Columbus-based OhioHealth  is nearing completion of the first phase of a $400 million expansion project, which will bring a new ambulatory space and medical office building to the system's Grant Medical Center in downtown Columbus, according to an April 23 report from The Columbus Dispatch.

Ascension Sacred Heart has proposed a new medical office building in Pensacola, Fla., near its Perdido Key clinic, according to an April 22 report from the Pensacola News Journal.

Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new ASC in Lexington, Ky., Baptist Health Hamburg, according to an April 20 report from ABC affiliate WTVQ.

HCA Midwest has completed construction on a $9.3 million ASC in Kansas City, Mo., according to an April 17 report from the Kansas City Business Journal. 

Here are five developments on ASC activity in the South that Becker's has reported on since April 2:

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health plans to open a $38 million medical office building, Baptist Nassau Crossing Medical Campus, in Yulee, Fla., according to an April 16 report from the Jacksonville Daily Record. 

Sugar Land, Texas-based Kelsey-Seybold Clinic has opened its expanded Fort Bend Medical and Diagnostic Center, according to an April 15 report from The Fort Bend Star.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.- based AdventHealth has opened a 20,000-square-foot ASC in Daytona Beach, Fla., according to an April 13 report from the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Here are 30 ASCs that have opened, gained approval or announced plans to open that Becker's reported on in the first quarter of 2024:

Bon Secours Mercy Health and Compass Surgical Partners' joint venture surgery center will open April 11 in Greenville, S.C.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is set to break ground on a five-story, 129,000-square-foot medical office building that will cost the system an estimated $442 million, according to an April 4 report from the San Francisco Chronicle. 

Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Mo., opened a surgical center after 18 years of planning and work, according to an April 2 report by Houston Herald.

A new ASC is coming to Foley, Ala., near South Baldwin Regional Medical Center, which is launching a $250 million expansion project. 

Remedy Medical Properties and Kayne Anderson Real Estate have broken ground on a 130,000-square-foot medical office building in Lynchburg, Va., according to an April 3 report from REBusiness Online. 

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and city officials from Powell, Ohio, celebrated the start of construction on an $183 million outpatient facility.

A three-story medical office building is set to open in Spring, Texas, in May, according to a March 28 report from the Houston Business Journal. 

Here are 14 new ASCs opened or announced in March:

A $21 million ASC, TriStar Summit Surgery Center, has opened in Lebanon, Tenn., according to a March 30 report from The Lebanon Democrat. 

Phoenix-based Banner Health has submitted an application to construct a three-story medical office building in Scottsdale, Ariz., according to a March 28 report from Hoodline. 

The Hayden (Idaho) Surgery Center has initiated its phased opening process, the Coeur d'Alene Press reported March 31.