ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

IRA Realty Capital, a real estate company based in Newport Beach, Calif., has purchased a 92,000-square-foot medical office building that contains The Ophthalmology Surgery Center of Dallas, according to a Citybizlist Dallas report.

Nationwide Children's Hospital in Westerville, Ohio, has opened its first suburban ambulatory surgery center, according to a News-Medical report.

HealthONE, based in Denver, plans to open a new ambulatory surgery center in Thornton, Colo., according to a Denver Post report.

AmSurg Corp. has announced its financial results for the first quarter on 2012, highlighted by a reported increase in net earnings of 35 percent for the quarter, according to a news release.

Sutter Health's Paolo Alto Medical Foundation will start construction of a $200 million outpatient clinic in San Carlos, according to a San Francisco Business Times report.

WellSpan Health has opened its $71 million surgery and rehabilitation hospital in York Township, according to a Central Penn Business report.

The University of Houston is building an ambulatory surgery center for its College of Optometry as part of the institution's new Health and Biomedical Sciences Center in Houston, and the facility is expected to be completed for the fall 2012…

Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital has announced its board has voted to approve the hospital's participation in a proposed joint venture with LHP Hospital Group and Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, according to a letter from Waterbury Hospital's CEO.

Here are 10 new surgery centers planned, developed or opened in the last several weeks, according to various news reports.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a Sutter Health affiliate based in Mountain View, Calif., has announced it will break ground on a new medical center in San Carlos, Calif., that will include an outpatient surgery center, according to a news release.