McLaren Greater Lansing (Mich.) will open its $600 million, 750,000-square-foot hospital March 6, the Lansing State Journal reported Feb. 18.

Five hospital construction projects have been announced or have advanced in the last couple of weeks, as reported on by Becker's.

The following health systems have opened hospitals, advanced proposals to build them or announced plans for them in the last three weeks:

University of Louisville (Ky.) Health filed for a $415 million bond that would finance a nine-story, $144 million tower, WLKY reported Feb. 16.

A $375 million, 136-bed hospital in Washington, D.C. — run by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services — will break ground Feb. 17, The Washington Post reported.

Austin, Texas-based St. David's HealthCare will build two new acute care hospitals and a behavioral health hospital and expand services at others through a $953 million investment.

Five hospital and health system construction projects worth $1 billion or more have been announced or advanced since Dec. 1, 2021.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 8 approved a $1.7 billion capital project for Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in West Carson, Calif.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente filed an application with the state Department of Health Care Access and Information to build a $298 million inpatient tower with 138 beds at Roseville (Calif.) Medical Center, The Sacramento Bee reported Feb. 8.

Five hospitals and health systems have announced, advanced or completed capital projects this week, as reported on by Becker's.

The University of Chicago Medicine is planning a $633 million freestanding clinical cancer center, which will be the city's first and will span 500,000 square feet on its campus on the South Side.

Advocate Aurora Health opened its new 60-bed hospital campus Feb.1 in Mount Pleasant, Wis.

As health systems plan for capital projects, they may find themselves competing with other systems in nearby areas. Here are four recent turf wars reported on by Becker's.

Froedtert Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin opened an acute-care community hospital Jan. 31 called Froedtert Community Hospital-Oak Creek (Wis.). 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will give $360 million to Medical West Hospital Authority to build a 200-bed hospital in rural Alabama.

Expansion plans for Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Medical Center have been approved by a committee of the University of California Board of Regents after the university agreed to include support for underserved populations in the community, Sacramento Business Journal reported Jan. 30. 

Globally, healthcare is one of the most carbon-intensive industries, responsible for between 4.4 and 4.6 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and toxic air pollutants — and the U.S. healthcare industry is the largest contributor.

The following health systems have opened hospitals, advanced proposals to build them or announced plans for them in the last week:

Thirteen hospitals and health systems have announced, advanced or completed construction projects in the last couple weeks, as reported by Becker's.

The board of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health voted Jan. 26 to move forward with plans for a new hospital in Sunrise and invest up to $50 million, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.