Stanford and Sutter Open 167,000 SF Cancer Center in Oakland
The five-story center at 3023 Summit St on Oakland's Pill Hill held its ribbon-cutting this week and takes patients from Dec. 1.
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Stanford Medicine and Sutter Health have opened a five-story, 167,000-square-foot cancer center at 3023 Summit Street in Oakland’s Pill Hill, with patient visits starting as early as Dec. 1, according to SF YIMBY.
Why it matters
The building sits on the Alta Bates Summit medical campus, between 30th Street and Hawthorne Avenue, and is the first large East Bay project from the joint venture the two systems announced in early 2021. It is also the project that actually got built. Sutter abandoned its planned Emeryville replacement hospital on Nov. 1, leaving outpatient care as the only thing going up on that site.
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The center is meant to let more East Bay patients get specialized cancer care and clinical research without crossing the bridge. Sutter Health’s own newsroom frames it as expanded access in the region.
The numbers
- Size: five stories, 167,000 square feet of floor area.
- Architect: SmithGroup, per SF YIMBY.
- Initial capacity: 70 physicians and more than 300 additional staff.
- Timeline: ribbon-cutting this week, patient visits from Dec. 1, full operations expected by February 2027.
- Cost: not stated in the sources we could reach. Sutter has cited a cost figure elsewhere, which we have not verified and do not report as fact. The contractor was also not named.
Earlier permit coverage of the site described a larger building, with different story and square-footage counts. We use the opening figures above, which come from the completed project.
What’s next
Staffing and patient intake ramp through the winter, with full operations targeted for February 2027. The open question for Sutter’s East Bay plan is how much of the Emeryville outpatient program follows, and on what schedule. More Bay Area projects are tracked on our San Francisco market page.
Quick answers
- What is the latest on Stanford Medicine Sutter Health Cancer Center?
- The five-story center at 3023 Summit St on Oakland's Pill Hill held its ribbon-cutting this week and takes patients from Dec. 1.
- Who is developing Stanford Medicine Sutter Health Cancer Center?
- SmithGroup, according to SF YIMBY.
- What are the key numbers for Stanford Medicine Sutter Health Cancer Center?
- floor area: 167,000 sf; stories: 5; physicians at launch: 70.
On the record
Sutter's own Emeryville hospital plan, announced in 2025 at 200 beds and $1B-plus, was scrapped on Nov. 1, so this Oakland center is now the system's main new East Bay build.
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