Hoover, Ala.-based Medplex Outpatient Surgery Center has earned approval from the state's certificate-of-need review board to relocate its existing facility and construct an ASC two miles away, according to an Oct. 20 report from the law firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings posted on JDSupra.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has broken ground on the second phase of a $50 million healthcare hub, which includes redeveloping a one-story commercial building into a 47,000-square-foot medical office building, according to an Oct. 20 report from NEREJ.

Here are four moves from ASCs in the Midwest that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 16:

Methodist Hospital is in talks with the Bellaire (Texas) City Council to develop a medical office building in the city's downtown area, according to an Oct. 19 report from Community Impact.

Peoria, Ill.-based Springfield Clinic hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its Peoria Surgery Center on Oct. 18, CBS affiliate WMBD reported.

Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter plans to open a new, 75,000-square-foot facility at the end of the month, according to an Oct. 18 report from WGNS Radio.

A specialized surgery center is part of a $23.3 million medical campus planned in Liberty Township, Ohio, according to an Oct. 18 report by The Cincinnati Enquirer. 

Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has announced plans to develop a multispecialty ambulatory care center in Quincy, Mass. 

Construction has been completed on the Mercy Center for Performance Medicine and Specialty Care, a multispecialty center on the health system's St. Louis hospital campus.

The University of Missouri-Kansas City has released renderings of its planned $120 million medical and dental office building, the system's largest capital investment to date, according to an Oct. 17 report from Fox 4 News.

New Hampshire is the state with the most job opportunities, while Louisiana is the state with the fewest, according to personal finance site WalletHub. 

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.

Here are the five most expensive ASC projects Becker's has covered since Jan. 1: