Capital

When fashion designer and high-end furrier Dennis Basso was a patient at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, he decided its chapel was "nice and neat," but not nearly reaching its inspirational potential.

Spending on hospital construction projects in Arkansas roughly doubled from 2014 to 2015, according to Arkansas Business.

A $271 million expansion and renovation at Muskegon, Mich.-based Mercy Health's Sherman campus is set to begin within two weeks, according to a report from MiBiz.

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

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network is unveiling a $5 million, 24-bed expansion at its Warren campus, located in Phillipsburg, N.J.

Klamath Falls, Ore.-based SkyLakesMedicalCenter and Portland-based OregonHealth & ScienceUniversity are joining forces to build a new $50 million clinical and educational medical building in Klamath Falls, Ore., according to the Portland Business Journal.

Kansas City, Mo.-based HCA Midwest Health has received a $93 million investment from Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America, the hospital system's operating company. The new financing will support three HCA Midwest Health hospitals' expansion plans.

The Brooklyn (N.Y.) HospitalCenter plans to close on a deal to sell a 21-story medical building on its campus for more than $100 million, according to Crain's New York Business.

Knoxville-based East Tennessee Children's Hospital has received a multi-million dollar donation from a local corporation, and plans to use the funds to support its ongoing $75 million expansion project, according to a Local 8 Now report.

Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health System has revealed plans to inject $350 million into its facilities, including the construction of a new six-story tower on its main campus and improvements throughout other medical buildings and offices, according to an Ohio.com report.