ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Banner Health Center in Maricopa, Ariz., which will begin seeing patients on May 16, has plans over the next few years to double in size and add an outpatient surgery center, according to an In Maricopa report.

St. Louis University has received city approval to demolish the historic Pevely Dairy complex to make way for a $75 million outpatient surgery center, according to a St. Louis Today report.

MedWest-Haywood Hospital, part of Carolinas HealthCare System in Clyde, N.C., failed to seek approval from the county to take out a loan to bridge short-term cash flow problems, despite having several facilities under construction, according to a Smoky Mountain News…

Memorial Health System in Colorado Springs is still searching for a tenant to lease a new $3 million surgery center, according to a Fierce Healthcare report.

A new eye surgery center is coming to Magnolia, Ark., according to a Magnolia Reporter report.

The Billings VA clinic is set to expand, adding a same-day surgery center, audiology services, physical and occupational therapy, dental care and magnetic resonance imaging, according to a Billings Gazette report.

North Carolina regulators have approved a proposal to move three operating rooms to a new 10,000-square-foot surgery center on Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's new campus in Clemmons, according to a Greensboro Business Journal report.

A new ambulatory surgery center for Erie (Pa.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center is scheduled to break ground next winter, according to an Erie Times-News report.

A new pain management surgery center and office for Alexandria, Minn., was one of the top 10 most valuable Alexandria-permitted projects in 2011, according to an Echo Press report.

A new ambulatory surgery center is set to open in Columbus, Ohio, according to a Columbus Business First report (subscription required for full access).   The Specialty Surgery Center of Columbus is expected to receive its license to operate upon…