New ASC Development

Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care opened a new outpatient center in Hoffman Estates, Ill., the Daily Herald reported Jan. 6. 

As healthcare continues to adapt and evolve to shifting market forces, medical office buildings have become a target for healthcare real estate investors.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System have finalized a merger and are now operating singularly as Sanford Health, Valley News Live reported Jan. 2. 

A judge in Connecticut dismissed a 2021 appeal by Day Kimball Healthcare against the state and Hartford HealthCare over approval of a Plainfield, Conn.-based ASC, according to a Dec. 31 report from Hartford Business Journal.

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth took the first steps toward building a pediatric outpatient center, the Springfield Daily Citizen reported Jan. 2. 

Here are over 150 new ASCs that were announced or opened in 2024, as reported by Becker's:

Covington, La.-based St. Tammany Health System has opened its new St. Tammany Health System Surgery facility, AN17 reported Dec. 39. 

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network is constructing a new medical center, The Morning Call reported Dec. 26. 

Here are four new ASCs and medical office buildings opening or receiving approval in California, as reported by Becker's since Dec. 3:

While high-population states like California and Texas saw more ASC growth in 2024, southern states like Florida, Alabama and North Carolina punched well above their weight in new ASCs.