Here are three pivotal transactions and what they mean for the ASC industry at large:

A medical condo in Mesa, Ariz., was sold for nearly $2 million, with plans to convert the facility into an ASC. 

Investment group NAI Partners sold an ASC in Marble Falls, Texas, for $7 million, Ryan McCullough, the company's senior vice president, said Oct. 13. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing financial challenges for healthcare providers, leaving some to file for bankruptcy since the pandemic's onset. 

Healthcare Real Estate Advisors sold an ASC in Odessa, Fla., the company said Oct. 13.

A medical office building in Chesterfield, Mo., housing the Pepose Vision Institute and MidAmerica Surgery Center has been acquired by Bain Capital Real Estate and Evergreen Medical Properties, the St. Louis Business Journal reported Oct. 11.

Surgery Center Services of America has completed the demolition needed for its gastroenterology ASC in Miami, CEO Philip Blair said Oct. 12. 

A medical office building housing an ASC in Aventura, Fla., was sold for $16 million, South Florida Business Journal reported Oct. 13. 

Private equity firm IRA Capital acquired the property housing Beaumont, Texas-based Digestive Disease Institute, RE Journals reported Oct. 8. 

EagleBridge Capital arranged $8.612 million in mortgage financing for the Chelmsford (Mass.) Medical and Surgical Center, New England Real Estate Journal reported Oct. 8. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Compass Surgical Partners' ownership and management interests in nine ASCs.

Matthew Searles, MBA, is a partner with Merritt Healthcare Advisors, an ASC management and development firm that works with centers nationwide.

Real estate developer Meridian purchased a medical office building with an on-site surgery center in Beverly Hills, Calif., the company announced Oct. 8. 

A building housing the Specialty Surgery Center in Nashville, Tenn., sold for $6.6 million, Nashville Post reported Oct. 8. 

HCA Healthcare acquired Alaska's newest ASC, the Anchorage-based Alaska Surgery Center, the company said in an Oct. 6 news release.

HCA Healthcare, in Nashville, Tenn., partnered with 50 physicians to acquire Provo-based Central Utah Surgical Center, the company said Oct. 6 in a news release.

Key-Whitman Eye Center opened its Fort Worth, Texas, location on Oct. 4, according to Community Impact Newspaper.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Pinnacle Dermatology has acquired Minneapolis-area plastic surgery center Omni Cosmetic, Pinnacle said Oct. 5.

A roundup of ASC purchases making news this month:

Boston-based Bain Capital Real Estate and Denver-based Evergreen Medical Properties acquired real estate in St. Louis featuring an ASC and an eye practice, the companies said Oct. 5. Financial details of the joint venture acquisition were not disclosed.