Capital

An anonymous donor's $25 million gift to Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will establish the Center for Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 

Achintya Moulick, MD, the CEO of Bayonne, N.J.-based CarePoint Health System, said he hopes to one day turn the parking lots surrounding its Hoboken, N.J.-based Christ Hospital into a "medical city," nj.com reported Feb. 6.

After acquiring Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System plans to invest $100M and reopen closed services at the hospital, Crosscut reported Feb. 7.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC St. Margaret hospital is investing in new LED lighting, paved parking lots, American Disabilities Act-compliant sidewalks, new signs and a replacement canopy to improve the exterior safety of the UPMC hospital, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Feb. 5.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital announced plans to build a new off-campus emergency room in Marion, Iowa, The Gazette reported Feb. 3.

Lakewood Ranch (Fla.) Medical Center is set to build a new 60-bed, five-story medical tower to meet growing patient demand, ABC affiliate WFTS reported Feb. 3.

The Health Affairs Committee of Columbia-based University of Missouri is looking to move forward with a $70 million expansion and renovation project, ABC affiliate KMIZ reported Feb. 2.

Cincinnati-based TriHealth is leasing a 6,400-square-foot property right across from a planned Mercy Health hospital, according to a Feb. 2 Cincinnati Business Courier report.

District commissioners voted unanimously to put a $130 million construction bond request for the construction of a new hospital for Moses Lake, Wa.-based Samaritan Healthcare to a special election, the Columbia Basin Herald reported Feb. 1.

Mercy Health-Springfield (Ohio) is looking to build a 50-unit employee housing complex on an old Mercy Hospital site, NPR affiliate WVXU reported Feb. 1.