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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul shared Dec. 10 that the design phase is set to kick off for a $1.1 billion investment at SUNY Downstate’s hospital in New York City’s Brooklyn borough. The investment, which Ms. Hochul announced in mid-June,…

Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial has marked a construction milestone for its new Bluffton Community Hospital, hosting a topping-off ceremony Dec. 4 to celebrate completion of the facility’s structural frame, according to a Dec. 5 news release from the health system. Four…

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago has received an $11 million gift to launch a division focused on genetics and rare diseases. The gift from Don and Anne Edwards will create the Edwards Family Division of Genetics…

Boston Children’s Hospital has received a $100 million donation from Rob and Karen Hale — the largest in the hospital’s history — to support a new $650 million pediatric psychiatric hospital.  The gift will fund the creation of an integrated…

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth will open a $270 million hospital, AdventHealth Minneola (Fla.), Dec. 10. Kay Barnett, CEO of AdventHealth Minneola, told Becker’s that her top priorities for the facility’s first year include expanding access for South Lake County’s rapidly…

St. Croix Health in St. Croix Falls, Wis., has secured funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to build a 130,000-square-foot hospital. Here are five things to know: 1. The facility will replace its current hospital, constructed in 1954, and…

UCI Health will open its new seven-story, 144-bed, all-electric acute care hospital — UCI Health Irvine — on Dec. 10, according to the Los Angeles Times. The facility will be the academic health system’s sixth hospital and complete its medical…

Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health has completed construction on its new $100 million Centra Langhorne Medical Center in Lynchburg.  The health system broke ground on the facility in Spring 2024. It comprises five stories and 130,000 square feet, according to a…

Hartford-based Connecticut Children’s opened its new clinical tower on Dec. 4, marking the largest expansion in the health system’s history. The eight-story tower includes a private-room neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive fetal care center and sensory-friendly design features, according…

Dignity Health’s Mercy Hospital Southwest in Bakersfield, Calif., opened its new 142,000-square-foot patient tower on Dec. 4. The Thomas M. Hardt Tower expands clinical capacity for the growing westside Bakersfield community, according to a Dec. 1 news release shared with…