Real estate investor Anchor Health Properties purchased a medical office building in Vallejo, Calif., for $13.65 million, North Bay Business Journal reported April 4. 

Real estate company JLL arranged an $8.1 million loan to refinance a medical office building in Bedminster, N.J., REBusiness Online reported March 31. 

A medical office building in Scottsdale, Ariz., has sold for $7.8 million, the Daily Independent reported March 30. 

Healthcare giant Optum, which owns and operates Deerfield, Ill.-based ASC management company Surgical Care Affiliates, has made two recent acquisitions that expand the company's home health and mental health offerings. 

Small businesses, including physician offices, are the new targets for real estate investors, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Montecito Medical Real Estate has acquired a medical office building in Chesterfield, Va., for $12 million, Virginia Business reported March 25. 

The total number of ASCs jumped 2 percent between 2019 and 2020, according to the March Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report.

A medical office building housing an ASC in Rogers, Ark., was sold for $6.75 million, Talk Business & Politics reported March 27. 

Two buildings, including a medical office building, in St. Louis were sold to a New York developer for $20 million, the St. Louis Business Journal reported March 22. 

ASCs in the South and Mountain region earn the most, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study" for 2022.

United Surgical Partners International, AmSurg, Surgical Care Affiliates, SurgCenter Development and Surgery Partners are ASC-exclusive companies with the most centers. 

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health is seeking state approval to acquire a majority interest in the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Western New York in Amherst, The Buffalo News reported March 21.

Cypress West Partners has acquired a medical office building portfolio in Henderson, Nev., a Las Vegas suburb, Bear Real Estate Advisors, who represented the buyer, said March 21. 

The sale of three medical office buildings totaling $22 million were reported in the last week:

An application to build a $8.3 million medical office building in Sugar Land, Texas, has been submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing, Community Impact reported March 15. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare ended 2021 with 125 ASCs, four more than the company had at the end of 2020, according to 2021 financial results. 

The Fort Myers (Fla.) Neurosurgical Building Partnership has sold a medical office building for $4.4 million, Business Observer reported March 14. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International became the biggest ASC chain by far in December when it closed on a deal to acquire Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development.

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International is the largest ASC chain in the country with more than 440 surgery centers. 

Consolidation continues to run rampant throughout the ASC industry, but is there a ceiling to how much there can be?