A Florida healthcare-focused developer is seeking permission to build a trio of medical office buildings in Venice, Fla., the Herald-Tribune reports.

Rossville, Md.-based MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center plans to open its surgical pavilion to patients Aug. 24, The Baltimore Sun reports.

Green Bay, Wis.-based Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists plans to open a new clinic in the Appleton, Wis., area with a surgery center.

Becker's ASC Review has reported on nine cardiology-focused ASCs opened or announced so far this year:

A multispecialty ASC is being built in Hamburg, Pa., according to Dennis Campbell of Heim Construction Co., a company involved in the project.

Oscar Aguirre, MD, and his team recently broke ground on Milestone Surgery Center in Parker, Colo.

Corpus Christi, Texas-based Driscoll Children's Hospital opened a patient pavilion that features a pediatric intensive care unit, a cardiac intensive care unit, and an outpatient surgery center and laboratory, local CBS affiliate Action 10 News reports.

A new facility in Portsmouth, N.H., will be home to New England Center for Orthopaedic Surgery.

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center East Hospital in Columbus is opening a $26 million outpatient surgery and imaging unit as part of its ambulatory surgery-focused expansion, the Highland County Press reports.

San Antonio-based Methodist Hospital opened a 15,744-square-foot ASC in Boerne, Texas, according to an Aug. 10 announcement.

Maryville, Ill.-based Anderson Healthcare put the final touches on its new ASC, according to IIDA, a nonprofit philanthropic organization for interior design professionals.

A Houston-based developer is building a 364,000-square-foot medical office building that will contain a surgery center, the Houston Business Journal reports.

The University of Illinois at Chicago will break ground on a 200,000-square-foot clinical building Aug. 13 that will contain a surgery center and specialty clinic, according to an Aug. 12 press release.

Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International has a medical office building in the works, according to Batten | Shaw Construction.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Ascension St. Vincent's will serve as the healthcare anchor of a large mixed-use development that will span 100 acres, the Jacksonville Business Journal reports.

Construction is a wrap on Integrated Surgical Institute, according to Heim Construction Co.

Gainesville-based University of Florida Health opened a $24 million surgical center earlier this year, according to the Gainesville Sun.

Twenty-one surgery center projects planned or proposed so far this year are expected to cost at least $10 million:

A Minnesota hospital is embarking on a $2 million surgery center expansion and warehouse addition, according to DL-Online.

University Medical Center New Orleans is opening a $14 million outpatient surgery center.