New ASC Development

White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital opened an ASC in Harrison, N.Y., in a 14-acre complex of medical office buildings, Westfair Online reports.

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences can begin negotiations to lease a yet-to-be-developed 185,000-square-foot outpatient surgery center and medical office building in Northwest Arkansas, TB&P reports.

Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center partnered with MedCraft Healthcare Real Estate to acquire a medical office building in Tucson and develop an ASC and primary care clinic, local NBC affiliate KVOA.com reports.

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System is planning a 30,250-square-foot expansion to develop a new emergency department and surgical unit in Stevens Point, Wis., the Stevens Point Journal reports.

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Watauga Orthopedics received a certificate of need to develop a $17.3 million orthopedic surgery center in Johnson City, local news affiliate WJHL.com reports.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Borland Groover broke ground on a $10 million surgery center in St. Johns County Oct. 26, its third surgery center in Northeast Florida, the Jacksonville Daily Record reports.

Since June, Becker's ASC Review has reported on five proposed surgery center developments that were met with opposition:

Kingsport, Tenn.-based Holston Valley Surgery Center is opposing a proposal that would develop an orthopedic surgery center in the region, local news affiliate WJHL.com reports.

East Brunswick-based Specialized Surgical Center of Central New Jersey opened Oct. 27, joining the Virtua Health network.

Spring Hill-based Florida Springs Surgery Center logged its first case, Compass Surgical Partners announced in mid-October.