Boulder biotech firm Biodesix leases former Kohl’s store in Louisville 

LOUISVILLE — Cancer diagnostics and khaki shorts. The pair of words doesn’t really fit together in any meaningful context — except perhaps at 919 W. Dillon Road in Louisville.

The former location of a Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) clothing store has been leased by Boulder life-sciences company Biodesix Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSX), which specializes in developing tools to detect lung disease. 

Biodesix has leased the entirety of the 80,000-square-foot retail space and plans extensive renovations, including construction of a laboratory, according to builder Koelbel and Co., which will oversee the Kohl’s store transformation.

In addition to the new lab, the renovated space will include…