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Pittsburgh-based UPMC is one step closer to building a new hospital in Pennsylvania's South Fayette Township, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

Des Moines, Iowa-based Broadlawns Medical Center will open its $22 million Broadlawns Medical Plaza on March 27, The Des Moines Register reports. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic's plan to expand its campus and enhance its standing as a world-class destination medical center is gaining momentum.

UPMC Altoona (Pa.) will open its 90,000-square-foot Logan Medical Building in Blair County, WTAJ reports.

College of Central Florida in Ocala is asking the Marion County Hospital District to help it fund construction of a health science center, according to a Star-Banner report.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente revealed plans to replace a former office building and parking lot in Pasadena, Calif., with an 80,000-square-foot medical school, according to the Pasadena Star-News.

The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities. 

Healthcare building strategies company Hammes Co., based in Brookfield, Wis., completed projects totaling more than 4.3 million square feet and valued at more than $2 billion in 2016.

Chicago-based GE Healthcare held a groundbreaking ceremony March 21 at its facility in Florence, S.C., to commence a $40 million expansion, according to SC Now.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente opened a CareClinic at a Bartell Drugs pharmacy in Des Moines, Wash.