Here are three updates on ASC activity in California that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 9:

The Santa Clara (Calif.) planning commission has approved a use permit for the addition of an ASC in an existing building in the area, according to an Oct. 16 report from the Silicon Valley Voice. 

Advocate Health Care is constructing a 60,000-square-foot medical center inside of a shopping mall in Chicago that will include office space, immediate care and an ASC, according to an Oct. 16 report from Block Club Chicago. 

Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute has leased a 12,000-square-foot surgery center space in Aliso Viejo, Calif.

In April, Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health signed a collaboration agreement with Surgery Partners for the management of the system's existing surgery centers in Utah and Idaho and the development of ASCs in other markets.

On Oct. 9, Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health and Billings-based Ortho Montana broke ground on the Gallatin Valley Surgery Center in Bozeman, Mont., the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported Oct. 10. 

AdventHealth Hendersonville (N.C.) has broken ground on a 60,000-square-foot medical office building.

A four-story, 133,768-square-foot office building in Yonkers, N.Y., has been acquired by Simone Development Cos., who plans to repurpose the building into a medical office building, according to an Oct. 10 report from Commercial Property Executive.

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Torrance (Calif.) Memorial Medical Center's longtime CEO, Craig Leach, is retiring after 39 years with the system. On Nov. 1, Keith Hobbs, who joined the hospital's administration in February, will take over the role as CEO, according to an Oct. 9 report from the Los Angeles Business Journal. 

Cleveland Clinic has opened a new 93,000-square-foot medical outpatient facility in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, in a former retail space that has been vacant since 2019. 

Atlanta-based Northside Hospital has opened a 45,000-square-foot medical office building in Snellville, Ga., according to an Oct. 4 report from Commercial Property Executive. 

Hammes broke ground on an new ASC in Lee's Summit, Mo., according to an Oct. 5 news release. 

Here are three updates on ASC activity in the South that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 12:

Atlanta-based Northside Hospital opened a new medical center in Snellville, Ga., in partnership with the Realty Trust Group. 

Here are five new ASCs opened or announced in September:

Pacific Rim Outpatient Surgery Center in Bellingham, Wash., closed its doors Aug. 31 as Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth, the facility's landlord, opted not to renew its lease, Cascadia Daily News reported Sept. 28. 

Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital is expanding its surgical center, according to a Sept. 26 report from local NBC affiliate WSAV. 

Mary Lanning Healthcare cut the ribbon on a new medical office building in Hastings, Neb., that will host nine specialties, including pulmonology, orthopedics and family medicine, according to a Sept. 26 report from NBC affiliate KSNB.

Here are three reasons ASCs have closed recently: