Roughly eight months after they were closed, one of the four Rite Aid pharmacy buildings that served the Tri-Cities has found a new tenant.

Building permits filed with the city of Pasco for the space formerly used by the national pharmacy chain at 1308 N. 20th Ave. indicate that it will be transformed into the city’s first Ross Dress for Less.

Current plans do not indicate any significant remodeling beyond adding signage and replacing HVAC units serving the 20,566-square-foot building. A request for comment from the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business to Ross was not immediately returned.

The Ross Dress for Less planned for Pasco will be the discount retailer's smallest in the Tri-Cities.

| Photo by Nathan Finke 

Ross primarily offers discounted clothing brands alongside other items such as toys, home decor and packaged foods. Its first Tri-Cities store on Canal Drive opened in 2002. Its location in Richland’s Queensgate shopping district opened in 2016 and its newest store in a former Safeway at 2825 W. Kennewick Ave. in 2025.

Along with its newest location in the Tri-Cities, the Pasco store would be Ross’ smallest. The location on Canal Drive in Kennewick is 30,000 square feet, the Queensgate store is 27,000 square feet, and the new store on Kennewick Avenue is 23,000 square feet.

Ross’ fourth-quarter profits last year rose 10% from the year prior, according to the Los Angeles Times. The company also reported record sales for 2025 of $22.8 billion, up 8% from the year prior. Its net income was $2.1 billion, similar to 2024, while comparable store sales grew 5%.

Ross isn’t the only discount retailer making inroads in the Tri-Cities.

Five Below opened its first Tri-Cities store in 2025 after it bought out former Party City locations, including one near the Queensgate Ross, following the party supplier going out of business. Nordstrom Rack, a higher-end discount clothing retailer, recently announced it will open its first Tri-Cities store in the Columbia Center shopping district in the fall of 2026.

The Rite Aid pharmacies were closed after the company went out of business following its latest bankruptcy a year ago. Much of its assets and business were bought by rival CVS, which previously only had pharmacy locations inside the Tri-Cities’ two Targets.

CVS has kept the former Rite Aid location at 101 N. Ely St. in Kennewick open. That store continues to be the only 24-hour general pharmacy in the Tri-Cities.