Phoenix-based Banner Health is planning to build a four-story 330,000-square-foot medical center in the suburb of Buckeye.

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has established a new research initiative after receiving a $50 million donation from the Starr Foundation.

America's for-profit health systems are planning several hospital construction projects. Here are 11 updates Becker's has reported on since November 2021:

University of Florida Health-Jacksonville received an $80 million check from Gov. Ron DeSantis in honor of the late Leon Haley Jr., MD, who was the health system's first Black CEO, News4Jax reported April 18.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta will launch a five-year $1 billion fundraising campaign April 20 to support a $3.4 billion campus transformation, a spokesperson for the hospital told Becker's.

Children's Hospital New Orleans has finished its $300 million expansion, which includes 230,000 square feet of new clinical care space, nola.com reported April 17.

More healthcare organizations are moving into empty retail space that can fit a broad range of services in one building, Marketplace reported April 13.

The struggling Thomasville (Ala.) Regional Medical Center received a $1 million donation from an anonymous donor to remain open, WKRG reported April 13.

The pandemic has prompted philanthropists to donate quicker than they did in the past, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported April 9.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System broke ground on its 70-bed hospital in La Crosse, Wis., April 12. The project is estimated to cost $198 million, a spokesperson told Becker's.