As consumer interest in shopping malls has continued to decrease since the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems have started to fill the unused space. To date, space in more than 32 malls nationwide has been turned into healthcare facilities. 

UCHealth is set to spend around $119 million to expand its Highlands Ranch (Colo.) Hospital to alleviate the frequency at which the hospital operates at maximum capacity, NBC affiliate KUSA reported July 24.

Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care has unveiled its $150 million ambulatory care center located inside of a former Sears department store in Moorestown, N.J., according to a July 25 report from the Philadelphia Business Journal.

A 245,000-square-foot medical office building in Arlington, Va., has been completed on behalf of Arlington-based VHC Health, according to a July 24 report from REBusiness Online. 

Here are nine ASCs that have opened or have plans to open in the Northeast that Becker's has reported on since June 23:

Baptist Health opened a new outpatient medical center in Louisville, Ky., ABC affiliate WHAS11 reported July 20.

Springfield Township, Pa.-based Crozer Health is hoping to break even by the first quarter of 2024 through the addition of a new ASC partnership after it posted an $87.2 million loss in 2022, according to a July 17 report from the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital plans to construct a 110,000-square-foot medical office building with an outpatient surgery center in Eastgate, Ohio.

Virginia, a state that requires a certificate of need to develop ASCs, has seen an increase in surgery center activity.

Here are five California ASCs that have opened or have plans to open that Becker's has reported on since June 6:

A 30-story, 435,000-square-foot medical office building on the Upper East Side of New York City is set to be the first privately built medical office building in the area, according to a July 17 report from Real Estate Weekly.

Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours is planning to expand its St. Francis Medical Center campus in Midlothian, Va., by adding an ASC, Richmond BizSense, reported July 17.

A medical office building is set to replace chain restaurant Macaroni Grill in Greensboro, N.C., according to a July 12 report from the Triad Business Journal. 

From Revolutionary War graves to traffic, here's who's behind the opposition of four ASCs and medical office buildings in the last year:

Sutter Health has completed construction of a 69,000-square-foot ambulatory care center and surgery center as part of its broader plan to build more than two dozen ambulatory care centers in the region over the next four years.

HCA Florida Healthcare acquired two two-story buildings in Jacksonville, Fla., in June for $6.06 million, with plans to convert the space into a freestanding emergency center and a medical office building, according to a July 12 report from the Jacksonville Daily Record. 

A three-story, 75,000-square-foot medical office building has been planned at the Medical Center at Wellen Park in Venice, Fla., according to a July 11 report from ABC affiliate WWSB. 

Here are six ASCs that have opened or have plans to open in states that require a certificate of need that Becker's has reported on since June 5:

Gaithersburg, Md.-based Adventist HealthCare has opened a new ASC at its National Harbor, Md., location. The new outpatient center is projected to perform 300 surgeries per month in its first year of operation. 

Consulting firm QK has submitted a plan for a mixed-use project that includes a 22,525-square-foot ASC, according to The Hanford Sentinel.