Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health abandoned a $325 million downtown medical office project that will keep it on the hook for $80 million.

Savannah, Ga.-based Memorial Health has broken ground on a new medical office building next to the children's hospital that will allow it to relocate children's outpatient services, Fox affiliate WTGS reported June 27.   

Dallas, Ore.-based West Valley Hospital held a ribbon cutting June 27 to mark the opening of 19 new licensed beds at the Salem (Ore.) Health-owned critical access hospital. 

The University of Kansas Cancer Center has received a $100 million gift to build a destination cancer center in Kansas City.

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved UChicago Medicine's plan to build a $815 million cancer care and research pavilion on Chicago's South Side.

University of Cincinnati Medical Center's 41,000-square-foot emergency department expansion will open July 9, NBC affiliate WLWT reported June 27. 

Rockford, Ill.-based Mercyhealth is set to open a new hospital and physician clinic in Crystal Lake, Ill., about 45 miles northwest of Chicago, according to a June 26 Daily Herald report.

Hospitals are using philanthropic donations to create new funds for innovation and residency programs.

Construction of a 179,000-square-foot, eight-story Hilton Hotel at Mayo Clinic's Jacksonville, Fla., campus will begin this summer. 

Monmouth Medical Center, part of RWJBarnabas Health, on June 20 broke ground on a $200 million cancer center as part of the Vogel Medical Campus in Long Branch, N.J.,