ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

The following article is written by Michael McKevitt, senior vice president, business development, for Regent Surgical Health.

American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, based in New York, anticipates acquiring the property for Texarkana (Texas) Surgery Center, according to a report from Citybizlist (Dallas).

A new ophthalmology ambulatory surgery center has been opened by the Coburn-Kleinfeldt Eye Clinic in Livonia, Mich., according to a report from the Observer & Eccentric.

A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place May 18 for Trinity Surgery Center in San Antonio, according to the website of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.

Plans for WellStar Health System, based in Marieta, Ga., to build a new ambulatory surgery center in Cobb, Ga., are being challenged by Atlanta-based Northside Hospital, according to a report from The Marietta Daily Journal.

San Joaquin Community Hospital, an Adventist Health facility based in Bakersfield, Calif., has announced it is building an outpatient surgery center as part of a new cancer center in Bakersfield.

A new outpatient surgery center for Maricopa, Ariz., is included in plans for a facility set to break ground in July by the East Valley Banner Medical Group, according to a report from InMaricopa.

An application for a new surgery center in Eatontown, N.J., to be built in Eatontown Industrial Park is under review by the Eatontown Planning Board, according to a report from the Eatontown-Tinton Falls Patch.

University of Virginia Children's Hospital in Charlottesville has begun construction on the Battle Building, a $141.5 million facility that will house an expanded outpatient surgery center for patients of all ages, according to a Daily Progress report.

Albert Domingo, MD, and his Canton, Ohio-based OB/GYN practice plan to transform the former Army Reserve armory in Canton into an ambulatory surgery center, according to a Canton Rep report.