic in an area when
choosing a location, Elfinger said.
“We look for the best corners in Amer-
ica to build our pharmacies,” he said.
New JP Morgan Chase branch
opens on Barbur
Not far from the new Walgreens, a JP
Morgan Chase bank branch opened on
December 15 at 10065 SW Barbur Blvd.
The branch has nine employees,”
said Darcy Donahoe-Wilmot, a Chase
spokeswoman. It employs a mortgage
loan officer, business specialist and
financial advisor.
Chase chose the location for reasons
including a proximity to major inter-
sections.
There are 115 Chase branches in Or-
egon and more than 5,400 in the nation.
Chase’s earliest predecessor, The Man-
hattan Company, was founded in 1799.
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More change is on its way to South-
west Portland, including a new urgent
care clinic.
ZoomCare, a Hillsboro-headquar-
tered company, is adding five medical
clinics over the next few months. The
first of its new clinics opens May 10 in
Multnomah Village at 7855 SW Capitol
Hwy.
The company is hiring more than
20 people for its headquarters and the
new clinics, bringing the company’s
total staff to 110 people, said David Ray,
director of marketing at ZoomCare.
The Village clinic staff already has been
hired.
ZoomCare clinics provide checkups
and treatment for illness and injury. The
clinics are similar to other primary
providers but offer same-day and
Skype appointments, which is where
the “zoom” comes in. Patients do not
have to waste time in the waiting room,
Ray said.
“We’re taking a wrecking ball to
the current health care system, which
has been designed around insurance
companies and doctors,” he said.
The other new sites will be in: Portland,
one on SW Fourth Avenue and one on
East Burnside Street; Vancouver, Wash.;
and Salem. There currently are nine
ZoomCare clinics in Portland and one
in Seattle.
Z oomCare, founded in 2006, chooses
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