Fairhope, Ala.-based Thomas Hospital wrote a letter to Rep. Jerry Carl seeking federal funding for a 30-bed expansion, local CBS affiliate WKRG reported March 21.

Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center will build a new $70 million, 60,000-square-foot outpatient facility at a former Sears site on the West Side, NBC Chicago reported March 21.

A $5 million gift from philanthropists Mandy and Dennis Weinman will contribute to the construction of a new cancer care building at Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health Sinai Hospital, The Daily Record reported March 20.

Phoenix-based Banner Health, a 30-hospital system, is purchasing about 48 acres of land in Scottsdale, Ariz., on which to build a medical campus.

Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Medical, a network of critical illness recovery hospitals, will build a new 63-bed hospital in Orlando, Fla.

Film and TV producer and writer Chuck Lorre has donated $30 million to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to develop a school for underserved individuals seeking to pursue a career in healthcare.

Unity Health-Jacksonville (Ark.) opened the first emergency room floor of its $36 million hospital project, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported March 17.

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health is investing $14 million to build a new oncology building across from its Edison-based JFK University Medical Center.

Cape Coral (Fla.) Hospital, part of Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health, is adding 12 beds and a second floor to its intensive care unit, local news outlet Fox4 reported March 16.

Phoenix, Ariz.-based Banner Health sold its Peoria, Ariz.-based Banner Health Center for $29 million, with plans to lease it back from the new owner, the Phoenix Business Journal reported March 17.