ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 15 surgery centers that were opened or announced last month.

The Sanders Trust, a Birmingham-based medical real estate investment firm, has acquired a 60,000 square-foot medical office building in Charleston, S.C., according to an Alabama Live report.

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., will break ground this fall on a $30 million addition to house a new outpatient surgery pavilion at its Superior Township campus, according to an Ann Arbor.com report.

Surgery center management and development company Health Inventures is diversifying its business with the addition of several new service lines, according to Christian Ellison, senior vice president.

Harris Optical, a branch of San Antonio Eye Center, has opened a new location in San Antonio to fulfill patient demand, according to a Houston Chronicle report.

Drew Memorial Hospital has formed a relationship with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, helping the hospital recruit new physicians as DMH prepares for construction of a new surgery center, according to a My Monticello News report.

A new ambulatory surgery center for Olympia (Wash.) Orthopaedic Associates under development in Olympia is expected to complete in August, according to an Olympian report.

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board is expected to consider a proposal for a new pain management surgery center in Lisle at a June meeting, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

Virtua will demolish a closed surgical center in Vorhees, N.J., now that a replacement facility has been opened in the same township, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report.

A new ambulatory surgery center for Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is scheduled to open this week, according to a Poughkeepsie Journal report.