1. Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente announced it will buy 18 acres of land within a shuttered rail yard in downtown Sacramento for a major new hospital.
2. Community Hospital Corporation‘s $3 million, 25-bed long-term acute care hospital opened in Odessa, Texas, on the fourth floor of Medical Center Hospital.
3. At a recent groundbreaking ceremony for a $51 million hospital expansion in Chattanooga, Tenn., Erlanger East officials recast the vision of the facility as a “health lifestyle center.” Under the redeveloped project, the hospital campus will be transformed into a full-service facility.
4. The Shriners for Children Medical Center in Los Angeles announced it is moving to Pasadena, Calif., to a new three-story medical building with a healing-centered landscape.
5. New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System announced it will spend $250 million to expand its facilities, including adding six floors to its flagship eight-story hospital.
6. Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif., began construction on a major $394 million expansion project that includes a replacement hospital and a new ambulatory services building.
7. Houston-based Memorial Hermann broke ground May 27 on the $650 million expansion and renovation of its Texas Medical Center campus.
8. Akron (Ohio) Children’s Hospital opened a new 368,735-square-foot patient care facility in May, two months ahead of schedule and $60 million under budget.
9. Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica and the University of Toledo signed a letter of intent to enter a 50-year academic affiliation agreement to create a destination academic medical center.
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