Virtua chose to re-zone and re-purpose a former supermarket building that sits adjacent to its Health and Wellness Center. The building accommodates radiation oncology, an infusion treatment suite, a cancer administrative suite, and a third party infusion practice.The existing building's size, over 23 feet high and 229 feet deep, allowed for interior opportunities, yet needed to be controlled for the intimacy of the cancer patient experience. Controlling and creating access to direct light,...

With a goal to further its mission to help patients be well, get well, and stay well, Virtua Health (Marlton, N.J.) turned to Francis Cauffman Architects (FCA; Philadelphia) to design a new cancer center. The challenge was that it required rezoning and repurposing a former 66,000-square-foot supermarket that sits adjacent to Virtua’s Health and Wellness Center in Moorestown, N.J. The new 44,150-square-foot Virtua Samson Cancer Center, which opened in October 2018, features radiation oncology,...

A former ACME supermarket that sits adjacent to Virtua’s Health and Wellness Center in Moorestown, N.J. underwent a transformation to become the new Virtua Samson Cancer Center. The new facility accommodates radiation oncology, an infusion treatment suite, a cancer administrative suite, and a third party infusion practice. You can read the rest of the article here.