Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth opened its new $263 million AdventHealth Riverview (Fla.) hospital on Oct. 23.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center has kicked off a more than $500 million patient tower expansion at its Vanderbilt University Hospital.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has shared plans for a freestanding children's hospital in Las Vegas that is estimated to cost $1 billion, according to a report from consulting firm Tripp Umbach.

The University of Maryland Medical System has broken ground on a $540 million, six-story replacement hospital in Easton.

Health systems are planning new facilities to increase access to oncology and pediatric services, as well as to combine current facilities.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has applied to the Hartford Planning and Zoning Commission to add five new buildings to its existing Hartford Hospital campus. 

Philadelphia-based St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, part of West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health, has received a commitment for around $30 million in financial support.

The redevelopment of the former Atlanta Medical Center campus is set to begin in the coming weeks, Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System said in an Oct. 17 news release. 

Sacramento, Calif-based Sutter Health is planning to expand its Elk Grove, Calif., campus with a new 56,000-square-foot specialty care center.  

St. Louis-based SSM Health and Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Medical have formed a joint venture partnership to own and operate a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Oklahoma City. 

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has received approval for its zoning requests for its new children's hospital building, nola.com reported Oct. 16.

Minneapolis-based Davis, a healthcare real estate development, investment and management firm, has acquired Plymouth, Minn.-based West Health, a 201,000-square-foot outpatient medical center for $72 million.

St. Louis-based Ascension has shared plans to open a $200 million Indianapolis-based Ascension St. Vincent Women and Infants Hospital on Nov. 16.

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth has shared plans to construct a new inpatient behavioral health hospital in Lane County, Ore. in partnership with Lifepoint Rehabilitation, part of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health.

UNC Health has received a third certificate-of-need conditional approval from North Carolina for a $371.3 million community hospital in Research Triangle Park.

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have received approval from the city of Boston's Planning Department to develop an estimated $1.68 billion cancer hospital, a spokesperson for Dana Farber confirmed with Becker's.

Health systems across the country are expanding their facilities to accommodate additional patients and services.

Southern Health Corporation of Houston (Miss.), a subsidiary of Atlanta-based SunLink Health Systems, has sold the hospital building and related real estate of its former Houston, Miss.-based Trace Regional Hospital, for approximately $2 million.  

Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital plans to begin its campus expansion by late summer 2025 as part of its $1.8 billion project, TAPinto Newark reported Oct. 11.

Saint Paul, Minn.-based Bethel University has launched the Anderson Family College of Health Sciences with the help of a $20 million donation to provide healthcare education to future healthcare workers.