Austin, Texas-based ophathamologist Fuad Makkouk, MD, opened Austin Eye Center, Community Impact reports.

Laramie, Wyo.-based Premier Bone and Joint Centers recently placed the last beam on its new ASC in Laramie, Colorado Real Estate Journal reports.

A ribbon-cutting was recently held for the Lighthouse Surgery Center in Hartford, Conn., Healthcare Design magazine reported.

Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health expanded into Austin, Texas, building a hospital with a 24-hour emergency room, The Statesman reports.

Houston-based Mann Eye Institute will anchor a $77 million medical office tower slated to open in early 2022, Houston Business Journal reports.

A $21 million medical plaza with an ASC has opened in Vestavia Hills, Ala.

Parkview Health System in Fort Wayne, Ind., will expand services with a new health campus and ASC on the city's southwest side, according to Inside Indiana Business.

Dover, N.H.-based Wentworth-Douglas Hospital will open another building on its campus at Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth, N.H., EDGE Radio reports.

Lewes, Del.-based BeeBe Medical Group moved the BeeBe General and Bariatric Surgery and Wellness Center to a new location in Lewes, Sussex Living reports.

Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health will open a 139,000-square-foot specialty clinic in the shell of a former Sears on Jan. 14, local radio station FHN reports.

Statesville, N.C.-based Iredell Health System broke ground on a medical office building with an ASC in Mooresville, N.C., on Jan. 10, the Mooresville Tribune reports.

Caliber Development is turning a space in Scottsdale, Ariz., into a surgery center and medical office building, AZ Big Media reports.

University of Rochester (N.Y.) is redeveloping a portion of a former shopping mall in Rochester for $240 million, Shopping Center Business reports.

Three ASC developments worth over $10M in December:

ASC operator Optum finalized a partnership with Allina Health System in Minneapolis in December, paving the way for the potential development of up to a dozen new surgery centers in the next five years, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Alliance Surgery Center opened near a Sam's Club in Traverse City, Mich., after one year of construction, according to the project's general contractor.

Hardaway | Sziabowski Architects is wrapping up exterior work on Connecticut Orthopaedic Surgery Center, according to Joe Sziabowski, president of the architecture firm.

Here are eight hospitals and health systems that opened or announced plans for ASCs in December:

Phoenix-based McConnell Colorectal Center opened a second surgery center, according to Donna Parker, first vice president of healthcare and professional services at BOK Financial.

McLeod Health applied Nov. 22 for approval to build an ambulatory surgery facility in the Myrtle Beach, S.C., area, according to a state filing.