ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Pasadena, Calif.-based Acuity Eye Group opened two new Dry Eye Centers.

Baltimore-based University of Maryland Shore Regional Health is seeking approval to swap Cambridge, Md.-based UM Shore Medical Center at Dorchester for a new medical campus with a freestanding medical facility, the Dorchester Star reports.

Stillwater (Okla.) Medical Center will expand the Stillwater Surgery Center after purchasing a 50 percent stake in the corporation that owns the center, the Stillwater News Press reports.

The urgent-care division of Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group is opening new facilities in Texas, further expanding UnitedHealth's presence in the state, the StarTribune reports. 

Investment firm LaSalle Property Fund purchased Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza in Houston for $405 million in July, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Fargo, N.D.-based Sanford Health purchased space in Aetna's building in Bismarck, N.D., the Bismarck Tribune reports.

Columbia, S.C.-based Northeast Oral Surgery & Implant Center is opening a third location after seeing high demand in the Camden area, the Chronicle-Independent reports.

Here are seven updates on ASC companies and industry-relevant companies to note:

Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Pinnacle Capital Management Services entered into a joint venture to acquire San Francisco-based Physicians Medical Center from Swift Real Estate Partners for $30 million, Commercial Property Executive reports.

Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System's plans for a new hospital include four operating rooms for outpatient surgery, the Observer-Dispatch reports.