On May 1, 2005, the Wayne State University Karmanos Cancer Institute announced it had acquired its clinical facilities from the Detroit Medical Center. The agreement included inpatient and outpatient cancer facilities on the medical center’s main campus as well as the Lawrence & Idell Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center, in Farmington Hills.

The DMC and Karmanos Cancer Institute have jointly managed the cancer facilities since 1994. The boards of the institutions believed that independent ownership would allow the facilities to thrive and also create new opportunities for philanthropic investment in Karmanos Cancer Institute’s programs and services.

Specifically, the institute purchased cancer hospital space on the fifth, eighth, ninth and 10th floors of Harper University Hospital’s Webber North wing as well as outpatient clinical service that includes the Vic Wertz Clinical Cancer Center, Alexander J. Walt Comprehensive Breast Center, the adjoining atrium area, connecting structures and associated office areas. The hospital space includes 122 licensed beds.