Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is building a $247 million, 98-bed hospital in Lenexa, Kan.

The average cost per square foot of three-story hospital construction rose from $362.69 to $419.18 from 2019 to 2023, an increase of more than 15 percent, Building Design + Construction reported April 13.

Ruleville, Miss.-based North Sunflower Medical Center purchased a building that housed a donut shop and community college campus in Greenwood, Miss., The Enterprise-Tocsin reported April 12.

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Healthcare is looking to get approval for nine construction projects costing a total of $193 million, The Gazette reported April 11.

Further details have emerged regarding plans by Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health to build two new hospitals in Garner, a suburb of Raleigh.

Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First is scaling back plans to build a $508 million project on Merritt Island, clickorlando.com reported April 11.

UPMC has issued $1.6 billion in bonds and has earmarked the proceeds for capital projects across the health system, including the patient tower being built at UPMC Presbyterian-Oakland in Pittsburgh, its flagship academic medical center, according to the Pittsburgh Business…

Voters in Moses Lake, Wash., will be asked to approve or reject a $130 million construction bond request for Samaritan Healthcare on April 25, the Columbia Basin Herald reported April 11.

Munson Healthcare Manistee (Mich.) Hospital is reopening its emergency room following a $2.5 million renovation project the hospital had been working on over the past year, upnorthlive.com reported April 11.

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth broke ground on a $170 million expansion project at its Deer Valley Medical Center in northern Phoenix, the six-hospital system said April 11.